Had a blast at the Stumpjumpers Motorcycle Club Desert 100 last weekend. Here are some pics and vids - let's see yours!: Saturday was dual sport riding and poker runs before the racing on Sunday. Darryl VanNieuwenhuise from Cyclops Motorsports tilling moon dust on the dual sport route with his KTM Super Adventure. Wide open spaces. Wide open throttles. Dual sports and dust. Odessa, Washington. Alex Martens from Konflict Motorsports takes the underpass. Flyin' the flag! Here's POV video by Alex Sherman, a local AA racer we supported in the pits - more race details to come: <iframe width="480" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/IPOGBCCGqI4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Here's Alex Sherman heading out to the riders' meeting before the race start. The Desert 100 is always physically hard on the racers and their carefully prepared race bikes. Therefore, I was, and wasn't, shocked to hear news of GL racer Alex's crash, while battling for a top ten position in last weekend's event, and that it was a race ender! Fortunately for Alex, he didn't need any medical assistance, since he avoided injury. His "lightly raced" 2014 Kawasaki KX450F wasn't so lucky... He managed to find a sharp piece of lava rock buried in pile of talcum powder-fine dust - and punched a hole in the KX air shock and bent the triple clamp. Turned out to be an expensive day of racing!
Congrats to the podium finishers - these guys are fast! Young Ricky Russell unthroned a couple of "kings" - Prochnau and Seehorn are both past winners.
Check out how fast he's in and out! <iframe width="640" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RGQ4XQGmL4E?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
There was about a 7 minute gap between Russell and Prochnau when he came into pit after the first lap - you can see the difference in pace: <iframe width="640" height="480" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/zKcw9hcdFPE?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
