Kruger’s “Sucked”

And we mean “sucked” in an aural sense. The wheels going by made sounds we think not unlike those you’d hear on a porn set. We can’t begin to fathom how to spell any of those sounds, but we could easily spell all the swearing we heard going on. That race was, in a word, hard. The deep formidable mud saw more participants running than riding, and many a drivetrain were infected with corn stalk bits and rendered useless.

For most of us Ironclad sorts it signaled the end of the season, and it couldn’t come any sooner. So long, 2009!

why and how is Harwood smiling?

Any rider who finished is worthy of respect here. The winners of each class are to be given their due, but otherwise we don’t think there was any “beating” of people, it was more “finishing ahead of” for whatever reason. To say you “beat” anyone really isn’t correct. Mud clumped up in cantis and drivetrains forced several to stop just to clear out gobs of mother earth. The deep ravines on course took riders and threw them to the ground at will as well, adding to delays.

aiming for puddles to clear out debris

For us there are a few success or craziness stories. Your riders for the day were Anna Clark, MK47, Stephanie Croy, Brody Boeger, Bryan Voytilla, Dave, and Jeff Harwood. Steph Croy got 8th in her first race as a B, and Brody gets the Looney award for racing the SS and the A race, and by Looney I don’t mean Canadian dollars. Dave attempted a hand down to Brad Ross, who had the look of a lost 4 year old on his face, and he grabbed Dave’s wrist instead of taking the beer. The can of Budwesier was tossed in reverse, and no one knows what became of it.

who wouldn’t chase Tina around?

So for most of us, that’s all she wrote for 2009. Thanks to all the promoters and OBRA officials for your diligence. Thanks to all the fine teams out there for beating up on us so regularly.

We’ll see you  out on the smooth roads from here on out. Have yourselves a fine Thanksgiving!