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hOlo review
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(Right) Many
teams switched
riders at this spot,
where the course
crossed Zoo Road.
Most of the
.
incom ing riders
had just com pleted th e
ap p roxim ately
120-mile section
through Matomi
Wash.
Perhaps the most
highly modified
motorcycle .
entered in this
year's race was the
one ridden by the
Chuck Millerl
Dan Ashcraft!
Bruce Ogilvie
Honda team, the
HRC XR600based bike featured a huge head
and a "road
racer" type
fairing.
(Above) On
Thursday, the day
before the race, all
the motorcycle
and four-wheel
entries lined up
through the
streets of Ens en ad a for tech
in specti on , allow ing spectators a
close-u p view of
some of the tric kest, most exo tic
and expensi ve 0 (('
road ra cing
m ot orcycles, cars,
trucks and buggies in the world.
(Left) Thursday
was also the day
for last-minute
overhauls. (Righ t)
Many competitors
said that this
extremely fast 40m ile section of
cactus-lined
.
whoops and sand
nea r San Felipe
was one of the
toughest of the
race. It was here'
where five-time
National Hare &
Hound Champion Dan Smi th
crashed and broke
his leg wh ile preru n n ing last year.
He now races
tru cks.
