VOL. 50 ISSUE 43 OCTOBER 29, 2013
class. Brian Adams tried to make
an early get away, but couldn't
shake young Robbie Foster. In
the middle of the night, when
Ironman racers often try to take
a break, there was only one lap
separating the two, so they both
pushed on. Adams stopped for
lunch and dinner on that first day,
then he rode through the night,
stopping briefly every other lap.
Foster was on a similar program,
so that's how they finished, with
that one lap still between them.
Adams completed 45 laps around
the 10-mile course. By comparison, the JCR Honda team had 70
laps in the bank.
But all the riders complained
that the course itself was especially brutal this year. It
consisted of Glen Helen's two motocross
tracks combined with
the Lucas Oil truck
racing facility, some
(Top) Mike Brown flew
in to help out the Zip-Ty
Racing KTM Team but
was held back by a
clogged injector.
(Right) The Purvines
Beta team finished
out on the podium
and grabbed a class
championship.
fireroad, some pavement and
some sandwashes. This year
there was some additional singletrack that had been cleared by
the Prairie Dogs MC, who have
been involved with the race for
two years to provide an AMA
sanction. It turned out that
most riders enjoyed
the technical
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but dry weather and winds took
their toll on the ridges, making
them thick with dust. Several
course changes were made during the night, but most riders
were happy to see the end.
Some 50 teams finished with a
total of nearly 300 riders. At the
trophy presentation that followed
the race, Prairie Dogs President
Craig Hunter asked riders if they
