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Cycle News 2022 Issue 22 June 1

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Wasson Wins Desert Racer Classic National Hare & Hound D efending NHHA Champion, Beta Factory Racing Team rider Joe Wasson captured his first victory of the '22 season and narrowed the points gap to 20 on leader Dalton Shirey at round five of the AMA Hare & Hound National Championship Series, Presented by FMF, in Red Moun- tain, California, May 28. Wasson, aboard his Beta 480RR Race Edition and currently second in the championship, and Factory Beta teammate Zane Roberts went 1-3 with 3-Bros. Hatch Husqvarna Racing's Shirey split- ting the two in second. The conditions being less- than-desirable led to some extremely challenging racing. If the hot and full-sun sky were not demanding enough, Mother Nature decided to include 60 mph winds both days, leaving the racers with more than just a little bit of sand in their eyes. Nevertheless, the course was well marked, the people came and racing ensued, resulting in exciting battles, a couple champi- onship points position changes, and nothing but smiles heading in to the series summer break. By the end of the weekend most racers talked about how they enjoyed the variable terrain from the relatively long loop one, and most kept a love-hate rela- tionship with the technical rocky sections from loop two. Race Director Jacob Michna designed this year's course IN THE WIND P32 Joe Wasson captured his first National Hare & Hound victory of the season. PHOTOS: MARY RINELL

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