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DIY off-roaders race in public lands trash pickup contest. They ended this year with 5M pounds cleaned

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The Gambler 500 event, running since 2014, removed 5 million pounds of trash from public lands over its 12-year history, with the 2026 event alone extracting 13 abandoned cars, 7 RVs, 4 boats, 600 tires, and 250,000 pounds of trash from Crooked River National Grassland in Oregon.

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DIY off-roaders race in public lands trash pickup contest. They ended this year with 5M pounds cleaned

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