Backboner's Blow Up Fontucky!

Race report info courtesy of Semi-Pro Gravity Pimp, Chuck-T.



Well I'll be dipped in poo. As much I stress the fact that I want all my riders to have fun first, and worry about doing well second....they all did amazingly well over the weekend. Roger showed up with a team that was ready to rock and roll (and drink,) and probably throw up a little too back behind the Kenda trailer. Fontana was perfect for the weekend's NMBS race, and apparently the Backboners weren't too far from that as well. What with almost all of them having moved up in the past two years, they were NOT favored to kill it this weekend....except maybe at Billy-Bob's Choke and Puke Truck Stop near the 10 freeway....but kill it they did.




Taylor had three dh race runs to hit Sunday, due to the combo of Cal State and NMBS points up for grabs. He was there for the state race, but threw down the NMBS as well, just for fun. Taking it conservative for the NMBS Chuck-T rolled to a top 20 finish for that one. He then had to re-adjust, hit his Amino Vital bottle, and prepare for the two-run state race format. KILLING IT on the wall sprint to the finish, Chuck "Charles In Charge" T rammed his way to a BRONZE MEDAL FINISH in what??? Oh yeah...Semi-Pro. Hell of a long day, but great finish Charles!

Trevor (Randy and Kim's future Pro DH man) also managed to show up and put out, displaying mad natural descending skills under Jay and Taylor's expert guidance. Trevor would ALSO podium for the race, landing in 4th place for the dirt-bag division!



Vanessa the mini-mangler raced her Expert XC Saturday sick as a dog, but came back Sunday after a night of sleeping on the porcelain throne. She would line up for Super-D (perfect for the Carbide, by the way) and hammered her way to a 3rd place finish! That is a hell of a recovery from someone not well...and shows great sportsmanship and poise...unlike someone else I'll talk about in the next blog page.
Nice work Super-V, see ya in a couple of weeks!







The picture below is of Brant and Bert's feed zone representative from Amino Vital. POB had her flown in to better represent the Endurance product and the two horniest racers on the planet. Forget crabs, Brant goes straight for the LOBSTERS when he looks for dates! Now thats a player, yo!






Brant came out to pound Super-D with Bert, both of the boys having a good day yesterday. Brant "The Hitman" Hatton managed to intimidate his opponents and blast his way to FIRST FRIKKIN' PLACE yesterday!! Bert, in the super-crusty division, decided to back his THIRD PLACE SINGLESPEED XC RACE PODIUM (again, not in Expert but the one UP from that, hint hint) with an unbelievably sweet SECOND PLACE in the Super-D!!! Bert's TOMAC CARBIDE was clearly up to the challenge. Holy crap, for just wanting you guys to have some fun, you did pretty damn well.
















Ryan also came out to the race with Bert, but as of this morning I am not sure if he raced, and how he did. I should be able to amend that by tonight. I know he ws there though, and like the team spirit anyway! Ryan is a wicked 'cross racer and Super-D specialist, so I'd love to hear if he raced.





The XPEDO pedals also continue to perform well, and we have yet to see any problems with the product at all this year. I still haven't snapped my hollow Ti spindles, and I outweigh the weight limit by 14 metric tons.






All of the pix in this report were from last year, but I will replace them as I get pix in from the weekend. Thank you to everyone who came to support, race, watch, and to all the sponsors that keep this thing rolling. Oh, and did anyone bring Jim Wannamakebabies a banana or something? He was probably low on Ho-Ho's by Sunday, and certainly out of Diet Coke.




Ryan and Randy racing to the finish last year at the NMBS race...