Racing entries up, so what's the problem?(all terrain vehicle racing)(Editorial)

Publication: ATV Sport

Publication Date: 01-NOV-05

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COPYRIGHT 2005 Ehlert Publishing Group

I started this job in January 2001, at what was the beginning of four-stroke hybrid dominance on the motocoss scene. At my first GNC ATV MX race--Muddy Creek--I watched Tim Farr and Doug Gust battle each other during the final moto; it was a great race. Farr on his Yamaha YZ440F hybrid and Gust on a Suzuki DR-Z440 hybrid. At the end of the day, Farr took top honors.

I saw it on the track; progress was driving the four-stroke revolution. Racers were quickly getting sick of the, at the time, 12-year-old TRX250R engine. Still, while progress was being made in engine and chassis development, ATV motocross was going nowhere in terms of money and...

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