Bamacross is storming Cooter Pond this weekend!!! I couldn't be more excited, maybe just to say that I've been to Cooters Pond. Dave and the ICS-Chain Reaction crew will no doubt have a top notch set up for all you crossniacs to get yer fix on. MAXXIS has supplied them with megaswag to get you all orange. Now, if some of you could get together and buy me one of THESE,Bamacross will be around for at least 4 more years while I wait on it!
Here's the short list while I tally series standings: (OH, AND LISTEN TO JOHN THIS MORNING ON KEXP.ORG - RUMOR HAS IT THAT BAMACROSS WILL GET A SHOUTOUT DURING THE PLEDGE DRIVE THIS MORNING (WHILE YOUR THERE, SUPPORT LISTENER SUPPORTED RADIO!!!)
Masters 35+ 1 will hibberts 2 everette herring 3 scott staubach 4 david hiott 5 wael amara 6 patrick wigley 7 edward duke 8 david todd 9 curtis cupp 10 terry phillips
Masters 45+ 1 jim brock 2 hardwick gregg 3 bill st. john 4 fred smith 5 john mcgeel 6 john dorminey
Juniors 1 logan haskew 2 justin bynum 3 austin oliver 4 trevor west 5 will faulk 6 cary steele 7 hunter headley 8 campbell holley 9 zach roberts
men 4 1 harri haikala 2 geoff leonard 3 matt holdbrooks 4 hugh smith 5 f brockson 6 j payne 7 scott pierson 8 g kitchen 9 billy faulk 10 k west 11 mike miller 12 ?? ss mtb e-mail me!bib#219 13 carl viars 14 k sanders 15 daniel rumbarger 16 ray fernandez 17 tim haskew 18 c meyer
women 1/2/3 1 maaike everts 2 lisa geyer
women 4 1 Alex miller 2 sally gonder 3 jane gillespie
men 3/4 1 everette herring 2 david mcneal 3 mark simpson 4 jonathan robbins 5 phillip thompson 6 marcus campbell 7 hardwick gregg 8 m enervold 9 chris boothe 10 ?? nice... e-mail me bib #433 11 jacob tubbs 12 larry stanley 13 j dorminey 14 bart davidson 15 patrick wigley 16 brent marshall
men 1/2/3 1 mike hurley 2 jim brock 3 will fyfe 4 brandon curtis 5 matt johnson 6 david mcneal
The folks in Tuscaloosa put on another quality event bookending the year. Tour de Tuscaloosa was a well run quality event with beauty weather to start the year and the cx event yesterday was a mirror image - nice job. There were a few snags as usual, but nothing that couldn't be overcome. There are very few people out there with the guts to stick their neck out and host one of the events that make up our little subculture, make sure to say thanks to the people who do.
There was some intense action on tap on the smokin fast course yesterday. ERA Oxford realty put on a clinic with Will Hibberts taking the 35+, Jim Brock taking the 45+ and Mike Hurley dominating the 1,2,3 race. Brandon Curtis was rumored to have put in an impressive move in the 1,2,3 just before his r. der. exploded into a million pieces, he may be one to watch with the big dogs next week. BBC ran a clinic of their own with Everette Herring grabbing 2nd in the 35+ race after an untimely r. flat and then winning the 3/4 race. Maaike Everts shows the women her dutch heritage by winning the 1,2,3 race. Local boy Logan Haskew gets r dun for the t'town crowd in the juniors race and finally Harry Haikala tops a huge 4 field.
Thanks to all who volunteered and raced. Stay tuned, I will upload the series standing spreadsheet shortly. If you have pics, email them to me at marshallbrent at gmail dot com KEEP YOUR RACE NUMBER!!!!!!!!!
it's time for cyclocross to invade munny sokol park in t'town for the first time eva! this is a park that is near and dear to me ol' heart as i helped build and maintain the singletrack during my learnin days down south. many a classic mountain bike party/race was held here as the black warrior challenge (miss it). if you're thinking of camping, there's none better in bama than lake lurleen state park-the weather will be perfect, that's where me and mine will lay our heads sat night fer sure. dollar primes will be in full effect!
“The greater the suffering, the greater the pleasure. That is nature’s payback to riders for the homage they pay her by suffering. Velvet pillows, safari parks, sunglasses; people have become woolly mice. They still have bodies that can walk for five days and four nights through a desert of snow, without food, but they accept praise for having taken a one-hour bicycle ride. ‘Good for you’. Instead of expressing their gratitude for the rain by getting wet, people walk around with umbrellas. Nature is an old lady with few friends these days, and those who wish to make use of her charms, she rewards passionately.”
the nashville series kicks off this weekend with a double header.this is a cool series with exceptional course designs to test the riders. ga cross starts next weekend as well. these races should keep all you cx addicts in check until the next bamacross event in t'town!
in an attempt to please the results seekers and my boss all at the same time...please view scans of the results sheets until thursday when my workload decreases about 1%. click em and print em.
Monday, October 01, 2007
a couple of clarifications
1. ALABAMA juniors race for free. we failed to clarify on some of the flyers. 2.A category payout for the individual races will be derived using the same formula as last year- $7 from all entry fees will be used for the payout bank. The bank will be split in half to provide a mens and womens payout. A payout is 5 deep as follows:40%,30%,15%,10%,5%. A racers: the more of your non-A race buddies you bring...
I will post the full series rules and regulations close enough to race time that you won't have time to complain.
