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Sur
JlJne 2-4, 2006
OFF.ROAD
-
SCORC Baja 5OO
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Bell and Kendall Norman take
wire-to-wire victarg
BY BRraN FaRrg
PHoros BY lllaRl( KA$YA
l week
of comfortable
ore-run wether
ff
changed
dramatically ai the 2006 Tecate
, I
scoRE Baia 500, chansint to oppressively
!f
noa wearner on race oay, rronerneress,
I larsrcan Honoa
Factory
teamrnc
Roboy
Befl and Kendall Norman umed up the
h€at
on
*re rest
of the field, covering the
424-mile cource in a time of
eight hou6, 59 minutes
and four seconds. ThEy averaged
47.22
mph
on
their Precision Concepts-prepped
CRF450R
to capture the overall
win.
"we
were
in
dle
lead the whole way," Bell said.
"lt
was
fun, a
lot of fun. The spectatorc cheered me in and the
course
was awesome."
Honda had one scheduled tire chan8e at
\4lle
de
Trinidad halfiaray through the race and the 450's rear 6re
was almost wom through.
"l
had no rear tire coming in," said Bell, who had to d€al
with the deep silt in the sand washes coming
into
the
Softball SEdium at the finish
in
Ensenada"
Bell's
teammate
Kendall Norman
