New video of late 2011 and early 2012 season.

Robert Lewis video

Thanks to Bob at Trek, Joel at 7Springs, and Justin at Dirt Rag.

Those are some nice Biceps for Massanutten!!

This weekend, I attended the 2012 Massanutten Yee-Ha race in Virginia. This year, Massanutten cut out the gnarly root section above the last rock garden, which I think was a really great addition to the track. What were added were some rollers and sharp cornered berms that took some extra strength to pull through by the end of the race run. The weather was much different than it had been in the past years, it was cooler and rainy, which personally I think beats 80 and humid any day. So with some rain on the track for Saturday practice, it caused some mud to track on the top rock slabs early in the morning. They seemed to be okay for some people if you just did your braking early, and lay of it once on the rocks. Beside that, the rain just allowed the track to give more traction, and a long freezing lift ride to the top. The day continued to pan out with some rain, and well into the night. Once Sunday morning rolled around, the sky was clear, and the sun was on its way out. Even with some thunderstorms the night before, the track seemed to be untouched. The dirt was tacky, the rocks were clean, and the sand seemed to be hard packed. Massanutten really seems to bring every bit of a rider’s skill into play when racing it. It contains rocks, roots, corners, sand, uphill and speed. The only thing it really lacked is jumps. It seemed the biggest problem for racers was flat tires from the square edge rocks scattered throughout the track. But as the day came to an end, it seemed that everyone from every age group and skill level had a blast. I had a pretty good run, clean but I could have put down some more power. I won Jr. X with a time of 3:28.29. Slipping me into 11th place overall on the day. I can't wait to show back up next year and pull out a win in Pro!

Race video

If the suns out, you know my guns are out!

Robert

2012 Race Schedule

April 27-29^th Massanutten Yee-Ha

June 2-3^rd Mountain Creek GES #1

June 9-10^th Snowshoe #1

June 28-30^th Windam GES #2

July 20-22^nd Beech US Nationals

July 28-29^th Snowshoe #2

August 11-12^th Launch GES #3

August 25-26^th Swain GES #4

 September 8-9^th Snowshoe GES #5

September 22-23^rd Snowshoe Races #3

September 29-30^th 7Springs GES #6

7Springs has yet to release their race schedule for 2012, so that will added to the list. As well as some Eastern State Cup races later in the year.

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Robert