Dunbar Series – Catching up with the DH Races

 

Catching up with the Race Team – Dunbar Summer Series:

July is downhill season! Members of our RACE team traveled across BC to take part in the Dunbar Summer Series and Canada Cup DH races. It was a great opportunity for our riders to see the cumulation of their off-season work transfer to results on the race track.

 

Fernie Canada Cup

The Fernie track provided challenging steep sections with rotor deep dust ruts and high-speed motorway sections. Race day brought new learning opportunities to the team as Jack & Owen take on their first full DH series. The team experienced a lot of personal success with a couple of bonus podium results. What a great way to start the series!

UCI Jr. Expert Podium

Spencer Young (Green) – 3rd Place

Henry Sherry (Red) – 4th Place

Jimi Voss 9th

 

U15 Men

4th – Julian Moutinho

 

U17 Sport Men

10th – Owen Robertson 

20th – Jack Looker

 

Panorama Canada Cup

The Panorama track was littered with rock sections and high-speed berms. The challenge of the weekend was to learn the track with only one day of practice. The team took on the challenge and continued to refine their mental preparation before dropping into their race runs. 

UCI Jr. Expert Podium

Rosaire Watson (Blue Camo) – 3rd Place

Henry Sherry (Red) – 4th Place

Spencer Young (Blue/White) – 5th Place

9th – Jimi Voss

 

U15 Men

4th – Julian Moutinho

 

U17 Sport Men

10th – Owen Robertson 

22nd – Jack Looker

 

Kicking Horse Canadian National Championships

One race to win it all! National champs is the one race where everyone competes for a chance to be the fastest rider in Canada and the opportunity to represent Canada on the world stage. With two days of practice, there was plenty of time to learn the track. Unfortunately, more time on the track means bigger holes, blown-out turns, and broken bikes. The team came out strong with a lot of top ten placements and a podium finish for Julian Moutinho.

U15 Podium 

Julian Moutinho (Red) – 2nd Place

 

UCI Junior Expert Men

6th – Henry Sherry

11th – Jimi Voss

DNF – Spencer Young

 

U17 Sport Men

7th – Owen Robertson 

26th – Jack Looker