Fontana #4 Race Report from Rich Houseman
Headed out for round #4 of the Fontana Winter Series last weekend, and I was still looking to step up a few spots on the podium!
Saturday practice went well, and I pretty much kept the same setup Ive always ran out there. I kept my Easton flat pedals on because they felt more comfortable in the rock section. I hiked 4 runs, took 1 shuttle, and after 5 runs I felt pretty dialed on the course. Plus I needed to get home and watch the Supercross Live anyway!
Rain came Saturday night, making for perfect race conditions Sunday morning! After a few practice runs, I felt ready to go. I changed up a few lines that I found in practice, and it was still the wall that was going win it! I headed up for my race run, and it started to rain a little bit. It looked like it was going to get bad, but it ended up stopping before we raced. I rode the top portion of my race run solid, hit everything smooth heading into the middle rock section. I made a mistake on a tight left hand turn in the rock garden, but it didnt cost me too much time. Carried good speed onto the fire road, and just tried to pedal my hardest from there to the finish. Once again a huge shout out to my boy Sniper who waits at the wall, only to hear him scream his lungs out for me to pedal down that dang thing! You rule Snipe! I ended up 3rd place.
Epic Cam Video Footage of the course: http://www.vimeo.com/9611367
Big thanks to all my sponsors this year!
Intense, BELL Helmets, Giro, Easton, FOX, FOX Racing Shox, Kicker, e.thirteen, Stone Brewing Company, ODI, Finish Line, Lupine Lighting Systems, Epic Cam
