"I pick up DIRT RIDER
to find out what's hot."
-Wally Dallenbach
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1975 Ontario 100 and 1977 TrentOI) 200; started Indianapolis 500
13 times, finished fourth in 1976
and '77, fifth in 1978; retired ill
1979· but returned briefly to qualify Mario Andretti's Wildcat
VIII Cosworth for 1981 Indy
while Andretti drove Belgium
Grand Prix. Son, Wally, Jr., won
1985 SCCA Trans-Am title and
finished third in IMSA Camel
GT competition.
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Aiding preference: "I've
been riding both street and dirt
for over 30 years, but the majority of my riding is off-road. Of
course, my favorite ride is the
Colorado 500, which I've been
involved with for 10, going on
11 , years."
Bikes currently owned:
Yamaha TT600; Honda V65
Magna.
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Name: Wally Dallenbach
Occupation: Director of Competition and Chief Steward,
CART (Championship Auto
Racing Teams); retired Indy car
driver; co-founder and organizer,
Colorado 500 motorcycle ride;
teaches high-speed driving techniques to law enforcement- officials
Job description: "I'm basically responsible for the CART rule
book, all of the officials, and the
safe conduct for each race. I
make sure the events are properly
prepared for, keep the rules and
maintain the schedule. Where the
rule book is vague or doesn't apply, it's my job to make a judgment calL It's kind of like being
deputy in a small. town."
Magazine:· "I pick up DIR T
RIDER to find out what's hot.
The thing I look for first is the
bike tests; what's new, what's
running good, how it compares
to the competition. The DIRT
RIDER editors do a good runthrough on a bike, they're honest,
and I'm influenced by what they
have to say."
Auto racing career: Drove
in 180 Indy car races between
1965 and 1979; won 1973 Milwaukee 200, Ontario 100 qualify-
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