OFF ROAD
SCORE WORLD DESERT CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 3/JUNE 7, 2014
ENSENADA, B.C. MEXICO
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a wheel and exhaust system
change near Vicente Guerrero,
Pearson got back into the lead.
The run up to Mike's Sky Rancho
and down to San Matias shred-
ded the Honda's rear tire so they
had to swap it for fresh rubber
in less than 100 miles. Samuels
took the fast, warm loop to near
the southern portion of Laguna
Diablo dry lake, but the rear tire
chunked, forcing another unex-
pected wheel swap. That's on
top of SCORE officials stopping
them early in the race to replace
a transponder that wasn't work-
ing, costing some two minutes
and 18 seconds. (SCORE adjust-
ed the team's final time to reflect
that, but losing contact with the
(Above) The Raul Hernandez-
captained team easily took the
Sportsman Motorcycle division,
making it three-for-three so far this
season despite hitting a car that
was going backwards on the course
coming down from Mike's.
(Right) Tony Gera answers a few
questions for Bob Cavakis. Gera's
been the only winner of SCORE
Ironman in the three rounds to date
aboard his XR650R.
