dbrown Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 Results from Round 1 at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, TN: 1. Geoff Aaron 17 2. Wilson Craig 35 3. Ryon Bell 36 4. Chris Florin 38 5. Brent LeRiche 39 6. Bruce LeRiche 41 7. Ray Peters 50 8. David Chavez 51 9. Cody Webb 64 10. Travis Fox 66 11. Andy Johnson 80 12. Keith Wineland 83 Tommi Ahvala rode exhibition and had 17 points. More news to be posted on the TTC website Dan Brown www.trialstrainingcenter.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the artist formerly known as ish Posted April 4, 2004 Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 (edited) The point spread looks spot on, many riders in with a shot at the podium. Full set of results here http://www.natctrials.org/results.php Edited April 4, 2004 by ishy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbrown Posted April 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2004 I'll add my observations as below. - dan Report from Round 1, Sat., April 3 Weather turned out fantastic, after a nice rain on Mon-Wed the weekend was clear and sunny. 140 Riders were pre-entered, I didn't get the final total. The trial included a great variety of streambed boulders, hillside sections, rock steps and slabs. Many sections were quite dry and grippy, unusual for springtime in Tennessee. Section 1 was an easy warmup ride up a rocky stream which was an easy clean for most of the pros. Sections 2 and 3 were big dry grippy rocks, with some spectacular splatters that took only a few points from the pros due to the good traction conditions. Section 5 was the 1st really difficult section. As the support riders negotiated a switchback trail up the mountain, the Pros attacked a pro-only section alongside composed of a long, steep rock strewn straight up hillclimb with a step up onto a rock slab at the top. Lots of 5's and 3's here. Section 6 was a jumble of large angular boulders at awkward angle that also proved to be a pivotol section with many high scores due to the difficulty. Section 11 at "Bilbao Falls" had a double rock step that collected a fair number of 5's from top riders. The green moss-covered rocks were positioned so as to require a splatter up the first step while holding pressure to keep the front end up to attack the 2nd ledge immediately following. Wilson Craig set the pace early with a 10 point 1st lap followed by Geoff Aaron on 12 and Ryon Bell on 14. Remaining scores ranged from 15 to 25. A determined and aggressive Geoff Aaron pulled off two spectacular loops of 2 and 3 points on the subsequent passes to easily smash the competition. Wilson Craig finished 2nd on 35 followed by Ryon Bell 1 point back at 36 and Chris Florin 4th with 38. The LeRiche brothers from South Africa had a good debut performance in the U.S. with 5th and 6th at 39 and 41 for Brent and Bruce, respectively. Ray Peters,(50), David Chaves (51), Cody Webb (64) and Travis Fox (66) rounded out the top 10. Tommi Ahvala rode exhibition and had lap scores of 6 - 0 - 11. Tommi 5'd the double step in number 11 by trying to save a clean instead of dabbing. That's something I haven't seen in a while! This was a nice opening performance by 16 year-old Cody Webb, who was minded by his father Kip. Several other very young riders turned in great performances, including 14 year old Will Ibsen who took 4th place Expert, 13 year old Pat Smage who won the Expert Sportsman class, and 16 year old Louise Forsley who had a fine 2nd place showing behind Christy Williams in the Women's class. Support riders seemed to have a good time, with most winning scores in the teens and not too many over 60. Lots of riders from northern states & Canada were getting early season kinks out. More to come on Sunday's round 2. Dan Brown www.trialstrainingcenter.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the artist formerly known as ish Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Round 2 results are now up http://www.natctrials.org/results/04Rnd2.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
city trials Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 Dan... you and your support team at TTC did a Great job. WOTA would like to thank all who put this event together! In a few hours I'll have a few photos up on the main page, just have to get everything organized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian r Posted April 5, 2004 Report Share Posted April 5, 2004 (edited) The result were put up very quick. Nice work. BTW 1st round, Senior 45, 4th place Curt Comer was on a twin shock Fantic 200! Congrats to Curt ( nicest guy on two wheels) and Mark Sturtevant on a TY250 twin shock coming in 8th on Saturday and 10th on Sunday. Edited April 5, 2004 by Brian R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsurfer Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 Day 2 1. Geoff -11 2. CHRIS-25 3. Ryon-27 4. Bruce-31 5. Brent-38 6. David-38 7. Cody-47 8. Wilson-50 9. Ray-57 10. Travis-71 11. Kieth-79 12. Andy-87 Tommy-6 Tommy rode as the Champ he is! Congradulations to all and an excellent job by Dan, Charlie and his whole crew. As a sidelight there was a Bike Weigh-in using a calibrated load cell. The unit was Zeroed before each weight and they were hung by straps and the weight was recorded on paper and film by Shan Moore. He will publish the results in his next issue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsurfer Posted April 6, 2004 Report Share Posted April 6, 2004 The model of the Load Cell is a Challenger model 3360 by Measurement Systems International, Calibration good until 11-19-04 For those who were sceptical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m lawson Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 Who has pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
city trials Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 I do, but can't seem to load them here, I spent 3 hours trying and gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne thais Posted April 7, 2004 Report Share Posted April 7, 2004 There are pictures on the RYP website. www.rypusa.com, click on News, select the Team Sherco report and then click on the link at the bottom. Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian r Posted April 8, 2004 Report Share Posted April 8, 2004 http://www.rypusa.com/tenn-04/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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