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Edited Date/Time 1/9/2023 5:43pm

All this SoCal rain left us with a RARE wet desert race yesterday, leaving for crazy fast conditions that were too much fun! Nailed the start and got into the early lead but a soil sample pretty early on resulted in a DNF. Leading a bomb run like this is a pretty surreal feeling and watching it on GoPro will get the blood pumping...

BTW, Ryan Surratt, former SX/MX racer took the overall win after 80 miles of one of the most technical, rocky desert races of the year.

 
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str8line 1/9/2023 5:57pm
1/9/2023 5:57pm

Balls out! Seems a little stupid to put that course marker right where there are two small rocks you can't even see. Looks like a hard crash you took there. And that near collision! That dude seemed to come out of nowhere.

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183Matt 1/9/2023 6:06pm
1/9/2023 6:06pm

Thanks for posting Trevor!  Desert Racing is the best!

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ga_pike 1/10/2023 4:47am
1/10/2023 4:47am

That was gnarly, holy crap!  How do you even know where to go??

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sandman768 1/10/2023 5:15am
1/10/2023 5:15am

You guys are crazy! I”ll take some single track with arrows please😂

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Natester551v 1/10/2023 8:37am
1/10/2023 8:37am

Trevor, did you take a nap after that hit? I saw the other camera angle on your IG, and that was violent! Glad you are okay...you were on the gas....

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Falcon 1/10/2023 8:46am
1/10/2023 8:46am

EFFFFFFFFfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff that. I would have crashed within 30 seconds at those speeds. 

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jjavaman 1/10/2023 9:27am
1/10/2023 9:27am

 Man, how does your brain handle those speeds? 

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APLMAN99 1/10/2023 9:31am
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I would get lost withing 90 seconds of the start, even if I hadn't been able to get 1/4 as far as you did........

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Motohead279 1/10/2023 10:04am
1/10/2023 10:04am

Big 🏀 🏀’s

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LungButter 1/10/2023 10:14am
1/10/2023 10:14am

That was bad ass, sorry you took a tumble.

Ain't no feeling like holeshotting a bomb run.

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Kelz87 1/10/2023 1:13pm
1/10/2023 1:13pm

That’s wild. Terrain can change fast in the desert too, you can be riding along and run into a sand wash or a random rock..or even a donkey 

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gpracer4224 1/10/2023 6:06pm
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ga_pike wrote:

That was gnarly, holy crap!  How do you even know where to go??

A little pink ribbon and some arrows, or in this case the wet trail through the desert does a lot of it for you

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gpracer4224 1/10/2023 6:07pm
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Natester551v wrote:
Trevor, did you take a nap after that hit? I saw the other camera angle on your IG, and that was violent! Glad you are okay...you...

Trevor, did you take a nap after that hit? I saw the other camera angle on your IG, and that was violent! Glad you are okay...you were on the gas....

I was out for a little bit, but came out pretty good all things considering

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gpracer4224 1/10/2023 6:09pm
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jjavaman wrote:

 Man, how does your brain handle those speeds? 

It takes a lot of time to develop it and read the terrain and markings at speed. I don't race many desert races like this every year so I felt like I had to back it down a tad to read everything, ultimately getting passed just before going down

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gpracer4224 1/10/2023 6:10pm
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Kelz87 wrote:
That’s wild. Terrain can change fast in the desert too, you can be riding along and run into a sand wash or a random rock..or even...

That’s wild. Terrain can change fast in the desert too, you can be riding along and run into a sand wash or a random rock..or even a donkey 

I've had experience with all three, some on more than one occasion Laughing

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GoggleFiend904 1/10/2023 6:39pm
1/10/2023 6:39pm

Props for being able to ride that pace. That desert looks exactly like the terrain that I mostly ride, it’s a whole different animal when you have to read ribbons while doing it. That alone would drop me atleast one class in speed lol

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TbonesPop 1/10/2023 9:17pm
1/10/2023 9:17pm

Do you guys get to pre-run that or is it line up and just let'er rip?  Hauling ass any way about it.  Just curious if you get to at least get one pre-run look see on it.  TIA

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gpracer4224 1/11/2023 8:11am
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TbonesPop wrote:
Do you guys get to pre-run that or is it line up and just let'er rip?  Hauling ass any way about it.  Just curious if you...

Do you guys get to pre-run that or is it line up and just let'er rip?  Hauling ass any way about it.  Just curious if you get to at least get one pre-run look see on it.  TIA

We get to pre-run the bomb run, the first mile or so but everything else is blind to us

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wildbill 1/11/2023 6:03pm
1/11/2023 6:03pm
Wow! Your 450 sounded plum ass mean. Nice speed shifts. Thanks for sharing. Smile
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Natester551v 1/16/2023 4:12pm
1/16/2023 4:12pm

glad you're okay, Trevor!  I showed a buddy of mine your IG post, and he responded like I did (OOOHHHHHHHH!!!!!!).  That could've been so much worse....

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