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FINKE WHAT IT TAKES TO GET “THERE AND BACK”

THE GODFATHER

Stephen Greenfield is a legend when it comes to the Finke. He has been involved in more races, in one way or another, than you can imagine. He has built race-winning bikes, tuned suspension, serviced bikes, mentored riders, and did I mention picked up four outright wins and 10 podiums (outright winner 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004)?

Growing up in Alice Springs meant Greenie was there for the birth of the Finke in 1976. He was only six years old at the time and ten years

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