Owen Sound...Snow ...Racing...Fun...pain...

What a great weekend! The snow only stopped falling for a few hours all weekend. While the sleds did mix up the hauled in snow, giving a brownish hue, the area was coverd in white. Looking over the grandstand, it looked like a Green Bay Packers crowd. You gotta love those race and sledding fans who show up in nasty driving conditons, to take part in an event!

On the grid, #84 Murphy from Sakatchewan begins to assess the line-up, with Lee Butler, Joey Sagan, Johnathon Sloot in front row, and next to #84 is the iron man of snowcross, 4c Ric Wilson.

There was lots of great racing this weekend. Everyone from the kids to the pro's gave it their best for the fans! Off the start, over a small bump, then off to the big ones.......

It was a great weekend of racing, great jumps, passing, racing issues, good then bad visibilty, but it was an all around good time.

Me?.......oh.........My personal highlights were:

1- Not letting Solecki Racing pass me in Sport Masters like he seems to do on the last lap.

2- I had a great battle with my team mate Josh Sloot in TrailSport 500. I am more then twice Josh's age, so there was a lot of trash talking in the trailer before the race.

3- I also had my teenage son Eric with me, and we had a lot of time together at the track where he became a pit crew member. We took in an OHL game Saturday night, something we have not done in a while. (Rangers beat the Attack, what a game!)

Now, the conclusion...the painful conclusion.....Saturday I had a sled make landing contact with me, but by Sunday, the swelling and pain was under control. Pic's of that will show up tomorrow.

Sunday afternoon in TrailSport final I was front row but I jumped the flag and got the big red banner pointed at me. I was sent to the back row! Well, I was feeling pretty good and wanted make up some ground.......bad idea......feeling comfortable with staying on the throttle and doubling some jumps was working.........until........my REV and I got sideways and cartwheeled into the far corner. (The TekVest, GMAX helmet, Scott goggles, and shin pads all did their job!) My race was over for me and I was in pain. The EMS crew and my team mates were all great! I got lifted into the Kodiak trailer, handed heat wraps and painkillers, well taken care of.

It was a somewhat painful end to the race weekend, but what a weekend it was!

Stay tuned and happy trails!

Phil