Laney and Melville Kids Race Winners10/4/08
12 Hours of John Muir – LaGrange WI
Race Report
Team Vesrah Brakes final race of the season was held in LaGrange, WI., at the John Muir Trail system. John Muir can be very challenging with its fast narrow single track through deep woods, technical climbs, and sandy trail sections. The 12 Hour coarse would be the blue loop which is approx 11 miles. For this race Vesrah put Mike Peet on the disable list with a knee injury, Vesrah brought up Mark Junge to fill in and put the group to four again.
Team Vesrah Brakes put Ken Melville in charge of starting the race. The decision turned out a good one as Ken came around after his lap in the lead. Ken handed the lead to Mike Laney. Mike was able to lengthen the gap to second place. Mike then handed the task to Mark McCrimmon. Mark consistently held the fastest lap times of the year for our team, and put down another fast one to put even more time between Vesrah and second place. Mark gave the lead and the race to this point over to Mark Junge. Mark riding a single speed turned in the fastest lap of the day by any rider at the event while doing so opened up a nice gap between Vesrah and second place. During the next two rotations of riding Vesrah was able to build the lead to around twenty minutes. Team Vesrah Brakes wins the 12 Hours at John Muir by a twenty minute margin and repeats as the WEMS 12 Hour Open Team Champion for 2008.
The Melville and Laney families were in attendance to offer support. There is something very inspiring about those little voices.
Team Vesrah Brakes Completed 12 laps in 11 hours 50 minutes, logging over 155 miles, averaging approx 13 mph.
Team Vesrah Brakes would like to thank:
Mark Junge - Vesrah Suzuki - Vesrah Brakes
Joel Richardson - Hayes Disc Brakes, Manitou Suspension and Sun Ringle’ Wheels
Russel Jubbs - For Building Great Sun Ringle’ Wheelsets for Team Vesrah
Ben - Racine Cyclery
Verizon
Bidtool
Sigma
Kenda - Rider Support Program
Author: Mike Laney
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