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• 3rd A n nual B uell Old H ig h way 4 0 Moto rcycle Day s D onner S k i Ranch organizers faced an extra hurd le; t his spri ng , a ut il i t y company b e g a n inst allation of a buried fi ber-o ptic line b en e at h t he road surface t ha t the rac e wo uld be hel d on. The road was torn up for months and as the event weeken d ap pro ac hed, organ i zers feared tha t the installation of t he line and t he pat ch in g of the aspha lt wou ld not be co m p leted in ti me for the race or that t he pat ch ed pa veme nt it sel f wo u ld leave t he roa d too d angero us t o race o n . J u st in t ime , the work bet ween Donner Lake and the Summ it was su bs tantially c o m p let e an d t he roa d pa tc hed (reasonably well) by rac e day . T here were extra barrica de s in many places along the side of t h e road an d t h e sight of heavy h ighw a y equ ipment a foot or less a\\(ay must have been more than a little unsettling to th e ra cers going by at on e-hundred -p lus miles per hour. But th e race w ent on w ith the highway department prom ising all new bla ck top by next y ear 's ev ent , the r e is much to look forward t o . S T O RY AND P HOT OS BY D OU G K A RCHE R NORDEN, CA, AUG. t 2-13 h e Old H i gh w a y 4 0 M oto r c y c l e D ay s ret urn ed t o t h is sc en i c ski r eso r t atop th e sum mi t of D on n e r Pass, once again provi d in g sp ectato rs and partic ipan ts ali k e with an array of ex ci ti ng and entertainin g ev ent s. T hi s yea r s aw t h e r et u rn of t he Paved and Dirt Hill clirnbs, th e STTA RS Sup er TT an d th e B uell Battl eTrax . Ne w eve n ts in clu d ed a Du a l -Spo r t Rid e o n Sa tu rd a y and F r e es t y l e Motocross Dem on strat ions thr ou ghout the da y on both Satu rd ay and Sun day . Due to a sc he dule c o nflict , th e ve ry popul ar Trials Exh ibit io ns were co nsp icuously absent but were to ld th ey will be back next ye ar . As in previous yea rs, all eve nts were held within view of (or a short walk from) the deck on th e main lodge at Donner Ski Ranch. Bue ll Motorcycles and the area Buell dea lers were, once again , th e major brand sponsor, wi th this event attracting qu ite a number of Buell riders (and soon to be Bue ll riders j udg ing from the inte rest at the Dealer d isplays) . Th is was th e fifth running of t h e Pav ed Hillclimb a nd thi s year th e T 48 AUGUST 30 , 2000 " cue I fornia D ual Sport Rid er s. Fo rt y -fiv e rid er s of all abil ities took o ff from Donner Summit and we re t rea ted to a to u r of th e Tah o e N atio na l Fo rest. T h ey visited th e tow n of F o r esth il l and co ve red over t 00- t 5 0 m il es of trails be fore r et u rni n g to D on n e r. M an y of t he riders sta ye d arou nd on Cycle World's Don Canet backs his Husqvama into the comer in Super TT action. Sunday to watch th e other events . Practice on t he Pav ed H il l cl i m b cou rse got u nderway at to a .m . as the first group of riders we re escorted Summ it . T hir ty -sev en turns and a few short m inu tes lat er t hey were cross - t o t he start l i n e where th ey were waved off at o ne-m inute interval s to begin t he three -m ile , t 088 -foot vertica l clim b from D onn er Lak e t o t he in g th e f ini sh line . A ra da r tr a ile r, com pli me nt s of the T ru c k ee Po li ce SATURDA Y The ac t io n started early Saturday with a Dual -Sp o rt Ride organ ized by Don Iv an and t he Association of Ca li e n e wv s Rick Murry and John Scott race their BMW-powered sidecar through one of the fi nal t ums on the way to victory.