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2004 Furnace Creek 508
Race report pics

IMG_0632.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Tweety!

IMG_0585.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Marko

IMG_0633.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] The Tweety crew

IMG_0620.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Coveted jerseys

IMG_0574.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Marko's bike

IMG_0610.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Super low gears (30x34)

IMG_0553.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Seat removal

IMG_0580.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] As does the van's seat

IMG_0560.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Tiger shark

IMG_0627.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [2336x3504(orig)] Daddy Long Legs

IMG_0579.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Finally it all fits

IMG_0635.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Wonder why he's here?

IMG_0569.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [2336x3504(orig)] Marko ordered too much food

IMG_0554.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Stuff we need to fit in van

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IMG_0916.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] GPS navigation system

IMG_0672.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Fixed gear racers (they all finished)

IMG_0690.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] All the racers for this year

IMG_0641.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [2336x3504(orig)] Chris

IMG_0646.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Hall of fame inductees

IMG_0709.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Chris Kostman and Dan Dominy

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IMG_0762.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)]

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IMG_0802.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Waiting for the riders to appear

IMG_0803.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Line of pace vehicles

IMG_0795.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)]

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IMG_0808.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] The handoff

IMG_0814.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] And he's gone

IMG_0869.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)]

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IMG_0878.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] We'll see lots of roads like this

IMG_0913.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Think it's windy out here?

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IMG_0947.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Road to California City

IMG_1040.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] I guess we're not filling up here

IMG_1023.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Borax mine

IMG_1030.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Bike line outside Trona

IMG_1026.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Chemical plant

IMG_1042.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Texaco in the distance

IMG_1045.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Home made burritos from Texaco (they're awesome!)

IMG_1077.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Mountains not getting any closer

IMG_1079.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Real desert

IMG_1085.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Marko coming around corner

IMG_1081.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] The turn we missed

IMG_1075.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Python

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IMG_1089.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Start of Towne Pass climb

IMG_1063.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Panamint Valley

IMG_1059.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Panamint Valley

IMG_1066.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Panamint Valley

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IMG_1069.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Panamint city monument

IMG_1095.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Python on towne Pass climb with Marko in distance

IMG_1101.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Coming up Towne Pass

IMG_1121.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [2336x3504(orig)] Coming up Towne Pass

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IMG_1135.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [2336x3504(orig)] Who sayd pythons can't climb!

IMG_1142.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [2336x3504(orig)] Looking up toward Towne Pass

IMG_1147.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Marko on Towne Pass

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IMG_1192.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Marko heading down after bundling up at the turnout

IMG_1195.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Trying to catch up with Marko

IMG_1200.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Entering Stovepipe Wells

IMG_1202.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Stovepipe Wells

IMG_1206.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] San Dunes

IMG_1215.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Handoff in Death Valley

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IMG_1231.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Elevation sea level

IMG_1234.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Sunset in Death Valley

IMG_1232.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Sun going down on day 1

IMG_1242.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [2336x3504(orig)] Sunset

IMG_1279.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Sunrise

IMG_1250.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] It gets real dark in Death Valley

IMG_1295.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Amazing sunrise colors

IMG_1283.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Sunrise

IMG_1349.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] It looks like rain

IMG_1302.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Amboy

IMG_1307.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Roy's at Amboy (closed)

IMG_1311.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [2336x3504(orig)] Locked pump

IMG_1312.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Amboy post office

IMG_1328.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Gas nearly empty

IMG_1371.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Marko looking good

IMG_1342.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [2336x3504(orig)] That was close

IMG_1391.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [2336x3504(orig)]

IMG_1405.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] "No stopping any time"

IMG_1329.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] But we're almost there!

IMG_1400.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Palms (all 29 of them)

IMG_1335.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] We made it!

IMG_1414.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Turning into finish

IMG_1422.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] We won!

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IMG_1469.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] We were saving this for the finish

IMG_8622.JPG [640x480] [1024x768] [2048x1536(orig)] We were all hungry (espeically Marko)

IMG_1463.JPG [640x426] [1024x682] [3504x2336(orig)] Marko and Crew

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2004 Furnace Creek 508Race report pics

2004 Furnace Creek 508
Race report pics