RSS FeedYES, I was quite pleased with my teamates this season. We built a super strong team and some of us were so inclined to race in difficult new categories this year called Marathon(50 miles) and Single Speed Advanced (expert distances). We even had one women pro race in the Nova National race. I was disappointed in my body this year suffering from some chronic lower back issues (disc related) but all in all a 5th in the series is ok with me this year. I was focused and more concerned about being the Number 1 MTB Team in the state of Arizona for 2007. Which became close as some of us opted for a 12 hr race in gallup instead of the payson race so absolute came within 40 points of us. Lets just say Im a proud poppa with a tear in my eye. I couldnt ask for a better team.
White Tank Mountain Regional Park, Phoenix, AZ
Third race of the state series. Fetish Cycles Racing #1 in the team standings.
Pics from our state series race at Estrella Mountain Regional Park in the Estrella Mountains near Phoenix.
We sent 9 riders to the event including myself. Six of us riding solo. I was on a gears for this race. Course is ALL single track with 1600 feet of climbing. The course was fast and fun with some good technical sections and fast fast sections and the climbing and scenery were just enough to keep you entertained. I had a rough start flatting on the first lap (stans doesnt work too well below 32 degrees-25 degrees at start) sending me to dead last in the solo category. I would recover to 30th by mid-day and when all said and done with 8 laps completed I would finish 14th. The rest of the squad did much better. Brian Bennett riding incredibly strong won with 10 laps. Chris Crosby would roll in strong with 9 laps and a 4th place finish. We had two single speeders, Andrew Genco rode 8 laps finishing in 5th place and Jeff dunn finished 13th with 6 laps. We had one duo team of Chris Gardner and Janet Kerby who rode strong but had some mechanical problems finishing 4th. our other first time racer and solo woman rider Kristi finished in 4th place with 4 laps. All in all the race was fabulous and we kicked ass.
Fetish Cycles Racing was there in force promoting our brand. Our bikes were everywhere. It was a great weekend for racing and a honor to be there. We battled hard, and had some good finishes and a few podiums.
Frank Lively 1st place Kyle Kraakevik 1st place Jenifer Camoriano 4th place
The expert and pro fields were huge and super strong.
