Expert Race

Lauri Webber - Independent Fabrication took off at the start of the Expert/Pro Women's race and was first into the singletrack ahead of all three pro women on a singlespeed. We don't want to mention that she is older than all of her competitors but, it doesn't seem to matter to her. She had a knee injury earlier in the year and has recovered well taking 1st Place in the Expert Women 35+ race.

Rick Mihills - First State Velo Sport and owner of Henry's Bike Shop - 4809 Limestone Rd / Stoney Creek Plaza, Wilmington, DE was the fastest Expert Senior 1 man of the day. Senior 1 men are supposed to be 19-29........ Rick is OLDER than that but chooses to race in the fastest group. He has our respect big time pulling off a 1st Place with a time of 1:30:41. Shaun Beitler took 2nd Place Expert Senior 1 at 1:31:25 and directly behind him crossing the line was 3rd Place Charlie Goss - Systems Integration Support only 9 seconds back at 1:31:34.

Chris Richardson - Bike Doctor won the Expert Men Senior 2 race finishing with a time of 1:47:57. Kevin Fryberger - Bean's Bikes took second at 1:54:17.

John Cleary - Wooden Wheels crossed the line taking 1st Place Expert Vet 1 with an almost nine minute gap. It was necessary to keep the formidable Bike Line Corporate team from a total sweep of the podium as from that point on it was all about Bike Line. They took the next three spots with Rolf Rimrott in 2nd Place (1:34:25), Marco Fanari in 3rd (1:35:26) and Christopher Fallon taking 4th (1:37:15).

The Expert Vet 2 Race was won by Andre Goldstein - Guy's Racing who ran a smooth race ending up with a solid lead of over 3 minutes finishing up at 1:30:27. It was Antonio DeBarros - Wheel and Nut in second (1:34:01) and Guy's Racing's John Miller finishing 3rd with a time of 1:47:24.

Expert Master 45+ Stuart Crouch did the impossible. He beat 2nd Place (1:33:16) Tim Messersmith - First Capital Velo (4th in the world 50+ Master) and came over the line with a time of 1:30:31 which would have been 3rd Place Pro or 1st Place Senior 1. He's a spry 46 year old wouldn't you say? Another surprising fact is that he had a problem with his derailleur - check out this excerpt from his interview - "Just after starting the second lap I jammed a stick into my front derailleur and bent it pretty bad. I was able to twist it around so the chain would move but it was rubbing the rest of the race. I thought for sure it would eventually lock up but the Shimano gods must have smiled on me."   A respectable 3rd place in this tough field was Karl Faruzel - Wooden Wheels (1:39:22).

Fair Hill is our next "Classic Series presented by Trek" race SATURDAY August 21st. The Delaware Trail Spinners hold this race as a fundraiser for all the great things they do. Make sure to join in the fun as this is some of the best singletrack on the east coast. There are great facilities and it's an all around fantastic venue. These are single loop courses........ no laps.......... top notch racing. This is one race you won't want to miss. See you there August 21st............. additional info @ http://www.trailspinners.org .

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