Horseshoe Ontario DH Cup #2

    After almost two months of hard work, lead by Shane Joachim, we were gratefully faced with a totally brand new Horseshoe course. The dreadfully long pedal section was taken out and instead changed into a fun warm up before racing. On the course you could pretty much find anything and everything. Thus possessed a challenge to not some, but all racers and maybe even spectators.

Greg de Boer - Riders getting ready to go in the background.

     Rider turn out for the weekend was more than decent considering many riders and teams traveled to the US open at Diablo Freeride Park.The line ups were still long, but things still going fast. Practice was probably
tough for all.

 Derek Abraham

    Extreme heat and blue skies all week/weekend made the track essentially like riding on a beach; this meant that whoever could put down a clean and consistent run would more than likely walk away with top spot.

Jamie Tice - Eyes on the prize.

     At the end of Saturday many riders were still unsure about how to attack this course. Would they go full out and hope that the corners held up? Or would they play it conservative and try to put together a consistent and clean run?

 Sam Caldwell

     I asked my teammate and good riding buddy Sam Caldwell how he approached the track. "Very conservative compared to my normal riding style," was his response. Sam placed second place in Senior Sport category, congrats dude!

The top 5 times for the day:

1.Justin Brown Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny`s CC 1:16.386

2. Sidney Slotegraaf Lapierre Canada 1:16.422

3. Caleb Cambern Trek Store Race Team 1:16.947

4. Harold Woolnough Silent Devinci Racing 1:17.357

5. Steve Gauci Cycle Solutions/Angry Johnny`s CC 1:18.873

For race results and more info check out: Sirbikealot Racing

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A big thanks to Shane Joachim who put countless days of work into this track! 

 Shane the man. (Whatta tank!)

    It definitely shows when you put that much dedication into a course; and this was no exception. The video below shows just how technically challenging this course was for everyone.

Video thanks to Sam.

Honorable WordUp mentions:
     Thanks to Mike Hermanovsky who took a bunch of videos and photos. Big congrats to Anton Urtan for his 3rd place finish in Cadet and Josh Toohill for his first place in Senior Ex, Tyler Pratt taking 3rd place in Senior Sport, and Sam Caldwell who beat him by 1second and took 2nd place! Thanks to everyone who showed up and helped in the building process of the track, see you in at Kelso #2!

Photos by: Steve Hayes

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