Despite a cold start, the weekend weather turned out beautiful. This was a very unique race setting with the course starting right out of the hotel parking lot, a Wal-Mart across the street, and food and gas available within walking distance from the pits.
A visit to Page would not be complete without a visit to the Glen Canyon Dam. The kids thought this was cool and so did the Dads.
Friday was spent pre-running the course and helping mark trouble spots. This course was a mix of sand, sand whoops, more sand, with some awesome technical redrock sections thrown in for good measure.
Saturday morning Mike and Josh swept the minis course. This was great fun and we were able to help lots of kids by pushing them up sandy hills, fixing throttles, administering Gatorade and pats on the back, and wiping away tears. This was particularly tough for the really little guys due to the sand.
Karson Bailey was the only FAST Racing team member and he pulled a great start in the 85 Novice wave. Karson held on for a 2nd place overall and had a great time. Congrats Karson.
For the big bike race, we hung around for the start, and then headed to the "Big Hill" to assist and monitor the course.
We witnessed more carnage in this one area, than years worth of riding and racing. This was definitely a spectator friendly area.
Later that night we made the long drive home enjoying the beautiful scenery of that area of the state. Thanks Sage Riders and the rest of the racing community for supporting this great race.
