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BY KIT PALMER
I
apologize in advance. This
week's Archives might be a
little too "regional." I'm guess-
ing many of our readers (okay,
most) will not have a clue as to
what I'm focusing this week's
Archives subject on, but a large
chunk of Californians, especially
Southern Californians (desert
racers, to be even more specif-
ic), will, and they might even find
it somewhat interesting. I did.
And maybe our "eastern" read-
ers will, too.
In every region across the
country, there are motorcycling
events that stand out above
most others, albeit an organized
trail ride or street run or, in most
cases, a race. In this case here,
it's a race. Every region has "that
race," the one that nearly every-
one within a hundred or so driv-
ing miles has ridden, or has at
least heard about, or is perhaps
on one's bucket list to race. It
might not even be that great of
a race, but it's so rich in tradition
and history and has "that name"
that it becomes a must-do race
at least once in your lifetime.
Southern California has a
few of these races, and one of
them is a desert race called the
Moose Run, not to be confused
with the Moose Run Cross-Coun
-
try in Morrison, Illinois, which is
a legendary race, as well. The
Bill Gusse-derived Moose Run
Cross-Country used to be billed
as the hardest off-road race in
America, indeed a forerunner to
the current crop of now-called
HERE'S TO HERE'S TO
"MOOSE"
THE
MOOSE RUN
The Four Aces M.C. has
hosted the Moose Run since
1950 and has produced
many famous winners, such
as Bud Ekins, Eddie Mulder,
J.N. Roberts, Dan Smith, Dan
Ashcraft, Larry Roeseler,
Bruce Ogilvie, Destry Abbott
and Kurt Caselli.
