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NORMAN WINS KING OF THE DESERT
NATIONAL HARE & HOUND
D
on't write off Kendall Nor-
man as a contender in the
Kenda/SRT AMA Hare & Hound
National Championship Series,
Presented by FMF.
Five years after his last series
victory, he proved he still has
what it takes to win as he led
almost from start to finish in dom-
inating the King of the Desert
National, hosted by the Roadrun-
ner Off-road Club, round two of
the series, in El Centro, Califor-
nia, February 25-26. The Choco-
late Mountain Ranch Honda rider
completed the 93-mile, diverse
two-loop course in two hours,
14 minutes and four seconds,
a healthy 3:38 ahead of Rock-
star Energy Husqvarna Factory
Racing Off-road Team's Dalton
Shirey with Chocolate Mountain
Ranch Honda's Justin Morgan
earning his first National podium
with a third place, 55 seconds
back of Shirey after being close
enough to tap his rear wheel at
one point on the second loop.
(Round-one winner Taylor Robert
is expected to miss several
rounds after a head-on crash
with a wrong-way minibike rider
on Tuesday left him with a bro-
A great start
enabled Kendall
Norman to gap
the field early. He
stayed out front
until the finish for
his first National
win since round two
in 2013.
