I took control of the race from the start since my legs felt a lot better than at the hill climb. I thank the masseuse for that! I pinned it pretty hard on the first of three laps to see who could follow. Fellow GoFast/Bikeparts.com teammate Brian Chimeliski was keeping close enough that I could see him and Carlos was hot on his tail. I knew if I could make it to the downhill with a lead that I could stretch it out a little more. After that came the first of two climbs up Lower Cherokee which is like a wall on a singlespeed. I looked back at the top of that climb and saw that someone else was in second and dangerously close. I pinned it again and made it the downhill clean. At the bottom of the downhill when we hit the flat road at the base of the resort, Tate came flying past me in the lead of the 30-34 Experts! I told him it was his race and he was off! About four more experts came flying past me chasing Tate, so there was a battle for that top position. Going up Lower Cherokee was a grunt but a reeled a few of those experts back. Tate was fading but not too fast so the battle was still on. Soon after I passed him another expert came by at a speed that seemed like he was on his first lap. whoa. I pinned it again on the downhill, which reminded me that the Crankworks Super-D is coming soon and that I was happy I put a suspension fork back on the SS. Took the flat road back to the finish line for a SS salute. Feels really good to take the victory. Tate ended up in third in easily the biggest expert class of the race. – Colin McKernan
Winter Park – Mountain Circuit by Colin McKernan
June 18, 2007
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Deer Valley – Cross Country
June 16, 2007HOT and DUSTY, thats how I am going to describe todays brutal XC! After staging close to the last row, the start was fast and steep. The race was 4 laps, about 32 miles and each lap got hotter and harder. In the end, Matt succumbed to the pain and sadly did not finish. However, this was Colin’s first NORBA as a Pro and he finished 41st! I hurt my knee from the super d and didnt even think I was going to be able to race today, so I am happy to say I finished 33rd! – Jesse
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Deer Valley – Super D
June 15, 2007So, Matt and I loaded up in his GTO and headed west to Park City, UT for the NORBA National at Deer Valley. Chad, Colin Matt and I woke up early and did a few pre rides down the Super D course and it was fun riding with the guys. The Super D race wasn’t until 6:00pm, so we pre rode the XC at 3:00 in the heat to get ready for tomorrows race. The XC is super smooth and not too many steep climbs, however, if I were to guesstimate, I think the XC course has a million switchbacks! Anyways, on to todays race, the Super D was a TT race because of all the single track. There were about 38 pros racing even guys like Eric Carter. Matt was starting about 3 minutes ahead of me. He had a solid run and kept his bike up the whole time. My race went well too until about 20 feet from the finish. I was sprinting to the line and dropped my chain. I slammed my knee into my fork and almost went down and ended up coasting in. In the end, Matt posted an unofficial race time of 9:11 finishing 14th and I was at 9:15 at 18th! Stay tuned tomorrow for the XC live report! – Jesse 
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24 Hours of E-Rock
June 4, 2007Team GoFast/Bikeparts.com headed to Castle Rock to the 24 Hours of E-Rock. After 23 hours, the team finished in first out of 10 teams completeing 45 laps! From the start, Tyler put in an amazing Leman start and first lap setting the team up for a great race. Matt had the fastest night lap of 27:28 minutes. Tate had the most consistent time with only a 4 minute deviation from his fastest and slowest lap. Jesse took the fastest lap time of 26:20 minutes. A big thanks to GoFast, Maverick Bikes and Peak Cycles for supporting the team as well as Sue and Jessica for feeding and taking care of the team during the race! We could not have done it with out you! Click here for photos of the day, and night!
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