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Nasty, Brutish, and Loud

April 1, 2002October 10, 2017 by Bill Donahue

The Hatfield-McCoy Recreation Area, in the stripmined hills of West Virginia, is the world’s premier all-terrain-vehicle playground—and oh, what a joy it is to ride there after midnight and toss your empties into the woods! 

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Edited by Jay Stowe. Photos by Charles Gullung.

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