Last year this was most definitely my favorite track. Lots of elevation change and swooping rolling hills, very fun, some good technical, and not too rough. But because of the mud it was not quite a race, more of survival. I didn't get stuck too much actually, but by the end of the race the ruts were getting very deep and anybody with a straight axle would get hung up.
So onto the pictures! Gotta thank my parents for being there and taking pictures.
All spiffed up with some of Jeff Stoess' goodies haha.
The starting line. As you can see, still a pretty good turn out. This race both morning and afternoon classes raced together.
You can see the rain, it rained on and off the whole race. My class was just starting.
A little ways after the start
Already crazy muddy. Goggles were done for instantly from roost, forgot to buy more tear offs.
Creek crossing right after the check point, very easy, not too deep like that ridiculous OMA series...
Flying out of the creek. Not sure what this guy is pointing at haha.
Another creek shot, Cannondales are great in water believe it or not, that high airbox does wonders.
Mmm roost.
A shot on top of one of the hills looking down on the parking area.
! My KTM is my GNCC rig, but my 505 'dale is getting closer and closer to completion (at this point I'm just waiting on new nerf bars from Black Widow) and with any luck, I'll be putting it through its paces in the Southern Ohio Cross Country (SOCC) series B class later this year. It will be nice to have a local machine and a national machine, because the nationals let me get away with a little more width than the locals do, and this also allows me at least 2 weeks of down-time for each machine between events, so I can stop over-nighting parts... Race reports to come. I was hoping at the next SOCC in 3 weeks, but we'll see, if brad still doesn't have nerf bars, the KTM will be at that round...