Mothballs Womens Photos

Professor Kimberly sent over some photos that were taken of the ladies by Kimberly Weixel of Echelon. Thanks Kimberly's and good racing!

Hi,

I am enclosing some more photos, taken by Kimberly Weixel (of Echelon)... These are of the w1/2/3 and the w3/4 races.

If you post them on the blog, please credit her.

Thanks,
Kimberly

Mothballs IIII

Mothballs just keeps on giving, here are the photos Matt sent. I hope Ben is healing quickly! Thanks for the pictures everyone!

Hi everybody,

Sorry for the delay, lots of people sent me pictures of the races on Saturday, here are just a few of them. Thanks to everyone who showed up to race, and those that showed up just to cheer us on and take pictures...especially Dave Willett.



Only one Chicken Rancher was involved in a crash as far as I know. Ben Edwards got taken out in the 3's race by a guy who crossed wheels with the rider in front of him. Honorary Chicken Rancher Kim Anderson also went down in that crash. Like true competitors they both re-mounted their bikes and finished the race....nice job!

There are quite a few pictures here so hopefully Greg will put them up on the blog shortly which will make them easier to view,

It was great to see so many Chicken Ranchers out there ridin' hard. We were well represented! Thanks also to Kimberly and Craig for their excellent race reports. Craig, no need to apologize for our failure to win in the 3's race, It was my fault for not gettin' you and Dave close enough to the line to finish the deal. But we'll get'em next time!

See you out there!

Matt

Mothballs By Blingerman! Photos by Carson!

Great job everyone. Fun day with a lot of team support.

As far as the 3's, I'm sorry for what happened. The team did great work. Barney, Luis, and Larsen rode the front a lot. Aaron had a break that Chicken and I thought might stick. Ben was a Trojan war-horse riding out there with his bibs torn open and still smiling.

As for the sprint, Dave was the captain on the rode and kept us organized with Chicken on the front, then me, and then Dave sweeping.

We went into the last turn and Chicken was doing a lot of work but then we caught a couple of guys on the inside who slowed down and I just made a bunch of mistakes. So instead of winning, we got 3rd. We learned a lot and I think we will do better next time.

As for the 35+, holy s__t! That was fast!

See you at Piru.
Blinger.


Here are some pics of the first few races, I had another shoot that afternoon, sorry all you who raced after noon. If the link above doesn't work, then here it is. http://tinyurl.com/3xf68b

Thank you,
Carson Blume Photography
888.680.2276

Mothballs By Professor Kim

Here is Kimberly's race report

Hi Everyone!
Well, another Mothballs is behind us. I really enjoyed racing it as a member of Team Chicken Ranch this year! Unfortunately I don't have any great victories to report on, but I did have a lot of fun! I achieved my three goals for the weekend which was to 1. get a good workout 2.
Not get dropped in my first W1/2/3 race and 3. Make the womens 3/4 race fun and be a part of the action. After seeing all the women who got in and raced the 1/2/3 race and then the Mens 35+ I am humbled and motivated! All I did was race the 2 women's races! But considering I was supposed to be stuck at a work retreat all day...I am thrilled to have been racing at all.
Anyway, Team Chicken Ranch was well represented this weekend. I just want to say it was really nice to have so many people around in the same jersey (we'll look even better when our new kits come in) being
supportive and fun. From perusing the results on socalcycling.com , I
see that the following people were out there: (please forgive me if I didn't include you: I just looked at the online results, which may not be complete. In addition, I might have made an oversight...so I apologize in advance!). In addition, Brett Harrison was also there racing...but had a mechanical issue and lost some spokes (I heard...I was at work).
See you all at the next one,
Kimberly
Here's the scoop:
Mens 3
3. Craig Zimmerman
4. Dave Letteiri
11. Matt Benko
12. Ben Edwards
19. Barney Berglund
20. David Larsen
25. Luis Cubilla
Mens 4
10. Gabe Garcia
12. Ken Doyle
25. Dan Onorato
Mens 5
21 Brian Bermudes
24 Rob Ramirez
29 John Comunale
W1/2/3
7 Kimberly Turner
W3/4
7 Kimberly Turner
14 Susan Farber
35+
27 Matt Benko
45+
26 Barney Berglund
55+
13 Peter Rupert

Mothballs

The race reports from this weekend haven't shown up in my inbox yet. Ken Doyle was nice enough to send me this photo that one Mr. Marco Fanelli took of him during the 35+ race. Ken "Coach" Doyle, you get top billing for now. Marco, nice shot!