Canal Crown #2 Results

[dgaddis1]

Another fun night down at the canal! The course was FAST tonight thanks to a few guys doing some work, trimming and working on some of the sandy spots. A lot of folks (myself included) were able to get a personal best time tonight thanks to that work. Thanks fellas!!

We had 27 racers this week, I think that's our biggest crowd so far.

Round 2 Results:

WOMEN
1 - Shelly Gunton - 13:22
2 - Stacey Williamson - 15:11

BEGINNER
1 - Rob Gunton - 13:14
2 - Andrew Smock - 13:22
3 - Darin Bowe - 13:26
4 - Gustavo Barden - 13:31
5 - Frank Chandler - 13:45
6 - John Pilcher - 14:03
7 - Devin Mangus - 14:06
8 - Ruben Pena - 15:50

SPORT
1 - Haby Ramirez - 11:39
2 - Walter Reck - 11:45
3 - Greg McCulley - 11:46
4 - David Finlay - 12:00
5 - Matt Cawthon - 12:37
6 - Michael Dunn - 12:56
7 - Banks Mumford - 12:58
8 - Matt Wykoff - 13:00
9 - Nick "Taco'd Wheel" Vrettos - 19:22

EXPERT
1 - Josh Jackson - 11:30
2 - Trent Snyder - 12:07
3 - Dustin Gaddis - 12:13
4 - Tom Zeaser - 13:04
5 - Ross Douglas - 13:07
6 - Ben Hyler - 13:09
7 - Jeffrey Lott - 13:30
8 - Bryan Bigsby - 14:16

AND, we now have Series Overall standings as well for those who have done both races. Overall time is found by adding a racer's fastest CCW and CW times together. Overall times can only get faster at this point.

BEGINNER
1 - Andrew Smock - 26:29
2 - Darin Bowe - 27:26
3 - Frank Chandler - 28:05
4 - John Pilcher - 29:40
5 - Devin Manger - 29:58
6 - Gustavo Barden - 32:59

SPORT
1 - Walter Reck - 23:49
2 - David Finlay - 24:33
3 - Matt Cawthon - 25:28
4 - Michael Dunn - 26:28
5 - Nick Vrettos - 32:15

EXPERT
1 - Josh Jackson - 23:30
2 - Trent Snyder - 24:44
3 - Ross Douglas - 26:15
4 - Jeffrey Lott - 27:20
5 - Ben Hyler - 31:09

Thanks to Walter Reck for the snazzy new number plates and trail work, Daniel Allen for helping with timing, John Taylor for being our course marshall, and ALL the racers who came out and gave it their all, and everyone I'm forgetting.

See everyone next week!

(let me know if you see any errors in timing, spelling, etc)

[Angela]

For a good perspective of the Round 2 Time Trials -

[dgaddis1]

Jun 10, 2011 12:25:21 GMT -5 Angela said:

For a good perspective of the Round 2 Time Trials -

That's a really cool camera angle. I'm going to try and remember to bring my helmet cam next time too.

[dsquaredmsquared]

Not sure if it is the angle, the lens, or that the guy is really fast, but it seems like he is flying through the course.

[dgaddis1]

Jun 10, 2011 13:25:18 GMT -5 dsquaredmsquared said:

Not sure if it is the angle, the lens, or that the guy is really fast, but it seems like he is flying through the course.

A combo off all of that I think. The vid is from Andrew, 2nd place in beginner @ 13:22 which is not slow.

Would be fun to see the vid from one of the experts in the 11min range.

[Catalyst]

Yeah, that was quick. Great video!

[brianW]

13:22 was top time range in Sport the first year.

[Catalyst]

Hey, what happened to Nick to taco his wheel? I must have missed that story.

[dgaddis1]

Jun 10, 2011 18:01:45 GMT -5 Catalyst said:

Hey, what happened to Nick to taco his wheel? I must have missed that story.

He hit a hole off the side of the trail, I think it was out by the ponds, coming up out of that low spot with the jump in it.

[bikerpanda]

Jun 10, 2011 12:25:21 GMT -5 Angela said:

For a good perspective of the Round 2 Time Trials -

very nice.

[dgaddis1]

Jun 10, 2011 15:10:04 GMT -5 brianW said:

13:22 was top time range in Sport the first year.

Yeah, I know. Times are getting faster in every class except Expert. But all the classes are about the same size, and there is a pretty good divide between them as far as times go. That's good, and what you want to see. First place in Beginner would have been last in Sport if Nick hadn't taco'd his wheel and had to walk out.

The biggest problem now is the Sport/Expert classes...there are some FAST dudes in Sport that should be in Expert, but the courses are different and this presents problems. Some do not want to race Razor's Edge for safety concerns. We can't, shouldn't, and wont force people to race Razors Edge if they dont want to. And we can't bump people up into Expert because we can't transfer their Sport-course times to count towards the overall series.

Probably a new class structure next year. I've got a few different ideas, and at the awards party we'll discuss it and get some feedback from the racers and what they want to do.

The series is all about fun not competition, but we still want the racing to be fair. It's more fun that way. ;D

See y'all Thursday!