Another Day In The Dirt
T
he 26th annual Day In The
Dirt, presented by Fast-
house, took place at Glen Helen
Raceway over the Thanksgiving
holiday weekend, November 24-
26. Three days of racing, music
and family time was the theme
as always, keeping the classic
event a must-do on the SoCal
calendar.
As usual, the weekend is
filled with racing in every class
imaginable, including team
races, and vintage, industry and
two-stroke-only divisions. Even
the Pro-Am classes bring out
heavy-hitters and several names
you might have heard of, like Ry
-
der DiFrancesco, Ryan Villopoto,
Tyler Bereman, Justin Hoeft and
Trevor Stewart.
More than 300 riders alone
competed in the Stunt GP Team
Race, with racers switching
wristbands every lap for the
hour-long moto. DiFrancesco
and Justin Hoeft teamed up to
win the Pro class. Trevor Stew
-
art and Deegan VonLossberg
combined efforts to take second
while Arik Swan and Gared Stein-
ke got together and placed third.
Austin "Bubba" Warren and Eli
Moore rode a KTM 350 SX-F to
the win in the Expert division.
Hoeft came back later and
won the Two-Stroke race ahead
of Ayrton Ward and Colin Shiner.
The Coup de Grace race,
however, is the one everyone
was waiting for. The final race
of the event is where the cream
of the weekend rises to the top.
The race features a GP-style
layout that produces lengthy
five-minute-plus lap times. One
of the things that makes this
race so unique is its undisclosed
race time. No one knows when
the checkered flag is going to
come out. When it finally did, RJ
Wageman was leading the way
and was crowned the winner in
the weekend's toughest race.
WIND
IN THE
P38
RJ Wageman was this
year's Day In The Dirt
Coup de Grace winner.
PHOTOS: BROWNDOG WILSON
