Dwayne the Destroyer Makes First Run UNDER 12 Parsecs!

Soooo, I made this sign, but Des said it might be a felony to impersonate a federal agency so opted not to put it up. Doesn't it look official?

THROWDOWN # 5

Dwayne the Destroyer Beats Han Solo's record time of 12 parsecs for the Kessel Run!

This is the first recorded run to dip lower than 12 parsecs.

(according to a minutes to parsecs conversion table)

Rumor has it that Dwayne was even slowed near the finish by a "tourist"

Time of 6:59

Second Place goes to Double Pinch Flat Noah! Noah killed it on his hometown course and did it without the use of gears or rear suspension!

(WINNER of the SS class)

Time of 7:10

Third Place is an amazing 4 way tie.

(in alphabetical order)

All have a time of 7:14

Blake

Brad

Eric

Landon

Fourth place is Robbie

(sharing photo with Timani)

(crashed twice and still put up a good time)

Time is 7:35

Fifth place is Killer Keith

Time is 7:39

(he's smilin' in every picture!)

Sixth place is Donal

Time is 7:42

Seventh is a tie

Time is 7:46

Alex

(this one hurts doesn't it?)

Doug

WINNER! of the Bike Shop Owner Class

(Troy, you have been called out!)

Eighth

Greg L.

Time is 7:48

(no cheesy photo this time)

Ninth

Chris B

Time is 8:05

Winner of the Female Class!

(Tenth overall)

Jesse K.

Time is 8:06

Eleventh

Dogger

Time is 8:11

Twelfth

Timani

Time is 8:20

This was the best turnout yet, thanks to all who came out to ride and especially to my official timers, Mary and Des!

Round Four, Gunny Loop Throwdown

THROWDOWN NUMBER FOUR IS IN THE BOOKS!

FLYIN' RYAN TAKES CONTROL OF THE SERIES WITH 3 OUT OF 4 WINS THUS FAR. RYAN NOT ONLY WON, BUT HE SHAVED 17 SECONDS OFF HIS LAST WEEKS TIME.

RYAN C.--7:49

LANDON M.--8:05 (17 seconds better too!)

MASON K.--8:37 (42 seconds better)

(Greg is sorry he cut off your head)

Daral--8:46 (first Throwdown ever, Nice Run)

Blake--8:52 (First Throwdown, Nice Ridin' "cousin")

Keith L.--9:15 (first race run down the Gunny)

Greg L.--9:23 (Single Speed Hardtail, and finishes fast enough to take great photo's while out of breath!)

Nancy--9:47 (Winner, female category)

Trina L.--11:04 (Winner of the female over 40 category, which she made a new category for this race)

Chris B.--11:10 (Winner of the bike store owner category, much smack was talked towards Doug!)

Double Pinch Flat NOAH!--DNF--(Winner of the most flat tires ever had in one series!)

(Pic of Noah assuming the normal posistion on The Flight Of Icarus)

GUN DOWN!

THROW DOWN THREE!

Dwayne the Destroyer wins his second Throwdown!

Big turnout, awesome riding conditions, and a good tail wind made for a great race.

Winner! Dwayne the Destroyer 8:02

Second--Flyin Ryan C. 8:06

Third--Comandan' Landon 8:22 (Can you see the fear in Elmo's one eye?)

Fourth--Big Guns Brad A. 8:24

Fifth-- Thunder Jarrod H. 8:27

Sixth-- No Flats Noah! 9:01

Seventh--Madd Mason K 9:19

Eighth-- Galloping Greg 9:20 (WINNER! of single speed category)

Ninth--Alex the... i'm running out of cheesy names 10:13

Tenth--Trina the mail lady 11:38 (WINNER! of women's class!)

Eleventh--Hammer of Troy--DNF (Noah passes the flat tire torch to Troy)

(Sorry, no pic)

Thanks to my furry little buddy for riding with me and keeping an "eye" on the trail.

Thanks to Doug B. for timing this event. It's hard to time an event that doesn't even exist.

It's a JOKE!

I guess I made the post below sound WAY to real. I apologize to those who thought I really did get sponsored. I'm flattered that so many of you thought that I was actually talented enough to earn a "team" car. Also, I realized after the fact, that the Wisconsin plates on the car made many of you think it really did come from Trek Corporate, it was just a coincidence. Many thanks to the rich guy who parked a burnt orange Corvette in the Bar M parking lot and left his bike rack down for me to put my bike on. I'm really glad the alarm didn't go off. Anyway, to those of you who know me from the pre-bike days, you know I would have asked for a Mustang, not a Vette!

General Motors and Trek to Sponsor me this year.....

Since the Trek/VW race team recently disbanded Trek has been looking for a new automotive sponsor to fill the void left by Volkswagon. Despite talks of GM's financial crisis they happily stepped up to the plate to take care of Treks more talented racers transportation needs. I am the happy beneficiary of this new deal. Pictured below is my Trek Remedy with my new matching Corvette, custom rear mount bike rack included.

Talking with Trek sponsored racer Ross Schnell recently about his new race deal, he was proud to show me that SRAM had kicked in some blingy matching orange derailleurs and Crank Brothers hooked him up with snazzy orange Iodine wheels. Well frankly I'm not impressed. My sponsorship deal is head and shoulders better than his. I am sure my strong results in the Throwdown race series helped me to attain this new sponsorship.

And in other news we rode Goldbar Rim today! Yea it was pretty sweet.

Above: Merrick takes a digger. More of a SPLAT actually. It was very ugly as his bike just stopped and he kept going.

Blom drops into the Portal View point.
Merrick drops into the Portal View Point.

I had a good day out there, dabbing only 11 time the entire day. Cleaned the uphill, and cleaned the Portal! YAY! No wonder they gave me a new Corvette!

THROWDOWN TWO!

Brad rips it for Greg's "shot of the week."

Despite some crazy windy weather and threat of rain another THROWDOWN is in the books. Flyin Ryan was sick so we were all gunning for his last weeks time of 5:05. We came close!

Winner this week with a smoking time of 5:07 is Mason K.

Second, with a much improved time of 5:09 is my-self.

Third is Brad A. with a time of 5:13 and this weeks cover photo.

Fourth was Killer Kieth L. with an ugly crash at the base of the Widow Maker. He still improved his time despite the digger! 7:19

Better weather and a different course next time.....