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The
first World Cup event in the IGSA season calendar
for 2005 will be held at Barrett Junction in San
Diego, California, USA from June 3-5, 2005. THP
rider Abdil "Furlong" Mahdzan will be
attending this race. This race will be his first
(and most probably last before he returns to Malaysia
for good) time racing at Barrett Junction that seems
to be a favorite among the racers in California.
It would also be his first time riding and racing
in California after 3 years (the last times were
spent riding at Dinosaur Point, Templin Highway,
and Red Bull Streets of San Francisco in 2002).
The
Barrett Junction race course will prove to be a
challenge for all the racers, namely due to several
factors:
- The road surface is very rough.
- The weather will be very hot especially during
this time of the year.
- A possible Grand Prix race format.
However,
if the road surface is anything similar to that
of Templin Highway, then at least Furlong will know
what to expect. As for the hot weather, the tropical
Malaysian weather has prepared him for that. All
that's left is to concentrate on the competition,
learn the course as well as the technical aspects
that the course offers such as the 2 hairpins.
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Grand
Prix format at the World Cup in 2004
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