NEWS

August 29th, 2007

Well, we've had a bit of a bad time the last few days..  Jonah blew his motor up yesterday, and Casey blew his today.  Jonah was back in the race this morning with a new motor, and Casey will be back tomorrow.  At this point, they will be riding support for Jacob, who is still in a provisional 4th place.

The positive thing is Jonah is still getting seat time on the bike, and some practice navigation, even though it's pretty simple. Jonah says "I'm very disappointed my Yamaha motor had problems yesterday, but it's still good to be on a bike for nine days.  At this point I am riding to help out my teammate Jacob Smith, the young guy.  I am looking forward to getting back to Ellensburg to see my wife and kids, and continue my training for Dakar 2008."

Below are some photos from the liaison stage the day before yesterday.  Team sponsor Ross is a bit of a ham...

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