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ADVENTURE & WILDLIFE
Card Enduros Hare scrambles
and “Hare and Hounds”.
Hare Scramble
Hare scramble is the name
given to a particular form of
off-road motorcycle racing.
Traditionally a hare scramble
can vary in length and time with
the contestants completing
multiple laps around a marked
course through wooded or
other rugged natural terrain.
The overall winner is the
contestant
who
maintains
the highest speed through-
out the event. In Florida, Hare
scrambles start the race with a
staggered starting sequence.
Once on the course, the object
of the competitor is to complete
the circuit as fast as possible.
The race consists of wooded
areas or open fields.
Cross-Country Rally
Cross-country rally events (also
called Rallye Raid or simply
Rallye, alternate spelling Rally)
are much bigger than enduros.
Typically using larger bikes than
other off-road sports, these
events take place over many
days, travelling hundreds of
miles across primarily open
off-road terrain. The most
famous example is the Dakar
Rally, previously travelling from
Western Europe (often Paris)
to Dakar in Senegal, via the
84
Sahara desert, taking almost
two weeks. Since 2009 the
Dakar Rally has been held in
South America traveling through
Peru, Argentina and Chile. A
FIM Cross-Country Rallies
World
Championship
also
exists encompassing many
events across the world,
typically in desert nations.
These
events
often
run
alongside “car” rallies (under
the FIA).
Track Racing
Track racing is a form of
motorcycle racing where teams
or individuals race opponents
around an oval track. There
are differing variants, with each
variant racing on a different
surface type.
Indoor Short Track And Tt
Racing
Indoor races consist of either:
a polished concrete floor with
coke syrup, or other media
sprayed or mopped onto the
concrete for traction for the
tyres of the motorcycles, or on
dirt that has been moistened
and hard packed, or left loose
(often called a cushion). Similar
to size of the Arenacross Arenas
or sometimes smaller the riders
must have accurate throttle
control to negotiate these tight
Indoor Race Tracks.
In the U.S., flat-track events
are held on outdoor dirt ovals,
ranging in length from one mile
to half-mile, short-tracks and
TTs. All are usually held out-
doors, though a few short-track
events have been held in indoor
stadiums. A Short Track event
is one involving a track of less
than 1⁄2 mile in length, while a
TT event can be of any length,
but it must have at least one
right turn and at least one jump
to qualify.
In the A.M.A. Grand National
Championship, mile, half-mile,
short-track and TT races are
part of a specific discipline la-
belled “Dirt track” or some-
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