ROUND 9/AUGUST 24, 2013
LINCOLN COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS/PANACA, NEVADA
OFF-ROAD
P136
AMA RACING/FMF/GPR HARE & HOUND NATIONAL CHAMPION
added, "It was actually a lot different. This kind of reminded me
of some of the Best in the Desert stuff up here. It was some
really fast roads, really wide and
fun. It was different. Then we got
into some fun sand washes and
regular trails so it kind of had a
mixture of everything. It felt like
a lot longer than most hare and
hounds just because you were
pitting so many times (one main
pit and two alternates) and it was
point-to-point so you were kind of
out in the hills."
So, after a DNF to start the
year, Caselli came back to score
2-1-1-1-1-1-2-1 for what's expected
to be his final AMA Champion-
(Above) Caselli collected $1000 for
the win with Pearson earning $500
and Ramirez $250.
(Right) Much of the race turned out
to be dust-free, this being the final
run to the finish in Caliente. Jacob
Argubright ended up fourth.
ship before becoming a full-time
rally racer.
As for Pearson, the 2007 series champ came out to his first
National of the year and surprised no one with his runner-up
finish aboard his borrowed bike
that Precision Concepts went
through. (It was actually a former
Caselli bike from 2011, originally
prepped by Anthony DiBasilio,
who also prepared the other two
