Race 2 of the South Australian State Series was held at Fox Creek, on the legendary Bowl track, in awesome conditions for racing! The track had a visit from the ‘trail pixies’ just a week prior to the race. The main changes were extending the triple, altering the corner after it and adding a nice swooping berm as you turn onto the track.
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In what might be a world exclusive, Downhill247.com can confirm that Specialized is launching their new Carbon Demo at the Val Di Sole World Cup in June. A highly appropriate venue considering the extremely technical nature of the track.A�These bikes have been known about for a while (we saw them in the flesh at last years World Champs) but there has been no more information provided. Even the team riders were told not to say a word about the bikes. At this years first World Cup in South Africa the riders bikes were stored out of the prying view of cameras. Specialized has been extremely cagey in regards to these bikes, however after seeing these bikes in the flesh and having seen a photo of the team bikes, we have a fair idea of what to expect when these get released… More inside.
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We have heard that Angus Maddern (who we did anA�Inside Info on Here) had surgery on his shoulder this week. Angus was out filming with Sean Anderson for his new film ‘AboveA�The Noise’ when Angus came around a corner, drifted and shouldered a tree! After hearing the noise and seeing the footage of Angus going from full speed to a standstill he was lucky to not haveA�serious injuries.A�We are hoping he recovers quick and we can’t wait to see him back on the bike.
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The Victorian State Champs were held at Narbethong, on a track that was over five minutes long! A quailty field battled it out for the win, in the end Kovarik Racing swept the Elite podium but neither Chris Kovarik or Claire Buchar could be crowned champions as they don’t live in Victoria! It gives a good indication to the quality of the track and the event organisers when people come from all across the country to race your State Series.
Elite Men:
1. Chris Kovarik 5.11.91
2. Rhys Atkinson 5.22.09 + 10.18
3. Liam Panozzo 5.22.98 + 11.07
4. Tim Eaton 5.26.76 + 14.55
5. Joel Panozzo 5.27.96 + 16.05
Elite Women:
1. Claire Buchar 6.01.40
2. Alyssa Lyons 6.27.67 + 26.27
3. Kelly Bayliss 7.12.01 + 1.10.61
4. Katherine Martin 10.48.98 + 4.47.58
Under 19 Men:
1. Trent Piribauer 5.24.52
2. James Kelly 5.30.61 + 6.09
3. Henry Blake 5.31.02 + 6.51
4. Alex Freeman 5.52.76 + 28.24
5. Scott Thomson 5.55.12 + 30.61
Newton’s Nation is a stand alone event held at mount Panorama, New South Wales, in conjunction with a range of other ‘extreme sports’. It also has live music at night, camping and what not but it is the downhill we are interested in. The track itself is quiteA�short, under 1.20 for the fastest riders but with $2000 up for grabs for first place a lot of riders were looking to take care of business!
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Traditionally Sea OtterA�kicks off the international season, this year the first World Cup has already been run but it still seems that the world of downhill really gets into gear around the time of Sea Otter. Now most of the Aussies start their overseas season ‘properly’ and won’t set foot back into the country for some six months!
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