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cou rse . Rocks lypify t he Ne-vad a te rrain , which is significantly rougher to ride than the sm oot her . fa ster California d,'S,'rt. Wit h this kind of tra ining ground . Nevad a riders rend to be so rn e w h a t h e a rt ie r , rn o r rp hysica l riders than their counterpans elsewhere . P robab ly MRAN 's best testimon ial com es from the amazing Guio famil y o Big Piney, W yoming . The Guios Ken and his sons COlton , Candon a nd T agg - put abou t 100 ,000 mil es on their vans each vear and have ra ced everywhere in th t" W est. They have cHosen to join MRAN , and t he y m ake the long trek down from Big Piney in rain , snow , or wha tever, for nearly evt"ry race. W hy d id they choose M RAN ? Ken Guio (c urrenr ly Num ber O ne in the Ove r ·38 class) ent hu siastically explains: " M R AN ra ces are we ll organized a nd well m a rk ed . A cl ub wit h eight or n ine members puts on as goOd a ra ce as a 100 member cl ub in California puts on , They rea lly a rt" de.dic ate d! An d t h e p e o pl e are ge n u i ne ly friend ly . T he MR A N orga niza tion shou ld be co mmended for keeping th a t kind of spirit alive ." MRAN 's very ac tive You th Division was started in 1972 , Casey says , basically so t he kids could have a place to ride and to give them some tra ining. The Mi nis have 10 scheduled ra ces this seaso n . The training idea pa ys off. Two Yo uth Division Experts, Greg Price , 14, and Da rryl Folks, 13, ha ve piled up an im p ress ive num ber of wins. They are now also ridi ng as Amateurs in Big MRAN a nd a re fin ishing well. . Folks repons , with jus tifi a ble prid e (a nd hardly an y nervou sn ess) that MRAN ha s very fe w problem s with th e BLM. Th er e 's a good wo rk in g rel at ionsh ip ther e , with a lot of coo pe r a tio n o n b oth sid es . T he o rga niza tio n bel ongs to rh e Nevada Conservati on Council , a nd has bu ilt excelle n t relat ion s with th e local Sierra Club. Speaking for MRAN a bo u t the future , Folk s says , " As lon g as we have pe ople interested in desert racin g , we're go ing to hav e d esert racing . T he future of MRAN looks g ood . We'r.. strong, We don 't hav e ' much m on ey , bu t we're strong as far as org ani zat ion goes, W e have good clubs, c lu bs th a t are reall y int er ested in d oin g something' and doing it righ t. And we have strong rider s - some of th e bes t!" A possibility th at Folks would like to pursu e is rhe idea of a cha lle nge ra ce between District 37 and MRAN . A r a ce in N ev ad a a n d a r a c e in California , with eac h g ro u p send ing its to p 15 or 20 rid er s to co m pete.with th e ot he r associa tion . Nevadans suspect th ese would be ex tre mely in te res ring ra ces, with m any su rprises on both sid es . They would like to see it worked o u t, rnavbe next season . IVlt-an'while , t he Las Vegas -100 is comi ng up , a major racing event which is a tt racting ra ee rs fro m a ll over th e cou nt ry. Th is yea r's -100 promises to he th e best on e yet. Spon sored by Bill Pu tm an , o f Casp ar , W yoming , and p rod uced by Casey Folks a nd Sam Bass , the 400 t his yea r will hav e an ent in'l y new cou rse with a var iet y of ter rain , t h ree cla sses (Professional , Sportsm an , a nd Mini ) a nd pl,'my of cx ciu-me nt , The Las Vegas 400 is a classic examp le of the quality racing going on in So uthern Nevad a . The Guios will be down from Big Piney, 'J a ck Johnson and Sco t Harden will ride , a long with their California team partners Larry ROt'",I,'r a nd Bren t W allingsfon!. A 10 1 of fine peop le will he thcre , sampling th at Nev ada u-rra in a nd the ot hcr things Las Vegas has to offer . 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