Temecula, CA
Over the weekend Vail Lake held a Mother's Day cross-country special. All mothers raced for $10. Here is a photo essay of what happened by RacersandChasers.com:
Happy Mother's Day: While 8- and 10-year-old's Brittany and Alexis
helped work staging, mom Wendy Walton raced and won.
Fun zone: The new grass staging area is right before the slides at the
Vail Lake Water Park. Shade is priceless in SoCal.
Full throttle: Blake Harlon (MonaVie-Cannondale) goes for the Holeshot
Award. In the end Chuck Jenkins was there first.
Holeshot Hot Spot: The first rider to hit this singletrack won the $15
Xbus Holeshot Award. Jeff Wagner placed 3rd Expert.
It's a grunt...: A view from Marine Corp towards the lake. That is Damn
Road heading out to the Damn Climb.
Dropping back down: Chuck Jenkins (KHS-Cytomax) cresting the hill just
after the Marine Corp climb.
It's bump free up here: Second best Sport Single Speed rider Jerome
Lacote finds the smooth line down.
Ready for a dip: Chuck Jenkins eyes the swimming pools as he completes
the first lap of Vail Lake's 6-mile Mother's Day circuit.
Pool area: Helen's Subaru-Gary Fisher rider Lyle Warner slices through
the grassy finish carousel.
Elite podium: Locals Chuck Jenkins and Lyle Warner finished 1st and
3rd. Second place Blake Harlon is a semipro from Texas.
XBUS HOLESHOT WINNERS
ELITE
*Chuck Jenkins
*Lesly Paterson
SPORT
*Brian Crooks
*Carrie Kresser
BEGINNER
*Alexander Valle
*Wendy Walton
MOTHER'S DAY VAIL LAKE RESULTS
ELITE RIDER...lap 1...lap 2...lap 3...lap 4
1. Chuck Jenkins...30.25...1.02.05...1.34.56...2.08.33
2. Blake Harlon...36.31...1.12.33...1.52.33...2.22.34
3. Lyle Warner...36.31...1.12.33...1.52.33...2.22.34
EXPERT RIDER...lap 1...lap 2...lap 3
1. Stuart Gonzalez 37.2...1.13.15...1.50.01
2. Patrick Phillips...39.11...1.20.22...1.59.11
3. Jeff Wagner...39.12...1.19.01...1.59.12
4. Eric Hagerly (Sng Spd)...39.21...1.20.22...2.02.41
5. Gerald Rond (Rigid)...39.21...1.20.22...2.02.42
TOP TEN 2 LAP RIDERS...lap 1...lap 2
1. Mike Wiley...Sng Spd...41.08 1.20.55
2. Erik Rowleen...Spt...40.41...1.21.07
3. Tyson Stephenson...Spt...40.11...1.21.51
4. Jerome Lacote...Sng Spd...40.11...1.22.05
5. Randy Rush...Spt...40.11...1.22.15
6. Lesley Paterson...Exp Wmn...40.51 1.22.25
7. Herm Kresser...Spt...41.31...1.24.52
8. Carrie Kresser...Spt Wmn...43.07...1.27.39
9. Pete Kirkham...Spt...44.25...1.28.22
10. Brian Crooks...Spt...44.19...1.29.04
BEGINNER
1. Alexander Valle...43.19
2. Matthew Owens...43.29
3. Allen Myers...51.27
BEGINNER WOMEN
1. Wendy Walton...53.01
2. Kim Parris...54.45
3. Nina Hagen...54.45
JUNIOR
1. Michael Randall...45.45
2. Brandon Kirkham...49.1
3. Jeff Ward...49.1
SUPER D
1. Addison Hinrichs
2. Jeff Stanton
3. Rich Coon