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July 30, 2012 Dirt Passion Press Release

Back to the State West of Virginia Snowshoe Race 2

Round 2 of the Snowshoe Series followed the four day weekend of the US Gravity Nationals putting some strain on

those pennies that racers and teams watch ever-so closely. No matter, 141 riders would register for the race

weekend at the Southeasts favorite bike park in the West Virginia Mountains.

Friday was the unofficial day of practice or simply just a day to have fun on the miles and miles of trails

Snowshoe has to offer. With 40 trails and 1,500 vertical feet of descent, one could get lost in everything the park

has to offer and easy fall into the trap Oh wait, dont I have a race to get ready for? Day one wasnt looking

promising in terms of conditions, but we all remind ourselves this is Snowshoe and it is a race weekend (they

typically dont play well together). It went like this.fog, sun, fog, rain, sun, rain, fog, sun.. forcing the trail crew

to keep race course closed to protect the integrity of the soil in some newly remodeled sections of the course. That

just meant a morning trail walk, some afternoon fun on Cupp Cake, BallNJack, Missing Link, Powerline, and topping

off the evening with your favorite Brew and grub at the Fox Fire Grille in the village, pretty damn good food with

the best of friends.

A light rain continued into the night sure ensuring that trail conditions for the first day of official series practice

would be, Slippy-do! Even walking down the course was challenging for this Dirt Passion photographer, anything

buried in the canopy resulted in sliding two or three feet per step on what felt like peanut butter, either that or it

was spending time on your rear. Round two would consist of the entire Pro DH course for the Weekend Warriors

and Intro classes, with a split about three quarters down the course to the Lincoln Log out into the open slope,

over lift line rock drop, and onto the finish for the Pros and Amateurs.

Race day weather was forecasted for the best of the two day weekend, but yet still the coverage in the canopy

offered no change in course conditions. It just simply wouldnt be enough time, wind, sun light for the track to

start to dry out. Ladies Elite was just comprised of two lady rippers. It would be Rae Gandolf with an impressive

lead over Amy Leishear by 18 seconds. Elite Men would yet again become the battle of old versus young. The

young guns would sit atop the podium just as they did in Race 1, with Luca Shaw (Specialized) over Jay Fesperman

(GROM Racing) by 1.2 sec (impressive considering that he finished with a failed chain) and Trevyn Newpher 3.6 sec

back.

Pro Mens Top Ten:

Luca Shaw Specialized 04:31.5

Jay Fesperman GROM Racing 04:32.7

Trevyn Newpher Snowshoe Resort/Rental/Dakine/Hopey 04:35.1

Sam Pensler Zoic/Zerode/Hawk Racing/POC 04:39.5

Ethan Quehl 04:40.6

Justin Gregory 04:46.5

Will OBrien East Coast Gravity Pros 04:47.1

Matthew Fitzgerald 04:48.1

Ryan Taylor Team BGB-Mountain Khakis 04:48.8

Kyle Grau Santa Cruz 04:50.1

Pro Women:

Rae Gandolf Team TRD Edge Intense 05:46.3

Amy Leishear Spoke Apparel 06:04.1

Shout out to Snowshoe Resort, the trail crew, the Ride Patrol, the volunteers for a great round two of three. Be

sure pencil into your schedule the Chomolungma Challenge August 25, the GES (Gravity East) round September 8-

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9, and finally, the third and final round of the Snowshoe Series September 22-23. More info can the remainder of

the 2012 race schedule can be found here: http://ride.snowshoemtn.com/races/2012-schedule/index.htm

Friday was a mixed bag of everything Mother Nature could offer

The course was closed to riders, so time for a leisurely course walk. The Road Gap!

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Picture is worth a 1000 words!

GROM Racings Eric Vest sending it over the Lincoln Log

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Resort Pro Trevyn Newpher doing his Brandon Semenuk impression

The fastest rider on Race Day Luca Shaw. Congrats Luca!

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