Northstar DH Race #2 7/20/08

Cloudy skies led to a bit of rainy weather at the second Northstar DH race of the season. Team Point One was in full-force to see how well they would do against the local veterans. Northstar is extremely rocky and dusty this time of year, major skills are brought to the table for those who choose to play.

Chris Lauber made a showing in the expert class, but this would be the first race where he was not the oldest. Now 18, he was forced to race in the Northstar expert 18-26 category. Perhaps overpowered and maybe outgunned, Chris still had an impressive showing and managed sixth place.



Alex Amaral was getting quite comfortable on his new Sunday and absolustely spanked the junior expert field, winning by nearly 8 seconds. A few seconds quicker and he would have pulled a top 10 in Pro! Not bad for someone who is barely shy of his 16th birthday.




The rivalry we saw merely a month ago returned as teammates Jimmy Amaral and Ian Massey swapped paint in the pro class. Jimmy was feeling fast on his new Socom all weekend, while Ian was having problems getting his bike properly dialed in. When the clouds cleared and the dust settled, Ian struck the next blow, beating Jimmy by 5 seconds and securing fifth place. Jimmy still had a solid performance with a clean run, not wanting to risk a serious crash on the rocks he took it a little easy. Jimmy-1 Ian-1





Full results can be found here: http://www.northstarattahoe.com/nsassets/files/bike-summer/DH-2-results.pdf

Special thanks to Rick Rasmussen for the photos. Be on the look out for Team Point One at maybe another Northstar DH race this summer!