The original plan for the Stan Crane ICUP race was basically 3 laps up Clarks and 3 Laps down Ghost Falls. I think everyone was both excited and terrified to be racing this course. Last year if you remember the rain postponed the event from the originally scheduled monday, memorial day to a mid-week wednesday night race. This year looked as if the same thing would happen. At 7am the emails started coming in saying the start times would be moved back an hour to let the course dry. This would have put the start time at 10am. As it got closer to 10am, it was decided that the course would have to be “modified” to protect the crown jewel trails of Clarks and Ghost Falls. This modification to most everyone was not well received as it was thought the new route would be “flat and boring”. The groups would also be split into 2 starting flights. The Sport/Beginners would go at 11:15 and the Expert/Pros would go at 1:00pm.
The new race route, as it turned out, was neither flat nor boring (1000 ft of vertical per lap and a screamer downhill). Skullcandy had some good representation at the event and would have even been stronger if the event would have started on time (a bunch of guys had Memorial Day plans with the family that trumped racing). All in all it was a great course and a ton of fun. Attached is a map of the route. Here are some of the results from the team.
9 & Under
Kassidy Johnson-14th
Sport 19-29
Adam Clark-10th (first race ever and chose the optional lap with the Sport 30-34 group)
Sport 35-39
Robert Johnson-2nd
Tyler Seamons-12th (first race ever)
Single Speed
Sam Clark-3rd
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