CHDH Race #1 & #2
April 22, 2007: This was the 1st Corral Hollow Dowhill Race. The course was tacky and fast. It had a few pedal sections and a super fast G-out that got riders up into the mid 40 mph range coming down it.
I placed 1st for race #1. I felt good and my only fall came in practice trying a new line right out of the start gate. My speed on the G-out was 44mph. The winning speed was 47mph.
June 10, 2007: This was the 2nd Corral Hollow Downhill Race. The start of the course was the same but it was changed a bit after the nice rocky section. There was a sweeping off camber left turn before a double, a few more bermed sections and the G-out had a differant line.
I placed 5th for race #2. I felt good during practice and decided to change my game plan at the start gate. I tried a differant line (same line I had crashed on race #1 practice) and slammed hard.
I quickly got up and jumped on my bike. I knew I had hit hard but I kept going. When I got to the finish, I realized that both forearms and the inside of my right arm had some pretty cool road rash and my hip had a nice, big bruise. That's when the pain set in.
Oh well, you can't win them all but at least I never quit and I podiumed.
Corral Hollow Downhill Race #3 is September 9th. I can't wait!!