With another season done it was time for the State Champs, for the last few years it has been at Eagle, this year it was Willunga that held the race.
The final Inside Line race for South Australia in 2013 was the State Champs held over the October long weekend to the south of Adelaide at Willunga. Here everyone was vying to take home the state champion jersey, a cool prize and one that everyone liked.
The track had seen a visit from the trail fairies, they brought their bulldozer to make a few changes which was good of them!
The trail was different from the State race earlier in the year held here but onA�one ridge over, the top section was made up of technical features, such as rock gardens, g-outs and big jumps while the bottom section was flat turns before the finishing chute.
There were a lot of flats over the weekend, one rider apparently even copping 5 in a row! The reason, little ninja rocks hiding everywhere!Different styles were displayed all weekend long!Overall the track was fast and riders just blurred past.Transport ran well over the weekend, the ride up can sometimes be as crazy as the ride down due to the access road!
The weather was good, the wind did cause a few crashes on some of the jumps as riders got thrown around, best recovery thoughts to all that crashed!
Ouch! He walked away though, literally crashing a few metres from the finish beam.
The big draw cards for the racing were Troy Brosnan and Connor Fearon, unfortunately could only do one run, a sore ankle meant he didn’t want to risk hurting it more and spectated over the weekend instead.
Elbows up! Troy Brosnan brings his international speed back home.There were all sorts of random things spotted over the weekend, large numbers of the police force, people mowing the lawn in their pit areas… All sorts!Nice view! Not that the riders would notice as they sent the kicker.
Racing saw tension levels higher than just a state round for obvious reasons, the Under 19 race was possibly the most dramatic as Matt Taylor, Conor Clancy and James Chambers battling it out all year, in the end Conor prevailed by 2 seconds. Full results are on the Inside Line club site (or should be soon!). Elite was always going to be Troy Brosnans race to win and he did just that taking the race ahead of Will Rischbieth.
Winner winner! Troy Brosnan adds the State Champs to his impressive list of achievements for 2013.Angus Maddern has had a good season all year including heading over to race his first World Cup, he shows us the middle line through the bottom chute.Henry Blake, another rider who had a good year, including heading over to Whistler earlier in the season takes the outside line.There is talk of doing a 20 year anniversary race here to mark 20 years of Inside Line next year, this bike would fit in perfectly.A good crowd witnessed a fitting final race for 2013!
That is a wrap for 2013! We can’t wait for next years series, thanks to Inside Line, the volunteers and everyone that has supported the site this year.
