Race Report SRC Winter Series #4/Photos (Merged threads)

Super mellow fun day today. Good seeing everyone as usual

 

Had a as good as I could expect race. I have had very little time on any bike for last 4 months and knew I would just run out of gas way before the run was over. I was happy with my run up top , wasn't fastest I could ride but tried to save something for the wall, well that plan failed I was out of gas at the cul de sac rode the lower rock garden very conservative( wanted to just make it through at this point) then pedaled as much as I could down the wall. Ended up last (kinda figured I would come in last) but closer in time then I thought. Still had a good weekend and had fun with friends so I can't complain.

 

Race pics are up at: http://www.ericfoltz.photoreflect.com

XC, Super D, 4x and Downhill


Total Package Racing in the House.



1x1 Clyde bringing the pain.



Super D course flat out rocks.



EC schooling the young uns.



Another great weekend at Fontana. See you all in a couple of weeks.

 

Eric what part of the COURSE were you taking your pics?? Nice job btw!!!

 

I was right at the end of the bumpy straight before the right turn G-out.

 

awesome XC race. loved the conditions. too bad so many XC racers are too weak to race in some sprinkles. wonder if the sprinkles will make for easy victories next weekend?

 

Heard you killed it out there... Congrats and great job in the PRO class my Mann

 

DH race pics are up! I was only able to make it out on Sunday. Feeling a little under the weather on Saturday I hope everyone had a great weekend! See ya next race!

www.cleghornphotography.com

Enjoy! :wave:

 

It was a cool day. showed up this morning to shoot the race and some practice. looked like a fun course, even if it wasnt the most challenging in the world. only made better by fontucky hero dirt. I wanted to go hit corner so bad all day, conditions were just perfect.

but you all hate reading, so some here's some colorful pictures to look at.

Denmo:


Random people:
















and for the record and the curious, Eric was camped out behind (or perhaps, in) this bush:


I'm awaiting his sequence... 8-[

The rest of my shots of everyone else for the race, and random people for practice will be up at www.bluefirepictures.com if you'd like to go find yourself

 

One dilemma of DH racing is trying to balance your desire to go as fast as possible with the need to stay on course and on your line (and on your bike). Another challenge is to gauge just how much energy you have and meter it out appropriately as the race goes on. I imagine the second one is especially difficult in XC races.

Personally, I completely f-ed up the first of these challenges. I stayed too conservative so I could hit all my lines and not have any drama. One can guess the result. That's what happens when you race to get a result vs race to go as fast as you can. Ended up with neither. I did fine as far as energy goes - I stood up and pedaled the entire length of the intermediate road to the lower rock garden and the wall. Legs cramped a little right after the finish line.

Thanks photogs for all the pics. The nice thing about being slow is I had plenty of time to pose for the photographers.
Thanks again to all who helped prepare the track.

 

Had a fun time winning my class in sport XC. Great conditions and I was enjoying the ride as well. Still have work to do time wise, but overall happy I raced well. As always, I just want to shave off 2 minutes from my time.

 

We should call this pic... "Return of The Sluck" (Adrian Q a.k.a. The Sluck btw.)

Thanks for takin pics out there. You were in a primo spot. I was scared for Eric especially when I saw that rider drifting to the right.

 

I was the guy in the green Puma jacket (69N) that drifted straight towards Eric (sorry!). I preloaded over some rocks and didn't get my bike pointed properly before hand and it put me at the inside of that turn instead of the outside, oops, ha.

 

I met you down at B's truck. Check your PM.

 

And yet Brandin you still beat me by 1.5 seconds and 2 places in our class! It was fun though. Damn the wall!!!!

 

Results are up. Here's DH http://www.southridgeusa.com/results_dh_2_20_11.php

 

Gotta pedal harder! haha. Fun course, that weather was perfect.

 

Southridge Round 4 photos from Sat.

Here are a few pics from Saturdays practice. That track looked FUN should have the bike instead of the camera!
Group 1

 

Nice photos. I wondered who was shooting pictures at that location. This thread will probably be merged to the Southridge #4 thread in Racing and Training.

 

Group 2