Fuji rider Jimmy along with Topher and Mike of Bikesport, put on a trials show that recruited a nice little crowd in the campground just before dark after the Bikesport guys did a pre-ride after work. Around 4:00 am the rain came and there was a lot of it. It pour for about 3 1/2 hours straight before slowing down to a drizzle. The beginner was race was pushed back from 8:30 to 9:30 because we kept hearing there were people trying to make it to the race but having trouble with flooded road ways and traffic.
Beginners went off with about 20 people on the line. We had a ghost rider, James Pinto of Bikesport, because he forgot his Bikesport jersey and it was an non series race and a non sanctioned race we felt it would hurt any one. James was sandbagging the race because he had to be at work at noon, but none the less got us our first podium of the day finishing 2nd in the Beginner Junior class. Our second podium of the day was a third place finish in the Beginner Senior 1 Men for Ron Dorsey of the Fuji Warehouse Team also known as the "B-Team" or "Good Game Racing". Ron raced Bear Creek last year, but got a little off course and didn't finish so he was happy to notch his first finish and his first podium.
Jimmy Hessler started the Sport race about an hour late after with about 20 other racers after about another 45 minutes of down pour drenched the course again and cause the Perk Creek to overflow it's banks and swallow the campsite in a matter of 30 minutes. Once the race got going the weather started to clear and as the course began to dry it became "peanut butter" as many racers described. Jimmy was one of the many riders who ran across the line because of a technical problem in the last section of single track. At "press time" for this post we were not 100% sure where Jimmy finished, but we are confident he was around 5th or 6th. Congrats to our friends Jeff and Pete @ Bikesport who finished 1st and 2nd in their home race.
Expert/Pro class went off at about 2:30 pm. We had 3 guys on the line for this start, Dylan and Andrew Alesio (Pro) and Chris Dietrich (Expert). Dylan and Andrew were off the front from the start as they didn't want to get stuck in the pack on the first turn. Dylan had a great race in which he lead the whole time, extending his lead with each lap. Dylan came across the line in around 1 hour 4 minutes to take the win in the Pro class. Andrew flatted 3 times and finished around 6th. Dylan was crowned King of Spring!
Chris road to a very solid 2nd place finish despite a flat on the ever important 3rd lap. Chris was very pleased with this race and thought it was a great way to warm up for Mt. Snow next weekend.
The last race we were well represented in was the kid's race. BMX Legend, Brett Downs, brought his sons out to Spring Mountain to participate in the kid's race. Sadly because of the weather no other competition showed up for them, so needless to say they finished 1st and 2nd. Congrats to Hank and Jack! I am personally proud of them since I retired undefeated in the Spring Mountain Kid's race back in the 90's.
All in all it was a great weekend. We had 4 podiums (6 if you count the kids) and a lot of fun. Thank you to the Bergey family for letting us be involved and putting together a great weekend. Hope to see you all there next year, just don't camp to close to the creek!
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