The Firestone DH race is on!

wydopen · Apr 19, 2005

thanks for the pic noah..i cant make it this year cause im stuck up at school but i sent a few friends from up here down to race, good luck we should hook up 4 a ride when i get home around may 20th..we should ride some backcountry stuff cause all i have is an enduro sx while im waiting for my new cortina

Gambo · Apr 20, 2005

Ill be there! Im raceing Xc on my reign. Weeeeee!!!!

sleepinggiant · Apr 21, 2005

Ahhhhhhhhhh, can't race. Crashed today and put a nice big hole in my knee. Stitches and everything :eek:

So pissed :mumble: . But I should be there to watch and maybe take pics.

ito · Apr 22, 2005

Woohoo! I'll be driving down tonight and racing XC tomorrow and Sunday! I'm hoping it isn't too hot and that the Singlespeed class is large.

The Ito

Gambo · Apr 22, 2005

Its going to rain. http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USCA1072?from=search_city

ito · Apr 22, 2005

Gambo said:
Its going to rain. http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USCA1072?from=search_city

Ya, I just noticed that after I posted. It looks like it will be the first Firestone with a wet course. So much for dehydrating during the XC, I think I should pick up some glasses for mud protection. Leaving in less than two hours! Should be a blast.

The Ito

sleepinggiant · Apr 22, 2005

Things to hope for:
1, its not windy next week
2, its not 100 degrees next week
3, cows are scared of Shimano tape and little red flags

Shouldn'y have to worry bout #2. :thumb:

konabiker · Apr 24, 2005

Race was fun! Wind died down for race runs and it went smooth(for me atleast).
Friday practice was really sketchy, people getting blown all over the place by the wind, though.

ito · Apr 24, 2005

Race kicked ass! I got to race short track "with" the pros and then took 3rd in singlespeed XC.

The dh was awesome to watch, Kirkaldie kicked butt in DH and XC.

Sunburnt and still smiling, props to Hecker for hosting a sweet event. Too bad they carded at the kegs, I was hoping for a post-race firestone.

The Ito

sleepinggiant · Apr 24, 2005

Not having a car is really a bummer. I called everyone I know with a car, but no one wanted to go/let me use their car.

Where are the pics?

MVRIDER · Apr 25, 2005

Fun race!! Thanks to Mike and all at the Firestone ranch for putting it on. Thanks to Noah and all the others who worked to bring us a killer run, I dont know if you guys post on this website, but thanks, it was a blast! (this is Chris the guy on the red Uzzi SLX from the bay area, we b.s.'d on the shuttle, in line..etc) Does anyone know when official results will be posted on ridesb.com? I had to take off before they were up.

ito · Apr 25, 2005

Zark said:
No Kovarik there, that was John Kirkaldie. He had a 1:19 on the first run, goddamn thats quick!

sh*t...I'm dumb. Kirkaldie, kirkaldie, kirkaldie......doh.

He was fast as hell on his second run, I don't think I've ever seen anyone move quite like that.

The Ito

punkassean · Apr 25, 2005

Zark said:
Hey Chris! Glad you had fun. I don't know my results either, just keep checking Ridesb.com I'm sure Mike will have them up soon.

Noah

Firestone was definitely a blast. It was my first race so that was sort of interesting and all but totally fun. I took some pictures of the results and some of them came out legible. Unfortunately the pic I took of the pro/semi results didn't come out clear but the expert and sport DH (1-10) results are as follows,

EX 19-29
1- Erik Eriksen (Bikeninja) 1:23.945/1:26.092
2- Peter Carty (Bacardi) 1:27.200/1:25.705
3- Aaron Rubenstein (911) 1:26.640/1:26.673
4- Howe Jenkins 1:26.579/1:26.750
5- Austin Donner 1:26.534/1:30.989
6- Mike Shaupp 1:29.090/1:31.199
7- Ryan Cleek 1:31.053/1:30.070
8- Stephen Thomson (MBFanatic) 1:30.353/1:31.316
9- Bryan Quinn 1:32.299/1:29.755
10- James Farina 1:33.322/1:35.236

SPT 19-29
1- Byron Bushatz 1:33.067/1:32.025
2- Omar Cardenas 1:34.806/1:34.695
3- John Obraza 1:37.316/1:35:544
4- Sean Estes (punkassean) 1:38.690/1:36.334
5- Noah Crary (Zark) 1:40.144/1:36.542
6- Octavio Ortiz 1:39.307/1:38.545
7- Adam Durazo 1:46.404/1:44.684
8- Anthony Sinyard 2:04.053/1:59.407
999- Graham Mattingly 1:41.654/DNF
999- Ben Kemkes DNF/DNF

EX 30-39
1- James Mcneill 1:26.888/1:26.929
2- Shajjan Rajraivshi 1:32.994/1:27.853
3- Tad Lent 1:30.375/1:31.404
4- Darren Cox 1:31.344/1:31.292
5- Bruce Custer 1:32.432/1:30.391
6- Duane Robinson 1:32.004/1:31.138
7- Buba Thomas 1:32.004/1:31.138
8- Mike Molinari 1:36.169/1:28.346
9- Brad Lawrence 1:34.260/1:31.140
10- Stephen Zivorsky 1:34.107/1:32.203

SPT 30-39
1- Lucien Gamache 1:32.10/1:29.535
2- Marshall Wilcox 1:34.304/1:32.675
3- Peter Green 1:34.959/1:33.535
4- Justin Decker 1:37:459/1:33.563
5- Michael Schuetta 1:37.729/1:35.848
6- Barry Hirst 1:37.297/1:36.780
7- Bob Burns 1:40.399/1:35.799
8- Scott Smith 1:46.491/1:35.959
9- Mike Fachar 1:45.804/1:40.821
10- Curt Fisher 1:49.559/1:38.281

MVRIDER · Apr 25, 2005

punkassean said:
Firestone was definitely a blast. It was my first race so that was sort of interesting and all but totally fun. I took some pictures of the results and some of them came out legible. Unfortunately the pic I took of the pro/semi results didn't come out clear but the expert and sport DH (1-10) results are as follows,

EX 19-29
1- Erik Eriksen (Bikeninja) 1:23.945/1:26.092
2- Peter Carty (Bacardi) 1:27.200/1:25.705
3- Aaron Rubenstein (911) 1:26.640/1:26.673
4- Howe Jenkins 1:26.579/1:26.750
5- Austin Donner 1:26.534/1:30.989
6- Mike Shaupp 1:29.090/1:31.199
7- Ryan Cleek 1:31.053/1:30.070
8- Stephen Thomson (MBFanatic) 1:30.353/1:31.316
9- Bryan Quinn 1:32.299/1:29.755
10- James Farina 1:33.322/1:35.236

SPT 19-29
1- Byron Bushatz 1:33.067/1:32.025
2- Omar Cardenas 1:34.806/1:34.695
3- John Obraza 1:37.316/1:35:544
4- Sean Estes (punkassean) 1:38.690/1:36.334
5- Noah Crary (Zark) 1:40.144/1:36.542
6- Octavio Ortiz 1:39.307/1:38.545
7- Adam Durazo 1:46.404/1:44.684
8- Anthony Sinyard 2:04.053/1:59.407
999- Graham Mattingly 1:41.654/DNF
999- Ben Kemkes DNF/DNF

EX 30-39
1- James Mcneill 1:26.888/1:26.929
2- Shajjan Rajraivshi 1:32.994/1:27.853
3- Tad Lent 1:30.375/1:31.404
4- Darren Cox 1:31.344/1:31.292
5- Bruce Custer 1:32.432/1:30.391
6- Duane Robinson 1:32.004/1:31.138
7- Buba Thomas 1:32.004/1:31.138
8- Mike Molinari 1:36.169/1:28.346
9- Brad Lawrence 1:34.260/1:31.140
10- Stephen Zivorsky 1:34.107/1:32.203

SPT 30-39
1- Lucien Gamache 1:32.10/1:29.535
2- Marshall Wilcox 1:34.304/1:32.675
3- Peter Green 1:34.959/1:33.535
4- Justin Decker 1:37:459/1:33.563
5- Michael Schuetta 1:37.729/1:35.848
6- Barry Hirst 1:37.297/1:36.780
7- Bob Burns 1:40.399/1:35.799
8- Scott Smith 1:46.491/1:35.959
9- Mike Fachar 1:45.804/1:40.821
10- Curt Fisher 1:49.559/1:38.281

Bummer..no top 10 for me. Still a great Saturday though! Thanks for posting the results!

punkassean · Apr 25, 2005

Zark said:
Thanks for posting the results Sean, I was curious what my time first run was. Would have been better if homeboy didn't ragdoll in front of me before my sprint

Then we would have been neck-and-neck! :cool:

EDIT: we were only ~1.5 apart as is so it would have been REALLY close if that hadn't happenned! :eek:

sleepinggiant · Apr 25, 2005

Where the pics at :monkey:

's ?

punkassean · Apr 25, 2005

sleepinggiant said:
Where the pics at 's ?

My GF only took a few pics of me and they aren't that great so I'll spare you guys and not post them.

konabiker · Apr 25, 2005

Here's a pic of me. Quality is kinda bad because I had to compress a lot.

What were your times, guys?

punkassean · Apr 25, 2005

Okay well since Konbiker posted a pic I guess I'll post one too. It's not that great but whatever...

HERE it is.

konabiker · Apr 25, 2005

punkassean said:
Okay well since Konbiker posted a pic I guess I'll post one too. It's not that great but whatever...

HERE it is.

Hahah. Where there any event photographers there?

cayuga · Apr 26, 2005

I took a few pictures of an unknown class... I was just in the area tooling around and remembered there was a race. I've been riding with a few of you, but work has got me down this year.

Anyway, most are boring shots from where I sat on the side of the hill...

Photos here

Hope some of you find yourselves in there.

Discodncr · Apr 26, 2005

Nice pics... blended slide show :thumb:

damnit jim · Apr 26, 2005

FRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Discodncr said:
Nice pics... blended slide show

punkassean · Apr 26, 2005

Yeah, nice pics!

mbfanatic · Apr 26, 2005

That was a killer race for sure. I was a bit bummed about my derail. breaking, but Dave from sinister hooked me up w/ the new splinter MX. Super cool bike other than the manitou that was topping out up front. Darn manitous. :angry: The frame was super solid and tracked beautifully. Cool pics Michael. Didn't see myself, but I did see a few friends. I hope to see you local guys at the Ellings race coming up! Peace.

punkassean · Apr 26, 2005

Stephen, you ripped it man! Especially on a last-minute borrowed bike! I think I'll be coming down for Elings, should be fun!

ito · Apr 26, 2005

mbfanatic said:
That was a killer race for sure. I was a bit bummed about my derail. breaking, but Dave from sinister hooked me up w/ the new splinter MX. Super cool bike other than the manitou that was topping out up front. Darn manitous. :angry: The frame was super solid and tracked beautifully. Cool pics Michael. Didn't see myself, but I did see a few friends. I hope to see you local guys at the Ellings race coming up! Peace.

You sure where ripping on the XC course too

. It was good seeing you man, I think we should pick up some mudpie after the next race we do.

The Ito

punkassean · Apr 26, 2005

I forgot Steve was racing XC too. How did that go?...

ito · Apr 26, 2005

punkassean said:
I forgot Steve was racing XC too. How did that go?...

Well, I was racing SS and started a good while behind him and managed to pass him somewhere in the second lap. He did sing me John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt though while I passed him, so I think he was doing pretty well.

I think he should stick to downhill though.

The Ito

clysdale · Apr 27, 2005

mbfanatic said:
That was a killer race for sure. I was a bit bummed about my derail. breaking, but Dave from sinister hooked me up w/ the new splinter MX. Super cool bike other than the manitou that was topping out up front. Darn manitous. :angry: The frame was super solid and tracked beautifully. Cool pics Michael. Didn't see myself, but I did see a few friends. I hope to see you local guys at the Ellings race coming up! Peace.

glad i could help bud! and i must say...you tore course up when i saw you come down on that first run.....after being on the bike for lets say 11 seconds! Nice work! Hope to see all of you again at the ellings race, come by the boooooth and say hello. Great work everyone it was a great intro to the race scene here.....great course, great people, great time.

ghostrider · Apr 27, 2005

Zark said:
more photos from the event here:

http://www.uinaction.com/cycling.htm

Yo Zark, any notion on when they will be posting results? I'm still waiting to learn if I was DFL.

ghostrider · Apr 27, 2005

Zark said:
Yo Mike, good seeing you and the family out there.
The ridesb website says "soon", they are working on it.

What did you race? expert XC?

I did the 70 miler, just so I could have five runs on the DH course. Thanks again for that one switchback on the way up.

The Firestone DH race is on!

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