Race Season Officially Over In CA (kinda')!

Hi Cap'n,

The last race of the year for the Cal State Series had perfect weather with a real fast course....











Thank you to Kenda for great tires, Hydrapak for keeping us cool, Xpedo for light and secure pedals, Hammer gel for fueling us....
Your team did awesome as always...









Bert pulled off a 4th place finish in Pro male, this was his 1st time back since his NASCAR twister style crash in Vermont. He stopped and had a nice chat with me in at the feedzone and we talked about Middle East politics and popped some Aleves, then he went back and kicked some ass on the track....









Brant threw down another 1st place victory in Expert 30-34. He suffered in the 1st climb up, but never let on that he was holding back. About 50 yards from the top he pulled out of the pack, threw it in the big ring and blasted his new hardtail over the top and WRECKED the downhill with parts a-flyin' off that old Schwinn Homegrown 8spd








Vegas Bob had a 10th place finish in expert 30-34, if he hadn't taken that Roofie in his beer from the bar the night before he would have started his race on time and would surely have gotten top 5... I think he just wanted to show James up on start times, plus Vegas also flatted on fall line and took a short dirt/rock nap.









Vanessa pulled off 3rd place in expert women 19-29, good job, but we are going to do some heavy Secret Black Ops training on this girl in the off-season!!! Lookout next year ladies.. can you say "creatine hydroxycut Starbucks protein shakes??" :)








James got 9th place sport 40-44, was in top 5 and decided to flat and go over the bars on Fall Line... karma james karma. James said girls shouldn't be allowed on Fall Line and look what happened... James is going to take some anger mgmt / diversity classes and we will see him in Expert class next year.






Randy took down 15th place in sport 40-44 class, he couldn't let James and Vegas have all the fun and launched it over the bars on Fall Line as well... no worries Randy you are still my hero.











Backbone support racers Rod got 13th place beg men, great job Rod (1st time down fall line without walking or wetting his pants) Mark and Matthew Tome awesome job, Mark 7th place beg men and matthew 3rd place beg men 14 and under

























Thanks again for great year of racing and good times to all teammates and Backbone groupies

cya at the camp and ride nov 9th,10th 11th

roger