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14th 24 Hours of Moab - NE
Moab, Utah, October 11-12, 2008
Tostado and Kirkland solo to victory in Moab
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Josh Tostado and Jari Kirkland claimed solo wins at the final round of Granny Gear's National Points Series (NPS), the 24 hours of Moab in Utah. Both survived cold and extremely windy conditions as some of their top competitors succumbed to illness and the conditions.
Tostado set a blazing pace and logged 17 laps for the second fastest race since 2001. He was set to do battle with 24 hour National Champion Chris Eatough, but Eatough he pulled out after eight laps. Eatough, coming off illness, reportedly suffered hypothermia in the 30 mph cold winds that gusted up to 50 or 60 mph at times across the desert terrain. Had he stayed in the race, it might have been a tough battle as Tostado's pace was faster than Eatough's from previous years.
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Tinker Juarez also rode his fastest-ever 24 hours of Moab and clocked 16 laps for a second place finish. Behind him was South African cross country pro Roan Exelby, also with 16 laps, in third. Superbike (motorcycle) world champion Ben Bostrom finished fourth with Leighton Poidevin in fifth.
In the women's race, Jari Kirkland was left to defend her title after favorite Pua Sawicki did not start the event. Pua Sawicki had been training in Moab for six weeks prior to the event and although her family flew out to watch the race, she came down with a respiratory illness and could not start the race. Kirkland won with 13 laps, comfortably ahead of Kris Cannon with 11 laps and Kerry White, also with 11 laps. Cat Morrison and Liz Baumgardt-Kays rounded out the top five placings.
Bart Gillespie logged the fastest men's lap in 1:01:36 while Kelli Emmett had the fastest women's lap in 1:12:53.
Baumgardt-Kays and Rob Lichtenwalner took home the overal NPS titles for the solo women's and men's categories.
Photography
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- Stay way back or go over the handlebars.
- Chris Eatough (Trek / VW) drops into the "slot" on the toughest technical section of the course.
- Tinker Juarez (Monavie/Cannondale), multiple-time national & 24 hour world champion, finished second behind Josh Tostado this year.
- 24 hour racing is all about the night laps!
- Moab is technical in the day; at night it becomes a whole different course.
- Riders work together to light up the desert.
- Finally, after a long very cold night of about 0 degrees Celsius) the sun peeks up over the race camp.
- Mike Vigers, age 15, puts in some of the fastest junior laps on a singlespeed.
- Out of the sand and on to the steep rock in an early morning lap.
- The Moab landscape early in the morning.
Results
Elite men solo 1 Josh J. Tostado 17 12:41:20 (Laps & Points) 2 David Tinker Juarez 16 11:48:19 3 Roan M. Exelby 16 13:00:02 4 Ben Bostrom 16 13:37:46 5 Leighton D. Poidevin 15 12:32:56 6 Rob Lichtenwalner 14 11:29:36 7 Steven E. Yore 14 13:02:56 8 Chris Strout 13 11:51:26 9 Taylor R. Lideen 13 12:04:20 10 Dereck J. Fish 13 12:08:33 11 Troy M. Carmody 13 12:22:30 12 Jody S. White 13 12:59:47 13 Charles B. Wheeler 12 10:43:18 14 Jason C. Sandquist 12 11:12:57 15 David S. Noble 12 11:46:45 16 Jordan M. Williford 12 12:11:55 17 Wade E. Newsom 12 12:37:08 18 Chad Ambrose 12 12:46:53 19 Pete E. Basinger 11 11:32:09 20 Yuki Saito 11 11:45:35 21 Todd N. Lindemann 11 11:45:43 22 William S. Jenkins 11 11:57:05 23 Shawn P. Gregory 11 12:05:06 24 Dave J. Johnston 11 13:46:31 25 Sampson Bruesewitz 10 12:21:11 26 Eric Long 10 12:23:40 27 Andrew M. Carney 10 13:00:24 28 Joe P. Fortin 10 13:07:13 29 John W. Sundberg 10 15:15:58 30 Mark H. Hendershot 9 4:25:24 31 Derrick K. Batley 9 12:47:27 32 Chris J. Eatough 8 22:21:02 33 Scott A. Strode 8 9:21:51 34 Joe B. Alligood 8 9:39:20 35 Mike D. Iddings 8 10:03:45 36 Lucas Chandler 8 11:39:56 37 Tom J. McDonald 8 12:18:07 38 Les Vierra 8 12:37:40 39 Chris Cover 8 12:58:42 40 Eric D. Sullivan 7 22:19:33 41 Brad D. Majors 7 23:22:13 42 Aaron Ogden 7 1:39:09 43 Patrick Fasse 7 3:26:44 44 Ray Rasker 7 11:26:25 45 Michael Nixon 7 12:24:00 46 Dan D. Brennan 6 21:13:19 47 Matt D. Woodruff 6 21:24:48 48 Samuel p. Johnson 6 21:43:38 49 Jimmy Martin 6 12:32:42 50 Cullen l. Barker 5 21:33:52 51 Jonathan Dorn 5 9:42:33 52 Anthony J. Benham 4 20:07:24 53 David E. Bach 4 20:10:12 54 James Breyfogle 4 20:42:19 55 Keith N. Leavitt 4 20:42:29 56 John Collins 4 20:47:33 57 Joe A. Binatena 4 20:47:52 58 Mark L. Thompson 4 21:53:21 59 Thomas J. Grinder 4 11:16:52 60 Marc Rancourt 3 16:58:01 61 Paul Gallegos 3 18:29:28 62 Jim Simons 3 11:21:31 63 Michael A. Sainz 2 16:53:08 64 Bill Ostrowski 1 14:05:32 Elite women solo 1 Jari Kirkland 13 11:07:43 2 Kris Cannon 11 11:34:39 3 Kerry White 11 12:40:36 4 Cat Morrison 10 8:16:22 5 Liz N. Baumgardt-Kays 7 9:39:15 6 Jennifer E. Swaney 7 12:06:00 7 Erika Tieszen 6 22:55:17 8 Terri Wahlberg 2 16:03:52 Elite men team 1 Monavie/Cannondale Pro 21 12:13:43 2 Kuhl and Scott Bikes 20 13:06:46 3 Monavie/Cannondale Pro 2 19 12:22:07 4 Beaver Hammer 18 Elite women team 1 Utah Girls 16 12:26:31 2 SoBeBella 16 12:49:07 Duo elite 1 Shake and Bake 17 11:36:09 2 Sonic Death Monkey 16 12:06:24 3 Risen from the Ashes 15 11:49:44 4 FortCollinsCyclingTeam 15 12:48:30 5 labierknarr 14 12:12:34 6 Cotton Kills 14 12:33:01 7 Bikes or Babes? 13 12:04:36 8 2 gears 2 Monkey's 1 wrench 12 11:31:03 9 Czech made 12 12:06:02 10 Half Fast Effort 12 13:42:20 11 Go Big Mountain Sports 10 2:49:46 12 Dos ZL Locos 10 10:02:22 13 Therapy Solutions 10 13:39:19 14 Bouncing Czechs 9 11:21:00 15 Kell(e)y Squared 9 11:58:13 16 Two Days Apart 9 13:36:54 17 Fragile Judith 8 10:31:28 18 Barackopotamuses 7 0:10:41 Expert men 1 Pedal Power / Street Swell 19 11:55:39 2 Brick Oven Pizzaria/CB Builders II 19 12:53:00 3 turd fergueson 19 12:53:12 4 Summit Daily News 19 13:01:43 5 Smith Optics 18 12:27:25 6 KUHL/Scott 18 12:30:08 7 Mad Dog #1/TBD 18 12:45:22 8 Mighty Morphin Shower Strangers 18 13:16:07 9 IE Bikes Supermoto 18 13:19:55 10 The Knuckle Heads 17 12:37:12 11 Afraid of the Dark 17 12:41:21 12 Short Bus 16 12:01:25 13 Feedback sports #2 16 12:13:49 14 The Spice Boys 13 12:20:08 15 Healthe-HoneyStinger-Boa 13 13:03:34 16 Lonestar Mashers 9 12:37:49 17 Barack You Like A Hurricane 8 8:05:20 Expert women 1 Jan's 16 13:10:37 2 Yeti Beti 15 12:54:03 3 Kuhl Girls on Fast Bikes 15 13:29:05 Five person co-ed 1 Munch N' Punch 19 13:47:00 2 Tennessee Pass Cookhouse 17 12:10:57 3 11th Hour Racing 17 12:30:39 4 MafiaRacing.com 16 12:24:00 5 Magura USA 16 13:05:03 6 Duckboy and the Ruffled Feathers 16 13:42:45 7 PC Riders 15 12:20:41 8 Reluctant Esquires 15 12:24:38 9 Peak To Peak Bicycles 15 12:25:52 10 Off the Couch !!! 15 12:29:24 11 Tabata 15 13:01:39 12 Mad Dog #4/Best in Show 15 13:09:34 13 IC3 Keystone 15 13:24:20 14 It's Business Time 15 13:28:56 15 Boulder Luna Chix & Company 15 13:34:38 16 SWM seeking SF who rides 14 12:22:02 17 The ROUSs 14 12:23:33 18 Garrhs Guys & Gals 14 12:50:02 19 Optically Delicious 14 12:50:51 20 Fox Force Five 14 12:59:06 21 Venus de Miles 14 13:20:24 22 Tami and The Mud Pigs 14 13:22:18 23 Toad Lickers 14 13:42:16 24 don't care just pick a name 13 12:08:09 25 DVT 13 12:29:11 26 Highly Suspicious 13 12:49:23 27 The Weakest Links 13 13:02:09 28 Absolut Endurance 13 13:38:49 29 Big Gut 12 12:49:31 30 Slow Ride 12 13:19:13 31 Cannondale Sports Group 11 12:01:13 32 Ryan 86 11 12:55:28 33 Careless Whispers 10 3:05:20 34 Dreaming Eagles 10 12:26:21 Five-person men 1 NiteRider 2 18 12:21:19 2 Salty Nuts 17 12:08:44 3 WartHogs 17 12:15:12 4 Mad Dog #2/Go Dog Go 17 13:00:45 5 Single Track Mind 17 13:07:32 6 Matt's our camp beeatch 16 12:24:38 7 ICCC Colorado 15 12:09:03 8 Din't Come Ere fer da Bikn', Did Ya? 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