British Downhill Series Rnd3

The Team traveled to Ae Forest near Dumfries for round3 of the British Downhill Series l ast weekend.
Having been here only 2 weeks before hand at the Scottish series race there was a lot of familliar bits of track being used. Again it was warm and sunny which made for a fast running and super fun track with its mixture of fresh cut lines and jumps.
Uplift was running a bit slow which meant a lot of waiting in queues, but at the end of the day all of us got in 6 or 7 runs which was pretty good and we all had our lines dialled for racing the following day.

AL sending it 

Race day was again dry and warm which suited everyone and after a couple of practice runs we got stuck into racing.
Alastair, racing in Grand Vets this year in the BDS had little competition but set out to "smash it" in his race run and after a good descent came home a clear winner 20 secs ahead of second place man Steve Felstead and also beating the entire Vets field showing the old boy still has pace.
Neil was up next in the very competitive Vets Category and had a good steady run. Neil finished 3 secs off 1st place man Mark weightman which put him on 5th spot on the podium.
Youth cat riders Al and Ewan both had good runs and are beginning to show signs of maturity and consistency in their riding and racing. This weekend Ewan came out top in the pair finishing 16th with Al 1 sec behind in 17th.
Junior cat rider Keir stepped up his game this weekend to put in a solid ride coming home 31st in the super fast category and showed that his training and fitness are now coming into play.

Ewan floating on air.

The season is well under way now and we are having lots of fun riding and racing our Nukeproof Scalps and Pulses which have run perfectly for the team and have proved a great race bike. Thanks again to Nukeproof and Hotlines for their support.

Next race for the team is the Scottish Championship at Glencoe Mountain resort in 2 weeks time.

Thanks to Paul Cram for the Images used in this blog.