Revolution Racing: October 2016

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Arctic Cross #7 - 8th October 2016 - Jodhpur with the dune

Saturday the 8th October was the final race of the 2016 Arctic Cross season. This year we revisited Kincaid for the Jodhpur race. The team had 14 people out racing plus Bruce doing his race director thing and Kelsey out cheering on the racers. Great turnout teammates.

The weather has finally started cooling off at least overnight here in Anchorage and we were treated to another blue sky day race. For the beginner men the race started with the temperatures hovering around 30F, this was good for the course as it meant lots of frozen mud however it was chilly during the warm up. As the day warmed up the course became a little slower as the mud defrosted. The course is a mixture of ski trails, sandy singletrack and a little bit of a sand dune. The usual cross course features of barriers were out as well as the mini barriers.

Danielle powering away after the mini barriers

We also had some natural barriers to deal with.

Tom with the log hop
- Photo Credit Patrick McGownd

Carry or push the bike not sure which was faster.

Part of the dune with Danielle
- Photo Credit Patrick McGownd

After the climb there were a couple of line choices to descend off the dune.

Nick, Ryan and Clint riding off the dune
- Photo Credit Patrick McGownd

For a lot of people on the team the series points were already sorted out going into this round however the racing was just as fast and furious as it has been all season.

A huge thanks to our sponsor Steamdot Coffee who provided us with some coffee to share with our fellow racers and team mates.

Pre or post ride coffee thanks #Steamdot

Finally thanks to the Arctic Cross team for putting on another great event and planning a super fun course.

Race #7

Full results can be found here, with laps splits here

Beginner Men

Ethan - 8th Place

Brant - 30th Place
Mark - 31st Place
Mike - 45th Place

Beginner Women

Kristie -18th Place

Open Men

Nico - 6th Place

Clint - 8th Place

Nick - 10th Place
Ryan - 11th Place

Brad - 16th Place

Oscar - 17th Place
Tom - 21st Place

Open Women

Laura - 2nd Place
Danielle - 5th Place

Sunday, October 2, 2016

Arctic Cross # 6 - 1st October 2016 - Kulis Air Park the race with mini barriers

Saturday was round 6 of the Arctic Cross series. The course was a great cross course with a mixture of pavement, gravel, mud, and grass. One new feature on the course was as set of four mini barriers which with enough speed were rideable.

Mini barriers - (battle for 7th place lap 3 I think)
- Photo Credit Amanda Blades

There was also a runup/ride up depending on how tired your legs were. For me it was a run up every time.

Run up - Photo Credit Rob Christenson

The team had 13 members racing and we all finished with smiles/grimaces of determination on our faces.

Once again a huge thanks out to the Arctic Cross team for putting together another fantastic race. This could well become another team favourite. See you all next week for round 7 at Jodhpur which is also the final round of the series.