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Mud replaces dust at 2012 Desert 100

A week of rain showers was what one of the Stumpjumpers had asked for when he was in Odessa for the White Knuckle/Frostbite races the preceding weekend. He got his wish. There was no dust to be seen, so this race was different from every other Desert 100 that has been run on Wes and Faye King’s pasture a few miles outside of Odessa.

Riders came across the finish platform with their bikes, and often themselves, covered in mud. The campsite was a muddy mess in places, and food vendors said they were entertained by all of the rigs trying to make their way through the mud to their campsites. So ma...

 
 

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