Angel Fire Bike Park - Fire 5 DH Series Finale: Recap

Angel Fire Bike Park Crowns the new King and Queen of the mountain.

What a race, what a series! We anticipated that it would come down to the last race, and it certainly did not disappoint.

The perfect crisp fall conditions brought riders from all over the Rockies. While the bike parks in Colorado closed earlier in the month, that did not stop the riders from the state making pilgrimage for one last run down the mountain before the season ended for all. The New Mexican riders were looking to be crowned top dog after a great season of racing and riding on their home mountain.

The Fire was run on World Cup top to bottom for a nail biting finale. The trail crew spent weeks tweaking it to be the fastest flowing World Cup to date. Mission accomplished.



Junior Woman and current National Champion: Hannah Weinman started the event off first down the black diamond course. She finished first in 7:31 and clinched the overall series.

One of the most exciting categories was the Junior Men as the top five were all in contention to take the overall series. Riders from Europe and Colorado came down to be the party spoilers, but in the end Amani Vigil took the win with a blistering time of 4:45 and secured a second overall in the Series, with Garrett Enriquez’s high placing of the day secured his overall series win and a lucky recipient of a 2017 Gravity Pass.

Open Women had a strong field with the College Championships happening the same weekend here. In the end, Silvia Roth from Switzerland took the win, with Amanda Bass taking the overall title of the series.

The biggest category was Open Men with 25 racers lining up at the starting gate. Colorado rider Sean McGovern took the win and Jake Rehfeld from Heart & Soul Racing took the overall.


Big money was at stake, and the region’s top pro women were there in force. Amanda Batty took her second win of the year but missing her minimum races for the series had her off the overall. Jacqueline Harmony’s consistency and a staple in the race series landed her a $900 paycheck as an overall winner (drinks were on her!).


Chris Boice clinched the Pro Men overall with a podium in Fire 5 #4, and Zach Graveson took the win with a World Cup time of 4:13! The fastest of the day.

Thanks to all that made this happen. Timers, Sponsors, Trail Crew, Medics, Marshalls. It was a team effort to make this the best DH Series in the U.S.

Fire 5 Race 5 Results:

Pro Men
1 - Zach Graveson | 4:13.37
2 - Tanner Stephens | 4:14.63
3 - Austin Hackett | 4:16.48
4 - Drey Smith | 4:17.91
5 - Daniel Weinman | 4:22.88
6 - Max Lowenstein | 4:24.65
7 - Triton Nelson | 4:27.98
8 - Ian Supple | 4:39.18
9 - Matson Hunter | 4:47.32
10 - Greg Montoya 5:55.92
DNF - Macky Franklin
DNF - Brian Wannuzzi
DNF - Lucas Urtiaga

Pro Women
1 - Amanda Batty| 4:43.41
2 - Jacqueline Harmony | 4:46.25
3 - Kim Godfrey | 5:16.69
4 - Krista Rust | 5:24.80
5 - Celia Ferguson | 6:03.47
6 - Rachel Weaver | 6:11.94

Open Men
1 - Sean McGovern | 4:32.55
2 - Tucker Vanormer | 4:35.60
3 - Jake Rehfeld | 4:38.02
4 - Robert Klima | 4:43.17
5 - Mathew Cork | 4:51.31
6 - Billy Medcalf | 4:52.70
7 - Jackson Youngman | 4:55.37
8 - Justin Smith | 4:58.93
9 - Travis Cottrell | 4:59.75
10 - Cory Haralson | 5:00.82
11 - Eric Sunderland | 5:01.28
12 - The Gooch | 5:01.34
13 - Jenkins Jackson | 5:04.56
14 - Andrew James | 5:05.70
15 - Chase Rowan | 5:06.98
16 - Jeffrey Surdo | 5:15.93
17 - Darrell Parker | 5:19.10
18 - Andrew Farrell 5:20.70
19 - Isaac Tafoya | 5:21.54
20 - Donagh Rawn | 5:24.23
21 - David Marquez | 5:27.91
22 - Scott Eldred | 5:46.82
23 - Jacob Lopez | 5:47.07
24 - Miles Dixon | 5:47.28
DNS - Ryan Smoczynski

Open Women
1 - Silvia Roth | 5:22.15
2 - Kristine Krauss | 5:41.21
3 - Katie Gillen | 6:10.88
4 - Megan Muretta | 6:28.04
5 - Amanda Bass | 6:41.71

Junior Men
1 - Amani Vigil | 4:48.54
2 - Aidan Bond | 4:51.92
3 - Yonnah Tiwserand 4:55.04
4 - Garrett Enriquez | 4:55.49
5 - Owen Hund | 4:59.28
6 - Riggs Brown | 5:04.19
7 - Evan Medcalf | 5:08.97
8 - Gabriel Rivera | 5:26.95
9 - Ulysses Yarbrough | 5:40.20
10 - Garrett Baker | 5:48.73
11 - Lakeland Ensign | 6:15.77
12 - Khyren Hoskovec | 6:23.22
13 - Mason Rhodus | 7:09.22
14 - Mitch Rhodus | 8:22.23
DNS - Bradley Strong
DNS - Nick Glotfelty
DNS - Gunnar Ensign

Junior Women
1 - Hannah Weinman | 7:31.03

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Overall Series:

Men's Pro
1 - Chris Boice | 360
2 - Daniel Weinman | 245
3 - Max Lowenstein | 213

Mens Open
1 - Jake Rehfield | 196
2 - Billy Medcalf | 135
3 - Jackson Jenkins | 130
4 - Marcos Martinez | 124

Junior Boys
1 - Garrett Enriquez | 330
2 - Amani Vigil | 326
3 - Aiden Bond | 316

Pro Women's
1 - Jacqueline Harmony | 340
2 - Rachel Weaver | 236

Open Women's
1 - Amanda Bass | 306
2 - Traci Koesis | 306

Junior Girls
1 - Hanna Weinman | 380