IN
THE
WIND
the first 19 laps.
Two-time Daytona short track
winner Mikey Rush was a solid
third and had the honor of turning
the overall fastest single lap time
of the night at 14.64 seconds.
"I was trying to put consistent
laps together and inched and
inched and inched them in, and
coming out of four to the white
flag he spun it up [Pearson],"
Mees explained "I hit a hole but
had such a good run and we
hit and it put him up against the
fence, so then he tried to protect
the bottom but he went wide so
I was able to get the position. I
just really want to thank Southland Pro Suspension, and really
Jared Mees (69) leads Rob Pearson
(66) and Mikey Rush (54) at the
Perris Short Track on Friday night.
Jimmy Wood for giving me a bike
and letting me come out and do
it. You know I've always wanted
to come out and ride this race at
Perris, but I'm always so commit-
HONDA
RALLY BIKE
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JANICE BLUNT
P30
onda released photos of its new
CRF450 Rally bike on the eve of the
Morocco Rally – the motorcycle that will be
used in HRC's assault on the 2014 Dakar
Rally.
HRC returned to the Dakar Rally in 2013
with a prototype of the bike and the team
gained data during the event to help them
build the next generation of the off-roader.
The result is the all-new CRF450 Rally – a
fuel-injected 450 built to withstand the
rigors of rally racing. The bike will be
used by Team HRC and will also be released to other teams as a production
model in 2014.
The team got off to a good start in
Morocco with Joan Barreda winning the
first stage on Monday.
ted to a championship the next
day at Pomona. This year I'm not
in the points chase so I just came
out and had fun."
Jamie Blunt
HRC's new CRF450
Rally – the off-roader
Honda hopes can
carry one of their
riders to victory in the
2014 Dakar Rally.
