Round # 3 of the PCA Gravity Endurance Racing Series Presented by Kenda was held last weekend at Black Mountain Open Space Reserve in San Diego, California. Riders woke to cloudy overcast skies and a chance of drizzle making for perfect weather for a day of riding.
With PCA’s live web timing system all the riders were able to check individual and overall times on smart phones as the system would refresh and update every 30 seconds. The battle of the day would turn out to be between local hot shoe and former World Class 4x racer Chris Powell and KHS factory DH rider Kevin Aiello. Aiello was fastest on stage
#1 three seconds ahead of Powell. With the riders knowledge of only .5 separating them for the overall standings, stage
#3 was shaping up to be a battle for the top step of the podium.Chris applied his local knowledge on the longest stage of the day to take the stage
#2 victory and take back the three seconds he gave up on stage #1.
On stage
#3 Powell came out swinging by posting a scorching time 4:04 a full 11 seconds ahead of co-race promoter Eric Carter. Aiello’s run didn’t go as planned. A fall on one of the technical side hill single track sections saw Kevin post a time of 4:22 and 17.7 seconds back of Powell. Kevin was still able to hold on to his 2nd place overall on the day with Mike Diorio rounding out the podium with the 3rd place overall by posting consistent runs on all 3 stages.
You can check the full list of race results
here.
www.rootsandrain.com/calendar/#!/2013/gb/sd
Mini Enduro is perfect for you its about a 10 mile lap around the forest with just the 3 stages timed like a DH race.
The Pre entry closes at 11pm tonight (9/5/13)
The tracks are in perfect condition for the race thanks to the Eastridge Trail Parnerships good work.
Practice 9am to 12 noon then 3 stages in the afternoon.
Full on fun on bike.
www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/92156/One-Industries-Mini-Enduro---Eastridge#entry
Aiello was on a 650 KHS.
Diorio I think is on a bigger wheel Intense 29/650 not sure?
I rode the new Hyper 650.