RR: Fontana Race #4 2/23/08-2/24/08

[sdyeti]

Gary...Thank You for coming out to support the XC and 4X folks this weekend (and for the awesome snaps)!

These two are frame-worthy, for sure!

In the action shots, I love how the rider is in focus and the background is whizzing by...SWEET!

Originally Posted by Mudman

[bluefirepictures]

Race pictures are online

http://www.bluefirepictures.com/site...p?category=363

Hope everyone placed well, and stayed as dry as you could.

[GnaR9]

Originally Posted by sdyeti

Here you go, Fred!

Awesome, thanks a bunch. Gosh I love that jacket!

[RacinJason]

I was going great floating all the parts as planned. Then BOOM my pedal smacked this rock that jumped right in my way. Launched me over the bars on the fastest part of the track . All I saw was the mud on my glasses and the ground then my bike then the sky then my bike flying over me. Thinking this is going to hurt. It turns out the ground was so wet I skipped on my head and shoulder. I feel ok I am not to beat up really.
Maybe tomorrow will be different.


Brandon and Adrian both saw my crash. I bet it was funny.

I hope someone got it on video or even a picture.

Originally Posted by mcgyver0302

Hey yall... Here are a few pictures of todays festivities. My best friend came in from out of town and brought his Son. He decided he wanted to race, so I reworked my P.1 for him and he did pretty well. 3rd place! Christian was fighting a fever and chest cold along with the mud, but he still wanted to race...

Slim dropping into the rock garden...


...over the edge...


Austin's first race






...me telling the first place guy "I'm coming for ya"!


...just one more step.


J Sims, check out that ankle! XC on Saturday and DH in the rain on Sunday... You da man!

[BFloFoxRider.]

Originally Posted by RacinJason

I was going great floating all the parts as planned. Then BOOM my pedal smacked this rock that jumped right in my way. Launched me over the bars on the fastest part of the track . All I saw was the mud on my glasses and the ground then my bike then the sky then my bike flying over me. Thinking this is going to hurt. It turns out the ground was so wet I skipped on my head and shoulder. I feel ok I am not to beat up really.
Maybe tomorrow will be different.


Brandon and Adrian both saw my crash. I bet it was funny.

I hope someone got it on video or even a picture.

Imagine watching a guy twice your age, not that age has anything to do with it, , but anyways, watching him let go and flow and perfectly nail one of the most technical stretches of the course. Then imagine him hitting the right hand "berm", but instead of turning right, you see his pedal clip a rock and his hands both slip off the bars and straight forward near his front wheel.. Then imagine him riding on his Nutz and his armpits for a few feww before flipping and landing on the ground. Needless to say, it was one of the mroe fun crashes to watch

[J_Sims]

SLim was tearing it up out there... Big props.. I know at least one of those rock drops had to be taller then he is. The future of our sport is looking pretty good

Keep it up SLIM

[queenwilhelmina]

Originally Posted by BFloFoxRider.

Imagine watching a guy twice your age, not that age has anything to do with it, , but anyways, watching him let go and flow and perfectly nail one of the most technical stretches of the course. Then imagine him hitting the right hand "berm", but instead of turning right, you see his pedal clip a rock and his hands both slip off the bars and straight forward near his front wheel.. Then imagine him riding on his Nutz and his armpits for a few feww before flipping and landing on the ground. Needless to say, it was one of the mroe fun crashes to watch

Oh man that sounds funny... I can't believe I missed it!! Errr ummm, I mean, gosh that sounds just horrible.

I think this happened because:

a) I decided to stay home today and get a few things done while Jason did his thing
b) He did not heed my advice: "be careful"

I'm actually proud of my hubby for still doing his best throughout the race and for finishing. He keeps telling me how sad he is about crashing, but at least he's in one piece and we don't have to visit our buddies at the urgent care! They are getting sick of us!

Did anyone get pics/video of the crash???

[RacinJason]

I pined it up to that points I still never hit the brakes.

You should have seen me jump up and quickly look around to see who saw my bail.
Then I took off like nothing happened got around the corner at the wall and limped it in.

It was fun.

Originally Posted by BFloFoxRider.

Imagine watching a guy twice your age, not that age has anything to do with it, , but anyways, watching him let go and flow and perfectly nail one of the most technical stretches of the course. Then imagine him hitting the right hand "berm", but instead of turning right, you see his pedal clip a rock and his hands both slip off the bars and straight forward near his front wheel.. Then imagine him riding on his Nutz and his armpits for a few feww before flipping and landing on the ground. Needless to say, it was one of the mroe fun crashes to watch

[J_Sims]

Jason even after all that your time was not that far off... You probably would have killed it, and leveled the field...

[BFloFoxRider.]

there was nobody with a camera or video camera left when he went. they all cleared out after about "K"..
but you should be proud we yelled at him to let it flow and he did just that until that rock happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Didnt he still get third despite the crash?!?

[ODB]

Originally Posted by Pickettt

A beginner with a 37 minute lap either cut the course, or isn't a beginner.

Before the race I overheard that guy saying he works for Mountain Bike Action. Despite that, he's a strong rider ... and an even stronger sandbagger.

[mtnbikerfred]

Here's a video of the 4X mayhem. The outcome was inevitable though

[sdyeti]

Fred...don't be a stranger at the races...there's a huge STR group out there...look for us and come hang out...the more, the merrier!

Originally Posted by GnaR9

Awesome, thanks a bunch. Gosh I love that jacket!

[J_Sims]

Originally Posted by sdyeti

Fred...don't be a stranger at the races...there's a huge STR group out there...look for us and come hang out...the more, the merrier!

[Mudman]

Originally Posted by sdyeti

Fred...don't be a stranger at the races...there's a huge STR group out there...look for us and come hang out...the more, the merrier!

I think at least one STR member podiums every race.

[J_Sims]

Lee, our one man 4X wondershow... I especially like the little Bump in the second moto.. Great job out there

[SchwinnStr8]

Saturday:
Great day to practice and ride. I was riding my VPX and the conditions were near perfect for the course. Too bad i couldn't say the same thing for my fork. I took my first run and started to hear a "clanking(<~~~not sure its a word)" noise on the way down. Didn't think anything of it until my second run. The clanking noise had gotten louder. I pulled over and the fork just didn't seem right. It felt like there was something loose in the lowers (I think it had something to do with my crash at the last race). That was it for me...didn't want to take the chance of the fork giving out on me during a run.

I then went of and watched the 4X. WOW....that was fun...it was sooo cool to watch. A BIG THANKS to everyone that was racing!!! That was soo cool to watch.

SUNDAY:
I decided to race on my Schwinn. Got to fontucky and was able to squeeze one practice run in. It was raining and very muddy...nothing like the day before. I watched a couple of classes race, then went to my car and tried to stay dry. By the time it was for the "Z" class to go up to race, the rain started to let up. Got on the shuttle and was even able to see blue skies. When the "Z" class started to race, the sun started to break out of the clouds (too bad i still had my snowboarding jacket on). I then proceeded with my race run and finished in 10th out of the 17 riders in my class.

Overall the weekend/course was fun and i accomplished my goal... "making it through a race without crashing". Now i know where i stand...and need to improve!

CONGRATS TO ALL THAT RACED THIS WEEKEND!!!
AND THANKS TO THE PEOPLE THAT STAYED AND SUPPORTED IN THE RAIN!!!