Round 2 - Snowy Wrap Up
March 21, 2012
Round 2 Was One For the History Books!
Prospectors MC Pulled it Off: When planning for the 57th running of the Goldrush Enduro (this year running under the Qualifier format) the Prospectors MC could never imagine that they would have close to a foot of snow come key time! The snow fell all night long and through out race day, turned into hail and snow and never quit! Members had spent countless weekends and hours scouting and laying new trails in the hills of Anza California and almost NONE of it would see a single tire tread on Sunday. The 50 Mile, Tecate-esque event had been cut down to two 3.6 mile loops, more then half the event workers were snowed in on the other side of the valley, the road into and out of the Ranch had been closed for several hours to be plowed and the Ambulance was barely able to make it... but it still went off and riders still got more then they bargained for!
Hunqvarna's Cory Graffunder made an appearance at the event with the news of the terrible weather and was able to post the fastest times on the loop at close to 11 minutes flat both laps taking the win at one of the toughest, shortest Enduro's to date. D36's Toby Atkins would come in a close second showing that he had what it took to keep up in the white stuff as it turned to mud and slop by the end of the day. Coming in a solid third overall was MSR's Michael Allen aboard his trusty YZ 125 even suprising himself! "I really didn't even expect to do well. I just went out and pinned it and thats it... awesome!"
Check out the complete results at www.moto-tally.com/d37/enduro
West Chec standing and results will be posted as soon as Club's results go final!
Check out this great helmet cam footage of what you missed! - http://youtu.be/c7iObIHSOrY
Check out this Video Report from Enduro360.com's Chilly White - http://youtu.be/pNl1U6vdZvI
UPCOMING ROUNDS:
Round 3 - 04/01/12 - Lakeport, Ca Will mark the series first time embarking into the Northern District 36 and with the great amount of growth we've seen in the series so far it is set to be a great one! Complete with ultra tight trails and a legendary river crossing the North Bay MC has a lot of great surprises in store for the riders!
Round 4 - 04/15/12 - Camp Wood, Az Will continue the pioneering trend of the series venturing east to the mountainous region outside of Prescott Arizona. With over 90 miles of single track in the rocks it is set to be one of the more challenging events to date.
Round 5 - 05/19-20/12 - Gorman, Ca Will be the last event before the summer break and will be the culmination of the entire effort of the series from the beginning. Not only is it hosted by the Ventura County MC (D37) and the Valley Climbers MC (D36) but It will pay DOUBLE West Chec, District 36, and District 37 points!!! It will span 2 days in an ISDE Qualifier Format complete with Parc Ferme and impound. Sign up opens TONIGHT (03-15-12) at 10pm and with only a 500 rider limit PER day looks to be one that will surely sell out! Make sure to sign up ASAP!
Go to www.ridechec.com for information on the upcoming rounds and to www.moto-tally.com/ridechec to sign up for Round 5 NOW! (at 10pm;))