Xinjiang motorcycle racer rides towards dream, ambition

by Xinhua writers Tao Fangwei, Gu Yu and Xu Sheng

URUMQI, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- The highest temperature in Wupu Town of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has exceeded 30 degrees centigrade recently, but the hot weather cannot stop the ear-splitting roar of motorcycles on the Gobi Desert.

"If you don't practice on a daily basis, you'll get rusty and never stand a chance of winning," said Zaker Yakp, a