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Coming down a hill

Coming down a hill

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07 Aug 2018 169
It sometimes gets very steep. Spectators (and photographers) can get close to the action if they dare, as in European rallyes.
And riders learn to adjust

And riders learn to adjust

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07 Aug 2018 218
This kind of thing happens a lot

This kind of thing happens a lot

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07 Aug 2018 214
When a bike goes down, first order if business is to check if there are any other riders headed that way.
One young winner

One young winner

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07 Aug 2018 209
Mud-covered and happy, 16-year-old Alexi Phillips of Tryon, North Carolina took first place in her class aboard a KTM 150. Her friend, Davis Vasilatos, raced on a Yamaha 125.
Not a good place to pass

Not a good place to pass

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07 Aug 2018 203
The course wound far back into the woods -- a lap took as much as 30 minutes to complete. Sometimes there was a little congestion, as here. The races were not for a specified number of laps, but instead they determined how many laps a rider could complete in a specified amount of time, usually two or three hours.
Three riders, two wheels

Three riders, two wheels

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07 Aug 2018 208
Here's something you don't see every day. Though stressing bikes to the max happened there a lot.
The motorcycle equivalent of a rock festival

The motorcycle equivalent of a rock festival

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07 Aug 2018 171
The Sunday Creek Raceway was transformed into a small city during the weekend, and roads and paths there were filled with a mixture of people on foot, on bicycles, in cars, on ATVs, and even on tractors. Oh, and motorcycles, too.
Busy intersection

Busy intersection

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07 Aug 2018 174
Bicyclists were wise to check carefully before riding across the racetrack.
The John Penton GNCC is an annual event

The John Penton GNCC is an annual event

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07 Aug 2018 214
It's named for Ohioan John Penton, the virtual inventor of the modern lightweight dirt bike.
There was a women's division, too

There was a women's division, too

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31 Mar 2015 178
Going through the mud was not always fastest

Going through the mud was not always fastest

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31 Mar 2015 178
Riders chose different lines

Riders chose different lines

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31 Mar 2015 176
The ice is broken

The ice is broken

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31 Mar 2015 195
A wheelie in the mud

A wheelie in the mud

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31 Mar 2015 177
A mudhole

A mudhole

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31 Mar 2015 195
I set up shop at this "mudhole," which was frozen over at first.
They're off in a cloud of two-stroke smoke!

They're off in a cloud of two-stroke smoke!

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31 Mar 2015 233
Riders set off in groups of four, one minute apart. The goal was to maintain an average 24 miles per hour, rather than to be fastest.
There were noise limits

There were noise limits

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31 Mar 2015 216
A rider approaches the station where the loudness of his bike was measured. There was a maximum volume, but not a minimum.
Riders sign up

Riders sign up

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31 Mar 2015 199
More than 200 participants took part, despite temperatures of less than 20 degrees Fahrenheit at the start of the enduro.