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2008: The Wind Year...
With 2006 forever recorded in the books as "The Rain Year," this year's race will certainly be remembered as "The Wind Year" as high winds buffeted the venue for two days straight right up until the first night laps of the race. The dumpsters looked like mass-graves for tents with the flesh and bones of nylon and aluminum poles overflowing the edges. Racers, support crew, and GGP staff, alike, took on the appearance of dogs too long in the backs of pick-up trucks. But as the winds died down and the sun came up, the chilly night gave way to a classic, beautiful Moab day, and the race ended on a high note. KUDOS! to the hearty souls: racers, support crew, staff, volunteers, vendors, sponsors and spectators who braved the winds and dust and stuck it out instead of packing it in. "Tough" seems an inadequate adjective. Here's a few more, pick three (or more!): brawny, durable, fit, flinty, hard, hard as nails, hardened, hardy, healthy, leathery, mighty, resilient, resistant, robust, rugged, seasoned, solid, stalwart, steeled, stout, tenacious, unbreakable, unyielding, vigorous, withstanding.
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Webcasting & RealTime™ 2.0
Our webcasting team did a great job documenting the stories and providing race updates during the event. Here are several links that you'll find useful as you reminisce about the event:
2008 Suzuki 24 Hours of Moab Webcasting>>>
Follow the race, blow-by-blow. Check out all the cool side stories and lots of great photo too.
Video Coverage>>>
Butch Peterson of superhumanmag.com shot and edited some great video of this year's epic solo battle. Great shots, great quotes, great story! WTG, Josh Tostado!
StoryBoard™ Feature>>>
Graphically tracks a team's placement over the course of the event. Follow the color-coding. This link takes you to the overall, and from there you can select different classes' StoryBoard™.
Team Split Times>>>
The Suzuki 24 Hours of of Moab was the debut of the new team split-time functionality which you can see by clicking on your team link from the results. The link above displays the team page for overall race champions. Monavie/Cannondale show the huge margin (a full-lap and 41 minutes!) that they had to their nearest competitor, the Co-ed Pro/Am team Pro Cycling. Also, note that you can toggle between comparisons within your class or overall.
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 Check out the RealTime™ Results for:
New! For 2009!
RealTime™ Scoring and On-line Registration services will be available to select race promoters. E-mail
if you are a promoter interested in available dates.
Racers: Look for a calendar of RealTime™ enabled events posted on Granny's website next year and look for the RealTime™ logo displayed on web sites of participating events.
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Check Out Your Race Photos!
Hi-Res Race photos are such a great way to commemorate your race! ...a great present for your teammates and support crew as a way to say thank you, too! You can search by team# to find yours. Prints and digital files are available for purchase for very reasonable prices. Photos from the 24 Minutes Kids' Race are available too! >>>You Photos Here! |
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| Moab Action Shots has been capturing your experiences at 24 Hours of Moab since the first race in 1995. Check out this year>>> |
If you raced at Conyers, Big Bear or Killington and haven't seen you photos yet, check out Granny Gear's Smugmug links to each race here>>> |
Our Major Sponsors Made It Happen...AGAIN!!!
Granny just couldn't do it all herself. We've been hosting racers all over the country with The 24 Hour National Point Series for three years, and our sponsors have been making it possible, year after year. We hope you'll consider their considerable support of your racing fun when you make your next purchases.
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Suzuki Automotive - Title Sponsor
The folks at Suzuki have been awesome to work with, and they've really enjoyed the positive feedback from mountain bikers. Suzuki is one of the foremost manufacturers of cars, and fuel-efficient SUV's (and now a cool new truck). Suzuki's quality is world-class, and Suzuki's value is incomparable. If you are in the market or soon will be, you'd do well to check out the whole Suzuki line>>> |
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Ellsworth Test-rides: An Epiphany
Ellsworth's mission has been simply to provide the opportunity for discerning riders to feel the difference their amazing Instant Center Tracking delivers. Hundreds of test-rides later, the Truth of the matter is that in test riding an Ellsworth, riders had an Epiphany, in short order. In fact, it didn't take long at all for them to Evolve into passionate fans. Many long test rides lead to many fast laps. WTG, Ellsworth! Mission accomplished. |
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Infinit Fuel: Infinite Possibilities
While searching for the ultimate race fuel, Pua Sawicki found exactly what she was looking for. She did so by designing it herself, and she has raced and won major 24's racing almost exclusively on her custom formula. Now, you can design your own race fuel. And who better to do it? You know your body best. Thanks to Infinit Nutrition for keeping everyone fueled-up, all year long! |
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IMBA-licious
Isn't it great to know that there is such a great group of intelligent, hard-working, dedicated mountain bikers working to protect your rights and your sport? IMBA hosted half-a-dozen teams as part of their TEAM IMBA fundraiser, providing free race entries, team management, massage, mechanics and catering for participating teams. It's a great way to go for next year.
Please consider joining IMBA. Why? How about IMBA's latest policy work with the National Park System. If you are already a card-carrying member, Granny's proud of you! |
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Join us for 2009!
Granny Gear is doing what she does best: Run the biggest and best 24-hour races in the country. In 2009, we're buying The 24 Hours of Nine Mile and adding it to the Series along with Big Bear and Moab to create the largest series of events in the country! The 24 Hour Point Series will continue across all three awesome events. Join us, won't you? |
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Thanks For Toughing It Out With US
They say misery loves company. Well there was certainly a lot of good company to be had with all the wind this year. It did make it easier for us to know that everyone was hunkered right down there with us.
2008 will be a year not long forgotten (and hopefully never repeated). Thanks for your good spirits and support.
We're very excited about next year's races. We hope you can take the team on the road and join us for some other great Granny Gear events.
Have a great ski season! (Keep the p-tex side down!)
See you next year! Happy Trails!
Laird Knight - Race Director
and all the dedicated staff at...
PS: Please return any RFID cards to the mailing address at the bottom of this e-mail. THANKS!
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