Thanks to all who helped and rode in this year's Almosta Race. We had 62 riders for 31 teams, a little chilly as the day started out at 24* and the high only got to about 36* but it was a beautiful sunny day.
We raised $2617 for the RiderDown Foundation, which I'm sure Bruce will put to good use. If any of you know of a downed off road rider make sure you refer them to RiderDown to see if they can help.
Check out the Facebook page for the start video and pictures as they get loaded up.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Almost ... 2846708216
Also check out
http://www.yellowwood.us for some action shots as Mr Andrews was out in the woods making us all 'famous'
The travelling trophy went to Tony McGivern who came all the way from Chicago to ride the 'Almosta' after being absent since 2005 or 2006.
Kieth Sizemore and Hayden Judy, both from Arkansas got drawn together and set the pace but only won by 20 seconds after 3 hours of ripping the single track up. Oklahoma rider Brady Meador took the holeshot award with, as he put it, "570 ccs, electric start and 275 pounds of traction".
Among the first time 'Almosta' participants were Tim & Stacey Bertsch, from the Hillbilly GP series in Missouri, who stayed on Saturday night to sample the trails again on Sunday, they said "we'll be back next year"
This year's HardLuck trophy went to Joe Renfro who signed in from Mississippi as a get off in the early laps handed him a possibly dislocated shoulder, he did stay for the trophy presentation and ate his share of the chili, we hear that he is doing well at this time
The 'BorderWar' trophy gets another star for the "Arkies" as they led the trophy count 16-4 over the "Okies", there were riders from Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, and Mississppi but they & their partners were unable to crack the trophy line- this time.
Stay tuned and watch the Facebook page as we get ready for the 11th Annual Almosta Race on 1-1-2012. Ride safe and most of all, Have fun doing it.