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Dirt Sweat & Gears - NE
Fayetteville, Tennessee, USA, May 3, 2008
2007 Results Results
MBNC Ultraendurance Standings
Juarez and Sawicki win Dirt Sweat & Gears
By Ron Sawicki and Clay Higgins in Fayetteville, Tennessee
Pua Sawicki
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The third round of the USA Cycling National Ultra Endurance Mountain
Bike Calendar drew some of the most talented male and female competition for
the second consecutive year to Fayetteville, Tennessee, for the Dirt Sweat &
Gears 12 hour race.
The weather forecast called for rain the night before and continuing
into the morning and that is exactly what the racers experienced. As soon as
they hit the singletrack into the woods, the mud-fest began. Bikes clogged up,
derailleurs and chains broke for many during the first 20 minutes of what would
prove to be a very long 10.6 mile lap for most.
Tinker Juarez (Monavie / Cannondale) won the men's race with 11
laps. Brandon Draugelis (SoBe / Cannondale) finished second with the same number
of laps while Josh Tostado (Giant) completed 10 laps for third place. In the
women's race, Pua Sawicki (Mata / Ellsworth) defeated Rebecca Rusch (Specialized
/ Red Bull) for the win although both racers had nine laps. Carey Lowery (The
Outdoor Store) finished in third with eight laps. Dejay Birtch won the men's
singlespeed elite race ahead of John Mylne and Greg Martin.
Tinker Juarez
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Juarez only brought one bike and it was a hardtail. Before the race, he thought
this might not be a wise choice due to the rocky and bumpy course, but it would
ultimately pay off given the muddy conditions. While others were messing with
there bikes in the mud during the race, Juarez was way out front and able to
keep pedaling.
Juarez kept himself out front and held on to his lead until the end. Draugelis
was just six minutes back while Tostado made an impressive comeback after mechanicals
and a huge deficit to round out the top three.
2007 Dirt Sweat & Gears Champion Nat Ross (Subaru / Gary Fisher) suffered
a bad day at the office with no less than three mechanicals on the first lap.
Flats, broken chains and shredded derailluers were the overriding issues plaguing
the day.
Brandon Draugelis
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Singlespeed racers such as Dejay Birch and John "Fuzzy" Mylne (both
ShoAir) also had an advantage over the geared racers - they finished first and
second in the singlespeed category. Idaho's own Greg Martin (Sawtooth Velo)
took third among the singlespeeders.
Sawicki opted for the suspension as most did and she also got caught in the
muck, with stops required to remove the mud just to keep on pedaling. After
the first lap she switched onto her hard-tail and she was able to move at a
steady pace again.
The women's winner rode strongly to increase her lead over the second placed
Rusch, who was about 19 minutes back after six hours. After the halfway point,
Sawicki settled in for the next five hours on her way to the win. Rusch finished
16 minutes later on the same lap with Lowery one lap back.
Race organizers announced a significant increase in race registrations with
about 300 riders competing. Promoter Clay Higgins is expecting to have to cap
registration next year for the popular event.
PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by
DS&G / www.dirtsweatandgears.com
Results
Elite solo men
1 Tinker Juarez 11 laps
2 Brandon Draugelis 11
3 Josh Tostado 10
4 Nat Ross 10
5 Mark Hendershot 9
6 Ernesto Marenchin 9
7 Dave Norton 9
8 Yuri Hauswald 8
9 Douglas Smith 8
10 Lee Unwin 8
11 Chris Janiszewski 6
12 Chris Baker 3
13 Taylor Sullivan 3
Elite solo women
1 Pua Sawicki 9 laps
2 Rebecca Rusch 9
3 Carey Lowery 8
4 Rebecca Tomawicki 7
5 Sandra Tomlinson 6
6 Janis Sandlin 6
Elite duo men
1 Harpeth Bicycles/ Reliant Bank 12 laps
2 Kobold Watch Company/Cannondale 11
3 Union College/mtbracenews.com 11
4 Spin/Soulcraft 9
5 Tim Carson & Sally Marchand Collins 9
Singlespeed solo elite men
1 Dejay Birtch 10 laps
2 John Mylne 9
3 Greg Martin 9
4 Dave Holmes 9
5 Jake Kirkpatrick 8
6 Chip Meek 5
7 Jamie Pillsbury 5
8 Sean Reeder 1
Four person amateur
1 KnoxVelo/Dirt Digglers 11 laps
2 Dement/Chambers/Giles 11
3 Smitty's Cyclery 10
4 Smitty's Cyclery 2 9
5 2 Corn Cobs and a Cheeseburger 9
6 Team Lungless 9
7 The Good,Bad,Broke, and Ugly 9
8 Wheels Of Unfortune 9
9 4 men no team 9
10 Back For The Raffle 8
11 Not Gonna Win 8
12 Ride4Reading v1.0 8
13 Everything But the Squeal 8
14 Luv Handles 7
15 The R.O.U.S. 7
16 Benkwith/Bonner/Combs/Rogers 7
17 Rejects 7
18 team beerus 7
19 Team Real Sore Rears 7
20 Muddy Sisters 6
21 2ndtimearound 6
22 Cannondale Midwest Racing 5
23 Loadhogs 5
24 ACE 5
25 The Nerd Hurd 4
Duo amateur
1 Skillet & Borolegs 10 laps
2 Retrotec 9
3 Team Long John 9
4 Steiner/McKeegan 9
5 Pirtle/Gennari 9
6 Faster Mustache: Brobots 9
7 Bear Wheels Defeated Creek 9
8 Biker's Choice 8
9 Starbrite 8
10 COD4 8
11 Princeton Tec 7
12 Spoken' Jokers 7
13 Pain Train 7
14 Faster Mustache: Yallbros 7
15 Cumberland Transit 6
16 Old Kentucky 6
17 The Next Level 5
18 Whiskey Teets 5
19 Team NMB.com 4
20 Singlespeed Productions 3
Four person singlespeed
1 Team Wood-N-Wave SS 9 laps
2 Single Speed Hellbillies 9
Here for the Beer
1 Stanky Cowboys 9 laps
2 Team NMB 8
3 BUMP 8
4 Da Cul-De-Sac 7
5 Uphill w/o A Pedal 5
Solo amateur men
1 Jeremy Chandler 8 laps
2 Tom Spence 7
3 John Carr 7
4 Brian Schaefer 7
5 Christopher Stark 7
6 Eddie Whittemore 6
7 Steve Swindall 6
8 Tim Yuska 6
9 Dan Hall 6
10 Kevin Conerly 6
11 Christopher Pesce 6
12 Joseph Jefferson 6
13 Jarret Kinder 5
14 Steven Meyers 5
15 Thad Hoffman 5
16 Darren Earle 5
17 Chris Davis 5
18 Calvin Hill 4
19 T J Gaines 4
20 Chris Hartsfield 4
21 Randy Coddington 4
22 Tom McGill 4
23 John Eighmey 4
24 Brad Oakley 4
25 george powell 3
26 Christopher Michels 3
27 Derek Sipe 3
28 Charles Barnes 3
29 Gary Lane 3
30 Ryan Edwards 3
31 Ray Beckmen 3
32 Rick Kimmel 2
33 Eric Brown 2
34 Judy Wallace 2
35 Tommy Reagh 1
36 Cody Hilker
37 Brian Geringer
38 Al Smith
39 Shannon Smylie
DNF Robert Alt
Co-ed two person amateur
1 Union College 8 laps
2 Pace-N-Grace 8
3 Jamison/Chandler 7
4 Kolenbrander & Cavaliere 6
5 Kicklighters 6
6 The Unknown Hinsons 2
7 Bolesky/Hollis 2
8 Nugglers 1
Singlespeed solo amateur men
1 Scott McConnell 7 laps
2 Francis Bach 7
3 Rich Szecsy 6
4 Jeff Scott 5
5 Andrew Ingram 5
6 Michael Neumeyer 4
7 Jason Glover 4
8 Morisson Cabonilas 4
9 Joseph Queen 3
10 Chris Ivory 3
11 Hardwick Gregg
Solo amateur women
1 Rita Jett 7 laps
2 Heidi Shilling 7
3 Susan Williams 6
4 Sheryl Turse 1
5 Cricket Butler
6 Carol Clemens
Mountain Bike National Calendar Ultra endurance standings after three events
Men
1 Harvey Minton 60 pts
2 Jason Sager 60
3 Nat Ross 41
4 Brandon Draugelis 40
5 David Wood 40
6 Evan Plews 40
7 Bryan Fawley 30
8 Joshua Tostado 30
9 Robert Lichtenwalner 30
10 Chris Janiszewski 28
11 David Hall 25
12 Michael Mccalla 25
13 Ernesto Marenchin 18
14 Jed Schober 18
15 Raymond Hall 18
16 Dave Norton 16
17 Douglas Smith 14
18 Nathan Winkelmann 14
19 Yuri Hauswald 14
20 Loren Dodson 12
21 Lee Unwin 10
22 Scott Henry 10
23 Kevin Hofmann 8
24 Matt Gordon 8
25 David (Shawn) Adams 6
26 William Sullivan 6
27 Mitchell Comardo 4
28 Andy Lee 2
29 Matthew Davis 1
Women
1 Carol Clemens 60 pts
2 Christina Smith 60
3 Pua Sawicki 60
4 Jennifer Wilson 40
5 Rebecca Rusch 40
6 Rita Borelli 40
7 Alice Pennington 30
8 Carey Lowery 30
9 Kim Jennings 25
10 Karen Minor 20
11 Leslie Reuter 20
12 Sandra Tomlinson 20
13 Janis Sandlin 18
14 Jennifer Turner 18
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