2014 YAKIMA SUNSHINE SERIES - DOWNHILL ROUND 3

Round 3 of the 2014 Yakima Sunshine Series - Downhill moved to a new venue at Boomerang Farm, Mudgeeraba (Gold Coast) last weekend. The track is new and whilst it did not really suit big travel bikes it was a fun track to ride. Hats off to new Club, ORA for accepting the challenge to Host the event when Gold Coast MTB Club could not continue with it as originally planned. The event was held on Sunday/Monday of the Queens Birthday long weekend and limited practice was available to get lines dialled or more accurately, to understand the track itself! I managed to get enough runs in on Sunday to be prepared for racing on Monday and whilst I knew it would be difficult to post a winning time on the V10, I decided to run clip pedals to give myself every chance! Racing on Monday got underway with Seeding in the late morning and I managed to seed in 5th place but with a lot of mid travel bikes competing I knew my chances of holding that in finals would be hard. Race time came around and I just gave it everything I had and ended up in 7th place with a time slower than my Seeding run which was disappointing because I felt my race run was the better of both? Just goes to prove that you cannot be a 'fair weather' racer and must accept all track conditions presented on the day including track style and weather!! Once again, a big shout out to my Supporters who keep me and the Santa Cruz V10 running to compete in these events including Power Racing, NS Dynamics, Santa Cruz Bikes, ForTheRiders, KWT-Maxxis, Brisbane Mountain Bike Shuttles (BMS), Mavic and Paul Dymalla (Wheels and general all-round mechanicals)!!