Hey this is really cool. Three modified Ducati Desert Sleds participated in the Mint 400 desert race in early March and finished 1st and 2nd and it could have been a 1, 2, 3 sweep but for a broken shift lever.
https://www.ducati.com/us/en/news/scrambler-ducati-desert-sled-dominates-inaugural-mint-400-hooligan-classThe Desert Sled is named after the large Triumphs, BSAs, and Harley raced in the desert in the early and mid 60s. Steve McQueen was a desert sled rider on a Triumph before switching to two stroke Husqvarna motorcycles.
By the way Alexander Smith mentioned in the article is the son of off road legend Malcolm Smith
100 MPH on a Desert Sled!!!!!!!!!!