2012 Aussie Nationals - Round 3 Qualifying

Feb 4, 2012
by Ian Hylands  
Here are the times from today's qualifying at the third round of the Aussie National Series at Stromlo Forest Park. This is only qualifying, but it's interesting to note that the top 3 Juniors all qualified faster than Sam Hill. It will be interesting to see what tomorrow's times are. Good also to see that Tracey Hannah is having no problem at all with the new Morewood.

Top 5 Men Qualifying
1 Troy Brosnan 2:19.60
2 Ben Cory 2:22.72
3 Todd Madsen 2:23.26
4 Timothy Eaton 2:24.52
5 Sam Hill 2:24.98

Top 5 Women Qualifying
1 Tracey Hannah 2:40.63
2 Madeline Taylor 3:02.12
3 Lisa Mathison 3:05.89
4 Michelle Crisp 3:08.25
5 Claire Whiteman 3:10.11

Top 5 Jr Men Qualifying
1 Dean Lucas 2:24.10
2 Joe Vejvoda 2:24.60
3 Thomas Crimmins 2:24.89
4 David McMillan 2:25.52
5 Connor Fearon 2:25.54

Complete results can be found here

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59 Comments
  • 61 2
 Sam had a mechanical.
  • 8 14
flag Bjammin (Feb 4, 2012 at 11:09) (Below Threshold)
 That sucks/explains it. Everybody prop this up so everyone sees it!
  • 18 2
 BJ(in the) AM (for one) MIN thats what ur name stands for now
  • 4 7
 what?
  • 3 0
 hahahaha
  • 10 0
 Blowjob in the morning for one minute. . . . surely that's not below the threshhold
  • 2 2
 ahh didn't get the AM bit at first. um good one?
  • 1 1
 If Sam is bionic he had a mechanical in the final too, and the first too rides.... lol
  • 27 1
 Dont forget Sam Hill is 3 times world champ and 2 times world cup champ... Wait for world cups he will take it to the next level.
  • 9 14
flag jackjackthegloryboy (Feb 4, 2012 at 12:24) (Below Threshold)
 doubt it, every 1s moved on
  • 5 0
 I'm super excited for this year's worlds. If hill can get back on his A game.. with the pace everyone else has achieved... Troy, Hart, GWIN, Gee, Minnar, Brook... this could be one seriously wild season.
  • 3 0
 smith, brycland,needls,peaty and the list goes on
  • 2 0
 the guys who are up on sam right now are all top world cup guys..... hes only 4.something back chill out sams not going to push all out in the off season....
  • 7 0
 Everybody do SH a favor and keep talking shit....All you'll be doing is making that chip of his grow bigger and bigger and stoking those flames. You'll piss him off so much that nobody will catch him come WC time. Just remember though, that it is much easier to ride relaxxed when everyone's counted you out than to be the top man on the hill. AGwin and DHart will really be feeling the pressure this season. My gut is that if SH can stay healthy, he's gonna have a big year.
  • 5 6
 The game has moved on. Hart and Brosnan are already doing things Hill can only dream about. Look at the lines those two take. It's another level.
  • 4 0
 He did an interview for a local newspaper yesterday, hes only just getting warmed up and back into racing. and jclnv, on a good day, no one on that hill is faster than Sam Hill. He may not be consistent, but hes sure as hell the fastest.
  • 5 0
 My guess is JCLNV has more in common with JR racers than adults and has probably never seen SH footage of his first season DESTROYING the closest time by 12-15 seconds. Everybody was saying the same thing then. "No body can find lines like Sam Hill." You talk like finding a line nobody has ridden yet is a new concept, Jr." and if being older than 25 has anything to do with success how do explain Peaty's success last year at 35. Pleeeeeeease. Get your head out of your ass. Let's see you suffer 2 season ending injuries in 2 years crashes going as fast as these guys go , down the courses these guys go, and still place in the top 5 the very next competition. That takes some balls. We'll see how the youngsters bounce back after a serious body altering WC crash.

look up 2008 Sam Hill World Cup crash Italy and see how fast he used to be before his crashes in 2010.
  • 2 0
 Or look up Champery 2007 and watch that... He did ok at that race, considering he was 1.5 seconds back in 3rd with a huge crash in the pissing down rain. Not a bad weekend.

As far as serious WC crashes, nobody can bounce back like Matti Lehikoinen. To see him still riding is amazing enough, but competing at the level he is at after so many horrific crashes (back, 2 wrists, arm, gashed leg, etc.)? Inspiring to say the least.
  • 1 0
 Yeah I just looked up Matt L,( I wasnt aware of who he was) and have to admit he has an icredible amount of courage. Very Big Testicles. I got to watch a WC race in Windham last year in person, and I was in complete Awwww. Their tracks are "BIG" , gnarly, steep and the speeds they ride at are insanely fast and when they go OTB it gets pretty horrific. Hats off to Matt. I just wonder how many more he has left in him. When you need to get a Cat scan after a crash, and the Dr. says you are very lucky to not have any permanent brain damage, it's got to be tough getting back in the starter's gate.
  • 1 0
 The game has moved on.... fact.... but I have a feeling the big mover, is gonna move it to yet another level this year.
The question is, can anyone hold on to Gwins dust before it settles?
  • 21 1
 tracey beat the next girl in class by 22seconds and your all still going on about sam hill :/
  • 3 1
 That's what I am thinking also! And on a new bike!
  • 5 0
 No one will touch her this year. ACC is the only woman alive who can beat her.
  • 10 0
 Troy is playing for keeps.
  • 18 2
 pull your finger out hill
  • 5 1
 I agree, step up your game Sam if you wanna play with these young guns!
  • 5 0
 Troy & Tracy are smoking every one
  • 8 1
 Why should he "step up his game" right before the WC starts? He probably isn't giving it his all because he don't want an injuiry so close to the wc start.
  • 1 1
 There's Troy's 5 Second Gap again....
  • 1 0
 I read a few comments above that hill had a mechanical, so maybe he has upped the pace.
  • 7 0
 over 20s gap in the women's line up? wow.
  • 3 0
 And less than 1.5s in the juniors
  • 2 0
 Go Ben Cory! He is one of the smoothest riders you'll ever see.

He's the forgotten Junior World Champion. At the first round when Brosnan, Hill, Atkinson, Cory and Graves were standing on the podium, the announcer said "There's three world champions up on the podium." Sam turns to Ben and says 'Four'.
  • 1 0
 Ben is the an luckiest world champ/down hill rider in the world.
I couldn't believe commencal drop him on the saturday night at Thredbo right before finals the next day.
  • 1 0
 Did he keep the bike? I sure as hell would have.
  • 1 0
 well he got to race on it the next day and did well enough to get on the australian team for worlds in val di sole but he didn't get a knew sponsor so he didn't have a bike/not enough support to get there so he didn't race. But he is on giant and troy lee so i guess its ok.
  • 2 1
 Love sam to tears , He's my fav rider of all time but he ain't cuttin the mustard anymore, he has lost the lime light now, and worlds are another story, put the world cup young chickens in the mix ,and he will not finish in top 5.
  • 1 0
 4 point whatever seconds doesn't mean he has lost it, he had a mechanical of some kind and was still only 4 -5 seconds off the winning time. Also the last couple of years he has been plagued with injuries.
  • 3 0
 Don't count him out yet. If he hits the World Cups with the fire back and healed up, everyone is in trouble.
  • 1 0
 I would expect that Troy is still some pace off the top when it comes to WC's but the gap is closing (quickly).
  • 1 0
 Troy has already been on an elite world cup podium, as a junior. I wouldn't say he was off the pace at all, considering he beat plenty of top 10 world cup veterans.
  • 1 1
 I never said he was "off the pace", I said he "is still some pace off the top". The top being No.1.
2s per minute or more.
  • 1 0
 Hey man i hope he doesn't lose it too... I used to watch him race in Victoria at a place called Eildon, when he was a junior and was riding with Rennie...amazing. And I was gutted not to see him ride @ the worlds in Fort Bill in 2010, when he had his stack, i was there waiting mid section on the hill with my massive lens hoping to get a few good snaps of hill, but i missed out due to his stack.
Sad but true...
  • 2 0
 Isn't Stromlo that flat ass place they held Worlds in 2008, because Sam finishing in the top 5 on that track is pretty good.
  • 1 0
 I don't think Sam would see it that way, especially when only 1 of the guys who went faster than him is at top 20 World Cup rider. But it is only qualifying and he did have a mechanical of some sort.
  • 1 0
 Stromlo is the hilliest place round canberra xD
  • 2 0
 I think Sam had a mechanical.
  • 1 0
 Sam come back to your old form.
  • 1 0
 Good to see Ben cory up there.
  • 1 0
 Anyone know if Ivan Drago is riding?
  • 1 0
 Welcome back, Tracey - you didn't miss a beat!
  • 1 0
 troy needs to get on the roids
  • 1 1
 DAAMMM troy is dominating
  • 1 0
 Go Tracey!
  • 1 1
 hope sam isnt losing it
  • 1 2
 And Troy will be the new sam hill...
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