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Ohio Hare Scramble I flew out and met Brian in Ohio at Cole Caukins house. We rode a couple laps on Saturday with Josh Mclevy and Shane Watts before getting the bikes cleaned up for the race. The race was only a couple hours away so we left on Sunday morning. The race was located near Athens where a GNCC and many enduros are run. This area is popular with off road racing but we were still surprised to pull into a new racing location. Unfortunately the turnout was small, except in the pro class. There were a bunch of top guys so I knew it was going to be tough to achieve my goal of a top five finish. Off the start I got a decent mid pack start just a couple of spots behind Brian. It was a little dusty so passing was a little harder than normal. The trail was really good singeltrack through the woods. There were actually some good uphills and downhills. I was riding hard trying to keep my place in line and really enjoying the course. I followed Randy Hawkins for most of the first lap. We picked up the pace on the second lap and I could tell that everyone was going to be going fast all day. A couple laps in Robbie Jenks caught up to me. He had problems early and was making up time. I held him off for a lap then followed him for a bit. He ended catching up to Brian but Brian wasn't giving in. Brian managed to hold him off all day. Barry Hawk was the winner on the day. He had a bit of a race with Jason Raines but opened up a comfortable gap for the win. Jason was a clear second ahead of Chuck Woodford. Brian was fourth ahead of Robbie Jenks. Justin Williamson finished a minute ahead of me in sixth and I was pleased with seventh considering the competition. I finally had a race back east that I was comfortable with the way I rode. |