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LungButter
4/12/2022 11:44am
4/12/2022 11:44am
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4/14/2022 9:02pm
This is pretty cool to watch, all out drag race across the desert. This is a full row of Pro Class racers so they aren't pulling away from a bunch of B riders either.
Pretty unreal.
Pretty unreal.
I'm so excited to have someone with Taylor Roberts resume back racing the hare and hounds...that series is incredibly under rated...Taylor brings some much needed exposure.
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I can't ride that fast over terrain I haven't had a sight lap on.
That's as gnarly as it gets imo
Though they can usually walk the bomb (and sometimes even pre-ride it)...At this race, they usually allow the bomb to be walked to the first banners (those tall banners you see towards the end of this video), after that they are going blind.
And It's cool to see Taylor Robert back at it, but you gotta give some credit to Dalton Shirey. Dude gave TR all he could handle in Utah, plus nearly won the last NGPC against Cole Martinez and Dante. A really good guy who seems to be finding another gear.
Taylor is unreal. Dude is one of the best “all around” racers on the planet. Not many guys can make an Endurocross main and also win a Hare & Hound. He did decent in the AMA extreme series last year. Has been dominating WORCS off and on for around a decade. ISDE Champ…. I’m a huge fan.
Dalton is super impressive too. He deserves a factory ride, if memory serves me he was Factory Husky for a year. Wonder why that didn’t work out? I remember Ty Davis talking about Dalton being the next big thing back when he was on 85s.
Austria needs to fire up a factory West Coast GasGas Team and put him on it.
I musta watched this video 30 times now 🤣It’s hard to see but about 2/3 through I think they hit one of those g-outs and that’s where the top 5-6 separate some from the pack. Probably because they didn’t lift at all and everyone else chopped it to 2/3 throttle for a slight second.
Desert racing for the dudes at the tip of the spear is as gnarly as it gets.
Taylor Robert came out and rode out of our property a couple years ago. He is a class act as well. These two will continue to feed off of each other, their speed is equal.
Here’s a video of the USWE commercial with Taylor-
https://youtu.be/jwDWUj_I8aY
I’ve ridden with Dalton a bunch, he’s got serious natural talent on his bike and very humble. It’s too bad that there isn’t more purse money for these guys, they risk it all and don’t get paid nearly enough.
Pit Row
Dalton is podium speed in WORCS, NGPC, and of course any desert race. Super talented kid...
As far as the speed goes, I recall former H&H/WORCS champ Gary Sutherlin talking about the fact that the desert races and the speed involved freaked him out a bit....
From Dan Smith and Larry Roeseler to Danny Hamel, Ted Hunnicutt, Destry Abbott, Kurt Caselli, and now Taylor Robert, Brabec, Shirey...kudos to anyone racing in the desert - especially the aliens at that level.
I stick to hard(ish) enduro these days...1st and 2nd gear for me, thank-you...lol
Musta been riding a Yamaha....
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