IN
THE
WIND
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rally, which will be the first time
they've had a Supermoto race
during the rally. It will be in the
city park. Then we're going to do
our race in September like we
have the last two years on Main
Street in downtown.
Is it true that the City of
Sturgis actually came to you
to put on a race?
Yeah. The people in Sturgis
are motorcycle people, obvious-
ly. They realize that 75 years ago
when the rally started, it started
around motorcycle racing. That's
what brought the people to it.
So they're really trying to bring
racing back into the town and in
my opinion, they've been pretty
successful doing so.
Talk about this weekend;
what is the course going to
be like?
The first round, it's at a go-kart
track and it's your typical Super-
moto course. That's one of the
cooler things about the series.
We have a lot of different cours-
es. In my opinion, that's the best
thing about Supermoto. You can
just put a track wherever you
want to.
Jean Turner
ABU DHABI DESERT
CHALLENGE GETS STARTED
T
he 2015 FIM Cross Country
Rallies World Championship
is officially underway with round
one: the Abu Dhabi Desert Chal-
lenge. Rally racing's finest are
taking to the sands of the Al
Garbia Desert and battling the
high temperatures and difficult
navigation en route to the first
checkered flag of the series.
Dakar Rally winner Marc
Coma got things started in
winning fashion, taking the
first stage win of the race on
Sunday (March 29). The Red
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
RALLYZONE
BAUER/BARNI
Red Bull KTM's
Sam Sunderland
(5) leads the
way in the 25th
running of the
Abu Dhabi Desert
Challenge, round
one of the 2015
FIM Cross Country
Rallies World
Championship.
