It was a wild start to the
first race of the season, rain hammered the Niagara Escarpment for 3
consecutive days, culminating in a 7hr drenching on Saturdays practice
day. However it could not dampen the spirits of the riders, if
anything it motivated them more. Our second ever largest turnout
was welcomed by sun on Sunday morning which combined with some wind
dried the course out nicely for race runs.
A great womens field was trumped
by Sheila (the great) Morris (Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny’s), chasing
her down were Kristen (Poisonfrog.ca) and Caroline (Jamis/Bikezone)
both getting in under the 2min mark!
- Sheila MorrisCycle
Solutions/Angry Johnny`s RacingBarrie 1:44.903
- Kristen Courtney
Poisonfrog.ca Toronto 1:57.842
- Caroline Arsenault
Jamis/Bikezone RacingToronto 2:00.185
Next up everyone was watching
the Junior Expert field, the return of Rob Fraser (Poisonfrog.ca)
and Andrew Gotuaco (Sweet Petes) along with newcomer and last years
cadet champ Robert Bailey (Commencal). And surprise surprise guess
who showed up on the podium Rob, then Andrew, the Robert!
- Rob Fraser
Poisonfrog.ca Pickering 1:29.863
- Andrew Gotuaco
Sweet Pete`s Collingwood 1:36.066
- Robert Bailey
Commençal Cambridge 1:37.750
The anticipation grew as the
day grew on waiting for the Pro Men, would all this extra time help
dry out the course??? Yes it would! Drew threw down the
gauntlet with a ripper a full 2 seconds faster than the fastest time
of the day. Tom followed up with a stellar 2ndrd.
place
and Brandon pulled in a healthy and well deserved 3
- Drew Pautler
Primary-Devinci Brampton 1:24.385
- Tom Kakamousias
Cycle Solutions/AngryJohnny`sRacing Toronto 1:26.9232
- Brandon Cassell
Adrenaline Racer/Industry Skate Park Strathroy 1:29.131
Our next stop is back here
at Kelso June 14/15, we are building a brand new course so be ready
for something sweet!
We can’t thank enough our
amazing support staff, Lee Allen, Kris Somers (MC/DJ), Allan Hawley
and his timing staff, Kelso Pro Patrol and staff (Barb and Simon) and
ofcourse the amazing volunteers and sponsors:
Cycle-Solutions.com Bike Store,
Commencal Bikes, Norco Performance Bikes , Kenda Tires, Titec Components,
Dropmachine.com, Privateer Racing, To Wheels, Industry Bike park,
Trident Distribution, Gamut, YODO bike, E-13, Atomlab and Azonic.
For all results and Ontario
Cup DH/4X racing info go to
www.sirbikealotracing.com
Source: Peter Appleton, Sirbikealot
Racing
| 
