1st Place OVERALL
Pro/Expert Men
JASON MOORE
MOORE'S / REINHARDT

FELL MOUNTAIN CHALLENGE
June 10, 2001

More racers than ever before turned out for the Fell Mountain Challenge in Carbondale, PA. The weather was beautiful and so was the single track. The course was a mountain biker's dream come true with a perfect mix of fast, technical, rocky sections complete with downhills, uphills and striking scenery.

Joe Tierney and the Lackawanna Bicycle Club did a wonderful job promoting this 4th race of the mountainbikeRACER.com Mid-Atlantic Super Series. Generous prizes in the racer's raffle, great parking, electronic results by Millennium Sports, great staging and start area, well designed course with easy spectating, and an all around well run event was the order of the day.

There was a conflicting race scheduled for the same day........ just a little 24 hour race in West Virginia where over 500 teams competed. This made for a few missing faces on the podium and on this fabulous race course. Joe doesn't want you to know too much about this place as it's about the sweetest single track this side of the West Indies.

Jason Moore - Moore's/Reinhardt dominated the race with friend Ryan DeWald - K2/Shirk's Bikes who competed in a road race yesterday while Jason was fishing. Jason and Ryan picked off the fast starters methodically and then went back and forth taking turns pulling....... then Jason put the hammer down at the end crossing the line with a little over a minute to spare.

Thais Silva - Wissachickon Cyclery proved once again that RUFIT Training and Racing is doing something right. On her way to peaking for the Snowshoe National in a couple of weeks she ended up on top of the podium as the fastest women overall. She was right at home in the rocky single track as one of her favorite places to ride is Michaux State Forest, PA. Keep your eye on this promising 15 yr old.

Les Leach - Guys Bicycles had an impressive win in the EXPERT Senior 19-26 field. He ran a smooth mechanical free race and brought home 50 more points for Guys Bicycles. Les is a very strong racer and was third overall for the day.

Wooden Wheels had another good day even though the majority of the team was at Snowshoe. Johnny Guentner placed second (he's still recovering after a bout with the flu) in the EXPERT Senior 27-34 class, Karen Minor took first place in SPORT Vet/Master Women and remains current series leader with teammate Lyn Shaffer coming in second.

Andrew McDermott (see race notes) again dominated the SPORT Master 50+ crowd winning the race with five minutes to spare. We must mention here that our beloved Series creator Don Morrison - Wissahickon Cyclery had some bad luck flatting however still came in second place behind Andrew. Todd Forrest had an amazing performance placing fourth in the EXPERT Veteran Men 35-44 class ON A SINGLE SPEED! Mark (Fuzzy) Nickerson - the man behind A Leg Up For Kids Foundation rode a strong race placing fourth in the EXPERT Men Master 45+ field. Top ten performances were also in the Wooden Wheels mix with Craig Shaffer finishing up ninth in the highly competitive SPORT Veteran 35-44 field and Greg Morrison placing sixth in the SPORT Master 45+ class.

Scott Henry - Team Harrisburg and Race for Chocolate promoter again showed that he is one of if not thee fastest 36 year old Expert in the country delivering another slam dunk with a whopping eight minute lead over second place Dave Henry - Team Harrisburg who himself was over seven minutes ahead of the number three rider.

Karen Henry - Team Harrisburg (Dave's wife) won the Expert Women Vet/Master 30+ race and mentioned a little secret that may give a clue to the Henry's dominating performances......... Did you do anything special (apart from the whole training lifestyle)
to prepare for this race? Yes. I ate a lot of my mother-in-law's goat milk ice cream the week before the race. As my brother-in-law (Scott Henry) puts it, "it makes you go fast".

• UNLUCKY SOCKS by Pro John MacInnis - Sobe/Headshok didn't make it to the start line for the first time in 8 yrs of racing.......

• "SOME DAYS IT'S SUNNY, YOU WISH IT WAS RAINING" by Pro Julian Hine - Gears Racing from Canada
  
  
• All Women
  Grassroots
  TEAM PEGGY UPDATE
  
  
• Gary Fisher Mid-Atlantic mountain bike/running team at 24hrs of Snowshoe
  
  
• GUY'S BICYCLES FIRST PLACE OUT OF 136 TEAMS!!
  #2 WOODEN WHEELS ONLY 3 EXPERT WINS (147pts) BACK
  #3 WISSAHICKON CYCLERY ONLY 14 POINTS AWAY FROM 2nd Place!!
  (CLICK FOR TEAM RANKINGS)

Adam Beattie - First State Velo Sport took first place in the Sport Junior class with a commanding lead of over three minutes. All the usual suspects seemed to fill the top spots in the Sport Category........ Jason Newcome - AMF Racing (fastest overall Sport racer (see race notes), James Kennedy (Sen. 19-26), Caitlyn Tuel-Shirk's Bikes, Esteban (Steve) Rodriguez - Sid's Bikes (NYC), Karl Faruzel - Chenango Point, and of course Karen Minor & Andrew McDermott of Wooden Wheels.

Brian Gammaitoni - Cedar Bikes was the fastest Beginner overall and picked up a first place in Senior 19-26 with the second fastest overall Beginner time (just two seconds back) claimed by teammate Rob Wasch JUNIOR Beginner! Josh Nieratko was less than a minute back securing second place Senior 19-26.

George Bressler - Bushey's Cyclery continued his winning ways claiming the first place title in Beginner Master 45-49 after intense training with his grandson........ an excerpt from his interview....."I started taking my grandson along on my training loop. He rides his minibike and pushes me harder, MUCH harder."

Katherine Morgan-Fiser - Jersey Action Riders stood on top of the podium taking first place Beginner Junior Women. The challenging course was no problem for this tiny racer who's bike probably weighs close to half of her body weight. She beat more than a few older men......... way to go Katherine!

Jeff Waldie moved into the current leader's position in the Beginner Veteran Men 35-44 class. After chasing him down for more than a half a mile at Guy's Racing Summer Classic (the last race he won) I was huffing and puffing, dropped my bike, ran through the woods and finally snapped his picture....... only to find that I had the lens cover on. This time I did manage to catch him in action.

Fair Hill is coming up July 15th and we expect a huge crowd at this very popular race with super sweet, fast single track and great facilities. Super Series #6 - ESCAPE FROM GRANOGUE July 22 will be held in Montchanin, DE (10 minutes from Wilmington) on the beautiful DuPont estate which has rolling hills complete with a stone water tower overlooking the countryside. The course has been toned down to make it a bit easier. Craig Shaffer has worked countless hours and has improved the course making it much more fun. The Beginner's course will be challenging, the single track fun and you can bring the family as a kid's race will be included this year.

See you all at Super Series #5 - FAIR HILL CLASSIC - JULY 15, 2001.