Ciaran Naran, Lyndon Snodgrass Earn Second Straight AORC Motorcycle Win at Silver State 300
Ciaran Naran and Lyndon Snodgrass posted another dominant performance in American Off-Road Racing Championship action on Friday morning, earning their second straight race win in the Silver State 300 Motorcycle Race. Unlike last month’s BFGoodrich Tires Mint 400, where they made a late pass on Dalton Shirey for the win, the #N2 Open Pro Motorcycle team led from the beginning thanks the top time in Thursday’s qualifying session. Their winning time of 5:10:24.548 was nearly 18 minutes clear of their closest competition.
“We had a great day yesterday in qualifying, were first off the line this morning, and had dust control, which definitely helped us out,” said Naran. “Luckily the wind wasn’t blowing too hard this morning, so it helped in our favor being the first bike on course. The course was super fun, the AORC organization put on a great event, and I’m stoked to be here at the finish line. Lyndon had a great race—he had a small get-off, so did I, with how high-speed this course is I’m happy that we’re both safe and sound.”
“Ciaran did the first lap and a half, so he set up the race,” added Snodgrass. “Unfortunately the other guys had a bike issue, so we had a good gap there. We just got into a flow, and I was able to click off the miles and look forward to getting to the finish line.”
Naran and Parker 400 winner Shane Logan would be the first two racers off the line, and after teaming up to finish third at this event on a different course last year, Friday looked to be a showdown between the two points leaders. But Logan would suffer a fuel pump issue on the first lap that would knock him out of winning contention, dropping him off both the overall and Open Pro podiums.
That left the next two Open Pro spots to third and fourth place qualifiers Gavin Erickson and Matthew Grant, both of whom would stand on the class podium for the first time this year. Completing the overall top five were Ironman Pro winner Matthew Combs, who split Erickson and Grant for the third overall spot, and Open Expert winner Caleb Tate. It was Tate’s second overall top five of the year, following a fourth place overall at the Parker 400, and his third class win in three races this season. Combs, meanwhile, became the third different Ironman Pro winner this year and the first to earn an overall podium, coming in ahead of Mint 400 winner Patricio Cabrera and Parker 400 winner Remington Mathews.
Other class winners included Teddy Miller in 399 Expert, Shandy Kittleson in Quad Pro, and Mark Gerloff in Hooligan Sportsman Motorcycle. Miller is a perfect three for three on the season, while Gerloff is two for two after winning the Mint 400 and Kittleson took his first win of the season.
Top finishers from the 2026 Silver State 300 Motorcycle Race were as follows:
- #N2 Ciaran Naran, Open Pro Motorcycle, 3 laps, 5:10:24.548
- #N40 Gavin Erickson, Open Pro Motorcycle, 3 laps, 5:28:22.219
- #J67 Matthew Combs, Ironman Pro Motorcycle, 3 laps, 5:31:50.645
- #N18 Matthew Grant, Open Pro Motorcycle, 3 laps, 5:32:47.555
- #312 Caleb Tate, Open Expert Motorcycle, 3 laps, 5:39:00.793
- #N1 Shane Logan, Open Pro Motorcycle, 3 laps, 5:40:39.475
- #N10 Brandon Krause, Open Pro Motorcycle, 3 laps, 5:42:38.106
- #J5 Patricio Cabrera, Ironman Pro Motorcycle, 3 laps, 5:46:53.676
- #J27 Remington Mathews, Ironman Pro Motorcycle, 3 laps, 5:49:30.748
- #316 Ryan Powell, Open Expert Motorcycle, 3 laps, 6:00:14.350
For full results from the 2026 Silver State 300, click here.
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