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by MotorWerk » Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:38 pm
So... what will happen on this leg? The serious contenders with high bib might wanna slalom their way to a more favorable position.
Any predictions?
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by mamamia » Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:40 pm
I certainly expect the serious contenders/high bib # to make some major moves to get to the front and avoid the problems with carved out trails that could seriously impact their race strategy. It will be interesting.
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by Wild Bill » Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:46 pm
I agree Willow. I think the entire pack, and especially the usually top 10 - 15 front runners will try to push to the front quickly. Sort of get out of Dodge and out of the traffic.
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by MotorWerk » Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:52 pm
Haha. According to the tracker Ken Anderson is doing 77 MPH.
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by flowerpower » Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:57 pm
Whaaaaat the heck? Where did you see that? I'm looking at the Iontracker, the only thing I notice is that DeeDee is warmer than everyone else!
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by MotorWerk » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:05 pm
It's been fixed now. But it seems only DeeDee and Aaron are moving.
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by braider » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:21 pm
I think Lance drew a great bib number and it's going to be awfully hard to get very far ahead of him.
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by MotorWerk » Sun Mar 02, 2008 1:57 pm
That might be true.
I wish the restart could be earlier so that I could check out the tracker before it's nighty-nighty.
Edit: ...or I could take tomorrow off, which is quite an interesting thought. Hm.
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by Moose » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:01 pm
Wag more, bark less.
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by CynCyn37 » Sun Mar 02, 2008 2:07 pm
Wow Moose, great minds think alike. I was just thinking, do I really have to work tomorrow? I don't have any meetings scheduled.
Has the race started yet? I thought it was 5 o'clock my time. which is an hour from now. I am going to be really mad at myself if I've missed it!!!
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