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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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