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Mongoose

GAS Downhill Club race #1

As both the National and Provincials series bid South Africa farewell for 2010, so the Gravity All Stars DH MTB club series kicked off the weekend of 31 Jul. – 1 Aug at fort Klapperkop on the infamous flat track… 

A few GAS boys put in some work on the track the week before, getting some much needed maintenance done after the Nationals left it’s mark on the brand new track. By now the track is semi ridden in and combined with a little more experience on the track the times were significantly faster than those set at the Nationals. 

The much anticipated electronic timing system made it’s very first debut as well. Earlier prototypes have been spotted at previous events, but not to the extent to which it’s full potential was utilised. As soon as the operators got their heads around the first fully functional version during the somewhat cautious qualifying runs, the entire field’s race runs were smoothly finished in 25 minutes. The accuracy of a beam system at the start and finish ensures 100% accuracy to a thousandth of a second and zero human reaction time delay. 

There were a lot of surprises in terms of podium possitions and it is a clear indication that regular and consistant riding pays off and many riders have made significant improvements since the start of the 2010 season. 

The results are as follows: 

Start    Numb  Name                              Class    Qualifiers        Final 

1          7          Brad  Illingworth             Elites   1:45.161          1:39.669 

2          10        David Hogan                  Juniors 1:50.729          1:45.847 

3          34        Laurentius Potgieter        SubVet1:47.890          1:46.143 

4          4          Cornel Claassen             Elites   1:49.934          1:46.642 

5          47        Dustin Rudman               Elites   1:47.797          1:46.814 

6          21        Marius Snyman               Elites   2:20.308          1:47.563 

7          12        Patrick Alexander          Elites   3:06.140          1:48.420 

8          24        Martin Dodson              Sports  3:01.133          1:48.484 

9          1          Vivian Viljoen                Juniors 1:52.383          1:50.145 

10        5          Anthony Brookes          Sports  1:46.564          1:50.433 

11        3          JP du Plessis                 Juniors 2:12.866          1:51.026 

12        20        Marnus Swanepoel        Elites   1:53.710          1:52.133 

13        17        Nolan Couzyn               SubVet1:58.483          1:54.630 

14        8          Des Ellis                        SubVet1:59.981          1:54.816 

15        27        Louis Van Sandwyk      Elites   2:04.661          1:55.238 

16        44        Warren Garbutt            Sports  3:25.844          1:56.221 

17        2          Damion van Tromp       SubVet1:59.247          1:58.873 

18        23        Tyronne Minnaar          Juniors 2:43.084          2:02.258 

19        48        Shuan Portman             Sports  2:01.119          2:02.602 

20        37        Geraldine van Tromp    Sports  2:30.088          2:23.661 

21        13        Tynan Usswald             Juniors 2:35.393          4:01.568 

22        33        Marc Price                   Sports  2:11.945          DNS 

   

 

Further updates on the event and the track will be posted as soon as the photos and footage is ready.

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