On June 5th the team set off for the lovely town of Midland for the next race in the Ontario Cup series. When we arrived on Saturday to check into the Howard Johnsons the weather was quite cool but at least it wasn’t raining. We had a good pre-ride and then rested up before a dinner out with the team at Boston Pizza. When we got back to the hotel some of us went to Dairy Queen which was conveniently located across the street from the HoJo. Then began the parking lot dance party hosted by DJ Mike and his Chevy Tahoe.
We awoke Sunday morning to the sound of rain and none of us were eager to deal with the muddy race course. By the time the 9:30 race began the rain had stopped and most of us had switched to our mud tires. For those of us who raced first the course was actually better than expected and got better each lap. Paul and Duane finished 16th and 17th in their race while Mike did not finish (he didn’t have mud tires and was sliding all over the course). Bob had a great day and placed 2nd in his group making his podium debut of the season. At 11:30 the course was considerably better. Samantha and Danielle rode strong and each finished 2nd in their group.Ryan also had a good day and earned an 8th place finish. At 1:30 the full course was open and had dried up very nicely. In Senior Expert, Corey was the lone finisher from our team getting 18th while Nathan and Zoltan both had misfortune and did not finish. In the Elite race Simon and Jamie fought hard for their 14th and 16th places while Logan was not his usual crazy self and he did not finish (must have been the veggie burger).
The day ended with the weather being very nice so we all left Midland and headed for home a little dirty, quite tired and thankful that it didn’t rain all day.
Photos by Melissa Wagler
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