MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND – VAIL LAKE
Temecula (CA)
Vail Lake hosted a Mother’s Day Cross-Country Special over the weekend. All mothers raced for Here is a photo essay of what happened by RacersandChasers.com:
Happy Mother’s Day to Brittany and Alexis, 8 and 10 years olds
Helped with staging, mom Wendy Walton raced to win.
Fun zone: This new grass staging area is located right before the slides.
Vail Lake Water Park. Shade is priceless in SoCal.
Full throttle: Blake Harlon, MonaVie-Cannondale, goes for the Holeshot
Award. Chuck Jenkins won the award.
Holeshot Hot Spot – The winner of the Holeshot Hot spot was the first rider to reach this singletrack.
Xbus Holeshot award. Jeff Wagner was 3rd Expert.
It’s a grunt. A view of Marine Corp towards the lake. Damn!
Road leading to the Damn Climb.
Chuck Jenkins (KHS Cytomax), dropping back down, cresting the hill just
After the Marine Corps climb.
It’s bump-free up there: Second best Sport Single Speed rider Jerome
Lacote discovers the smooth line down.
Chuck Jenkins is ready for a dip as he finishes his swim in the swimming pool
The first lap of Vail Lakes’ 6-mile Mothers Day circuit.
Helens Subaru-Gary Fisher rider Lyle Warner cuts through the pool area
The grassy carousel at the end.
Elite podium: Lyle Warner and Chuck Jenkins, both locals, finished 1st and 2nd respectively
3rd. Blake Harlon, a semipro from Texas, is second.
XBUS HOLESHOT WINNERS
ELITE
*Chuck Jenkins
*Lesly Paterson
SPORT
*Brian Crooks
*Carrie Kresser
BEGINNER
*Alexander Valle
*Wendy Walton MOTHERS’ DAY VAIL LAKE RESULT
ELITE RIDERlap 1lap2lap 3lap4
1. Chuck Jenkins30.251.02.051.34.562.08.33
2. Blake Harlon36.311.12.331.52.332.22.34
3. Lyle Warner36.311.12.331.52.332.22.34 EXPERT RIDERlap 1lap 2lap 3
1. Stuart Gonzalez 37.21.13.151.50.01
2. Patrick Phillips39.111.20.221.59.11
3. Jeff Wagner39.121.19.011.59.12
4. Eric Hagerly (Sng Spd)39.211.20.222.02.41
5. Gerald Rond (Rigid)39.211.20.222.02.42 TOP TEN 2 LAP RIDERSlap 1lap 2
1. Mike WileySng Spd41.08 1.20.55
2. Erik RowleenSpt40.411.21.07
3. Tyson StephensonSpt40.111.21.51
4. Jerome LacoteSng Spd40.111.22.05
5. Randy RushSpt40.111.22.15
6. Lesley PatersonExp Wmn40.51 1.22.25
7. Herm KresserSpt41.311.24.52
8. Carrie KresserSpt Wmn43.071.27.39 9. Pete KirkhamSpt44.251.28.22
10. Brian CrooksSpt44.191.29.04 BEGINNER
1. Alexander Valle43.19
2. Matthew Owens43.29
3. Allen Myers51.27 BEGINNER WOMEN
1. Wendy Walton53.01
2. Kim Parris54.45
3. Nina Hagen54.45 JUNIOR
1. Michael Randall45.45
2. Brandon Kirkham49.1
3. Jeff Ward49.1 SUPER DR.
1. Addison Hinrichs
2. Jeff Stanton
3. Rich Coon
