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III FRIENDLY FIRE
BY STEVE BAUER
W
hen I ran out of column
space in part one,
Donnie Hansen and I
were in Vegas on the Friday night
before the Monster Energy Cup
and had just finished doing a go-
kart moto at Gene Woods Racing
Experience with AMA/FIM referee
John Gallagher and his girl, Lu-
ann. To be honest, I was surprised
that Hanny raced the karts with
us, since he won't even ride a
dirt bike anymore. He says he
doesn't want to get hurt, but come
on, man! It's weird, Goat Breker
is the same way and he loved to
ride as much or more than anyone
I've ever known. What is even
weirder is that Donnie teaches a
motocross school and Goat owns
almost the entire town of Rands-
burg, California, where he plays
host to most of the off-road motor-
cycle industry. Maybe they rode
too much back in the day, I don't
know, but neither one of them will
get on a bike these days.
We tried calling Chuck Sun to
find out why he never made it to
the track from the restaurant, but
his phone went straight to voice-
mail. By then it was pushing mid-
night, so we headed back to the
hotel to rest up for our long day at
Sam Boyd Stadium. We got to the
room and boom, Donnie was out
in three seconds and snoring his
ass off—a bit ironic, since he had
been warning me all day not to
snore. He was out cold and I con-
sidered several extortion-worthy
photo ops, but then I remembered
that we're neighbors now, so I just
hit the hay.
I awoke to Hansen telling me
that I talk a lot in my sleep, so I
mumbled some more nonsense
and slept a little longer. Getting
to the track too early can make
for a long day in the sun, but I
knew Donnie wanted to get out
there so he could tool around the
pits and do some networking for
his Donnie Hansen Motocross
HANGIN' WITH SR. HANNY
