12 Hours of Temecula Nov. 15th 2008

Hey look at me with my first blog. Dave I hope your happy. So we raced hard last weekend and finished 2nd again. Damn I really wanted to win this year. We raced a great race and had zero mechanical problems, but the Intense team had a "ringer" and they kicked our ass. Luckily for us we had a fast 13th lap or we would have finished 3rd. So here is how it went down:

We raced the hotly contested 4 man team category which had a record 24 teams this time. Out team captain and all around fast guy Joe Pusl started us off with the parade lap and a fast time of 52min for our first lap. I was up next and turned in a 51min lap and we were now 4 minutes in the lead. Then they hit us with the "ringer". Some clown on the Intense team cranked out a 48 min third lap to our 57 minute lap and it was the beginning of the end. Our 4th lap was ridden by Peter Plaisance who was standing in for a sick Mike Wiley aka "Wiley" of W5 fame. Peter rode strong and turned in a 58 min lap, but the Intense team rode a 52. Poor Peter came back a little dirty and bloody, but he was in good spirits.

We started to realize we had our work cut out for us with the Intense team. Joe was up for his second lap and he rode another 53 which was good, but we were still behind. I went next and did my personal best lap of 49 minutes after they had a slight course modification to eliminate a nasty down hill section where many people were getting hurt. I was stoked with my lap time, but the Intense team was still ahead and their ringer was up again and this time he smacked us with a 43 min lap. That lap turned out to be the fastest lap of the day regardless of category.

I wont bore everyone with the rest of the lap times, you can download them and check them out if you want. Sorry Joe, I really wanted to get you a 1st place medal to go with the two 2nd place ones you already have. Maybe next time.