Interviews

1st Place
Pro Women
Lacey Gonzalez
Shirks

1st Place
Pro Men
Chris Eatough
Trek East Coast

1st Place
Expert Vet 1
Jim Thistle
Action Wheels

1st Place
Single Speed
Keith Goulet
Wooden Wheels

1st Place
Expert Junior
Matt Miller
Curt's Cyclery

1st Place
Expert Master
Paul Stahman

3rd Place
Expert Senior 2
Kevin Fryberger
Bean's Bikes

1st Place
Sport Vet 1
Ben Anemone
Bike Line Corporate

1st Place
Sport Junior
Taylor McClain
Yellow Breeches Racing

1st Place
Beg Master 1
Bill Ringler
Fabulous Furry Freaks

The D&Q Summer Sizzler - Race #3 of the Classic Series presented by TREK was a race to remember. The "No Cents Racing" team did a great job promoting this race held on Gloucester Community College land. Chris Hinman - No Cents Racing and crew have honed these trials for years into one of the most fun, fast courses in the region. Many thanks to these dedicated group of trail builders for a job well done year after year. The title sponsor for this race was D&Q (Danzeisen & Quigley 1720 East Route 70, Cherry Hill, New Jersey) who provide numerous prizes and year round support for the team. I needed to borrow a forgotten helmet for my helper and Joe Vitalli (one of the owners of D&Q) provided one within 30 seconds! Thank you Joe and please support this generous sponsor whenever you can. Also, thank you to Tom Kendall of the Gloucester Co. College Grounds Crew for all of his assistance. Thank you Roger Bird of Trek for providing those cool mtn bike trophies to the top three riders in every class including Pro and Expert men and women.

The weather threatened rain on Saturday the day before the race however not a drop fell on the course. There were cool ramps over man made log crossings, a few narrow bridges and shallow water crossings. You've got to ride this course to enjoy it's unique nature......... it's almost like a mildly sandy water slide with cool curves, mild climbs and surprises around almost every corner. One fun innovation were course markings that simultaneously pointed left and right where there were short digressions from one lane of singletrack to two that converged back into one within 30 yards. Another neat feature was a long narrow bridge that the Expert/Pros would probably have no problem negotiating, however under race conditions the promoters wisely chose to add an additional mandatory dismount as in the center of the bridge it may have been about a six or seven foot drop. It made for a unique crossing and fun pictures. It took a lot of work to build obstacles and lay out the trail with just the right amount of "curve" in the turns.

Results went smoothly thanks to accurate electronic timing provided by Millennium Sports. Doug the bike race MC did a great job adding to the carnival atmosphere with his race announcing skills and music.

Beginner Race

The Beginner race was the first to go at 9:00am. 1st Place Beginner Women 34 &under was won hands down by a hard driving Andrea Walheim. She's pictured in the left column in the pink dress. While snapping pictures near the ramped up man made log crossing I heard a short "aaahhh" and looked up from the camera to see a women doing an endo after completely missing the down side of the ramp. It was none other than our fearless 34 &under red headed leader who quickly jumped back on the bike and took off with the fury of Bruce Lee. She was focused on chasing down Barb Schultz - Action Wheels the Beg Women 35+ winner who just got around her after the spill. These two kept at it the whole race with Andrea in the lead most of the time making a final push at the end of the race to take the Overall Beginner Women win by just 18 seconds! Shannon McCulloch - Yellow Breeches Racing came in second 34 &under 11:39 back with Colleen Merritt - First State Velo Sport about a minute behind 2nd place. Kelly Colgan won second place Beg Women 35+.

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