Angel Fire 4x
Angel Fire was the first MSC race for the season and my first race as Pro. I was very excited for the race as it was going to be my first DH race of the year and MX was sure to be fun, too. We got up Saturday and qualified for MX. It didn't go great, but not horrible either. We had DH practice for a few hours, and I was feeling pretty good on the course. MX finals were in the afternoon and the racing went pretty good. I pretty much had 3rd easily, but I decided I really wanted 2nd so I went for a pass in one of the mid course corners and it didn't go exactly as I planned, so...I ended up in 4th. Not too bad, I guess. It was still worth $50, a pretty good b-day present if I do say so. Sunday was DH. We qualified in the morning. That was pretty cool. It's nice to have a clear run in the morning before the race run to see the course one more time. I ended up going down in my qualifier so I had a pretty crap time. I was looking to make up some time in my race run. Well, a game of leap frog ensued on the course so I didn't end up having a good race. I took about 15 seconds off of my qualifying run even with the cluster on the course, so I would like to think that my run had the potential to be a lot faster. I guess we'll never know.
Maybe if I had Practiced a Little More Instead of Sitting Around I Would Have Done Better Than 4th!!
Kristen and Me After a Great Day of MX Racing (I know that I need a haircut! Thank you very much!)
First Pro Podium, Yea!!
Right after the DH race TJ and I left to go pick up the new Yeti trailer in Chicago. Yes, Chicago, IL. It's not the closest place to Angel Fire, NM, but we drove hard all night and got there by about 12:30 on Monday only to have to wait around till 6:30 for the trailer to get there. We tried to take a nap in the nice green grass in front of a church, but the local police didn't think that was a very good idea. They ran our id's and sent us on our merry way. We finally got the trailer and headed out of town. We drove to just outside of St. Lois and slept in the back of the trailer. I'm sure there will be a lot of naps and sleeping to be had back there this summer! It's a sweet new trailer and I'm glad I could help TJ out by going with him. It would have been a sucky drive alone, that's for sure!
About 1/2 way through KS, we met up with Steve, Matt, Kevin, and Jess and I jumped out of the Yeti trailer and headed back the same 500 or so miles we had just driven on our way to NJ and the US Open. The scenery looks pretty much the same whether you're going east or west! :) We drove to East St. Lois and got a cheap motel room for the night. Boy did that shower feel good!
The next day we got off to a sort of late start and made it to somewhere in PA, I think. 5 days in the car and 1000s of miles of driving sort of become a blur after awhile!
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