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The high-bermed corners on the Inter-
national track are almost worth the
entry fee.
by trees. This may sound unbeliev-
able to you folk in Maine, but such
are the nuances of living in an irri-
gated desert. The cottonwood trees
that line the track are nice for the
spectators, for sure, but they make
the track excessively dangerous. One
of DIRT BIKE's test riders, Jim Con-
nolly, broke his hip on one of the
trees. The solution is to reroute the
track instead of chopping down the
cottonwoods. As long as we're talk-
ing about danger spots - a tall,
barbed-wire-topped chain link fence
surrounds sections of the track. In
some places, riders have to use it for
a berm. This fencing is extremely
dangerous, and we're sure that the
Dunes' insurance underwriter would
once guarded the jump' s inside line. the action, not wanting the action to swallow his heart if he ever saw it.
Not too long ago, the stump mys- taste them. When this track is used This track is tighter than the In-
teriously disappeared in the middle for actual motocross competition, ternational track, and is far more
of the night, probably torn out by however, the constant pounding challenging. Forty or fifty yards from
one of the many riders who sacri- causes ruts and whoopdies in fork- the starting gate, the pack sails off a
ficed their teeth to it. squishing profusion. sloping eight-foot dropaway that
The International track is short, no makes the skin on their thighs taut
longer than ¾-mile in length, and SHADOW GLEN and puckered. For example: Starting
is not as demanding as the Shadow Shadow Glen is one of the few, if in second gear on a 250 CZ means
Glen track, so it's usually chock not the only, motocross tracks in you're peaked in third when you sail
full of novice riders out for a taste of Southern California that is shaded off into nothingness. Good fun.
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