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ARIK SWAN
IMAGES / KRYSTYN SLACK
I’ve got, two tickets to paradise. Won’t you pack your bags, we’ll leave tonight. I’ve got two tickets to paradise.... And for motocrossers across the country, tickets to paradise can only mean one thing – qualifying for a trip to “The Ranch” for the Loretta Lynn’s Amateur National Championship. Add an umbrella drink, and you’re set. Of course, that only applies to our riders in the “plus” classes – Junior 25+, Vet 30+, Senior 40+,
Senior 45+ and Master 50+.
Arik Swan, owner of the Swanpound in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains, might argue that he already has his tickets to paradise on any given day of the week in his personal two-wheel haven. But that doesn’t mean he’d deny himself a trip out east to Tennessee to experience paradise at “The Ranch” paired with some serious racing competition.
60 MPG • JUNE 2016
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