WestX1000 brings us coverage from day three during Special Stage 2 of the 2020 Yokohama Sonora Rally.
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SS2: Give It Some Gas
Once Racers Descend into the Valley, the High-Speed Chase Can Commence

Teams had the sense they?d been there before. The steep climb, the rocks, and barren trees, the water crossings. As if Special Stage One just wouldn?t relent. A welcome sight for some, and the sign of a grueling day for others. But this longest day of the Yokohama Sonora Rally, presented by Method Race Wheels, wasn?t going quite according to plan. Storms had mutated the land so much the route was unrecognizable enough to the organizers to cut Part One of Stage Two in half. These same systems caused competitors to snorkel through the finish just yesterday. And even abbreviated, the early mountainous section of the day?s challenge would cake the race vessels in mud by its end. But not before picking up the pace ? a lot. What better way is there to burn off some steam (and maybe dry out your gear) than to turn up the heat when the road opens up"
UTVs took full advantage of the speed after crawling over the sagebrush-covered sierras in the morning, a factor that could explain the early roll-over in the last 10 kilometers of the first section. George LaMonte had hoped to top out at 110 mph, but settled for a humble 105? Just a hair faster than the 80 or so mile-per-hour maximums his opponents were managing. Sara Price #78, along with Co-Pilot Kellon Walch, ...