Publish date: Jan 10, 2004By:
Pattie Waters
Source: ATV at Off-Road.com
What we can report right now -
Blue Water Casino in Parker Arizona is a "sweet" place to
stay. Great view, good food, fun pool, mid-winter weather that
explains the "snow bird" phenomenom. However, it does NOT have high
speed access, so you'll have to bear with us on the daily coverage
we'll be able to bring you. Yeah, we've got massive photos from Day
1. Nope, we can't post them all just yet. We'll be in Vegas on
Sunday, and will upload photo galleries to your heart's content.
Actually, we know most of you cheat and read this Monday morning
from work anyway, so you'll get your photo galleries fresh
anyway.
In the driver's meeting, Casey
announced the first hint at the date and location of the 5th race
in the 2004 Series, to replace the Baja Mex. It will be October 16,
somewhere around Vegas. He promises it will NOT be the same course
as the Vegas 200 held in December.
Other
race news of interest is that the Vegas to Reno course will have
520 "very awesome" miles, much to be brand new to this event. It
will NOT take the racers through Tonopah or Goldfield, and will
loop out and back so that a single chase vehicle can easy chase to
each pit from 1 through 11. With only 13 pits total, that makes a
pretty easy day for either 2 chase vehicles, or one assist at pit
12.
Back to the subject of THIS race, Casey
was pleased to announce that for the first time in the 29-year
history of the Parker race, the BLM had granted a three-year permit
for the event. This is a huge recognition of the BITD management of
the event.
Now, who's here:Quad Pro
Who's on the pre-register list gives you a glimpse at the teammate
shuffle for 2004 (first name is the rider of record, and will be
getting the points:
Q1 Doug Eichner & Marc Spaeth
Q2 Wayne Matlock & Chad Pruss
Q3 Jimmy Stephensen & Greg Stuart
Q4 Shane Strunk & Allen White
Q5 Steve Veilman & Greg Row
Q6 John Gregory & Danny Rudd
Q7 Michale Cafro & Danny Prather
Q8 Ty Zimmerman & Sam Abeyta
Q9 Shaun Moore & Nic Granlund
Q10 Mike Johnson & Jason Rayburn
Q11 Jacob Briones & Jeremiah Helms
Q12 Russ Ramsey & Todd Hunter
Q13 Nathan Adams
Q15 Jeff Hancock & Colby Turner
Q16 Rod Colbert & Alan Levinson Quad Expert
Some new names on this Pre-register list:
Q41 Ed Teixeira & Jason Sparks
Q42 Dean Waters, Justin Waters, Cliff Failes
Q45 Scott Mitchell, Tyson Leaver, Robert Curtin
Q53 Lynn Pross & Bret Greenholz
Q55 Sam Carlise, William Williford, Daniel Haney
Q57 Luis Santos, Noe Ibarra, Ivan Santos
Q64 Eric Pealstrom, Marc Choquette
Q79 Matthew Black, Michael Black, Clayton Sullivan
Q86 James Tyler, Link Dunn, Greg Whitaker Quad Amateur
We want to know if so many of these guys really are riding Ironman,
or if they just hadn't talked any of their buddies into riding with
them by pre-register time... we'll see at the end of tomorrow!
Q70 Patty Moore, Shaun Kuriyama
Q72 Nick Paplia
Q73 Richard Youngblood
Q74 Chad Hinderliter
Q95 Scott Whitney, Craig Whitney
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BITD@worldnet.att.net About the Author |  | Pattie WatersPowersports Editor
One of the founders of Off-Road.com, Pattie pushed nearly every paper and filled nearly every administrative role in the early years of Off-Road.com. Now, with the official title of Powersports Editor, she roams the country full-time chasing writers of ATV, snowmobile and dirtbike news.
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