Relatively quiet weekend for the team. Newest rider to the team, Corey Coogan, raced in the Chippewa Valley Firecracker recording a solid 14th place finish among a field of 30 riders. Ben Popp of Endurance Athlete hit the dirt after 15 years recording a 65th place finish in the Comp class.

Comments from Corey

 It was a fun time and a great course. They have added even more
 single track since last year (as always, nothing very technical, but
 it's a lot of fun to ride fast).  Everyone I talked to really had a
 lot of fun out on the course.  I did well enough.  I felt decidedly
 like I had a gear missing (Eau Claire's kind of a sprint), but
 having done 2 weeks with lots of Lv 3 time and avoiding all level 4
 per Piotr in preparation for climbing and altitude, that's to be
 expected.  As far as mud, it only sprinkled during the sport race
 and the sun (and the dust) came out for ours. It was a surprise to
 drive into pouring rain on the way home."

Racing action this weekend will see riders at the Singletrack attack in Elk River as part of the MN MTB Series and handful of team members will be racing at the US MTB National Championships in Sol Vista, CO. Good luck to all team members this weekend.

Wheelhouse Classic

Team riders hit up the Wheelhouse Classic in Memorial Park this past weekend, race #5 in the MN MTB Series. After the Horner family and Denny Barry diced it up in the Kids Comp, and Sport races on a tackish course, it was another mudder for the Comp and Expert racers.

Jordan Horner in the Sport race in route to a 6th place finish, one spot and one second after mom!!


Denny Barry in the Sport race, en route to a 2nd place finish in the age group.

Other nice placings at Memorial Classic include top 10 finishes in Comp by Matt Horner (9th) and Jeremy Dirk (10th)

Elite races had two riders in the top five with Sam Oftedahl in 2nd and Eric Thompson in 4th.

Great job team riders!!

After race #5 in the series, the team sits fifth overall among all teams, all classes combined and only four points out of fourth place! Keep up the great racin'

Six of the team members competed in the Subaru-WORS Cup/PRO XCT race this past weekend. A great representation by the team with some great finishes. Full results to be posted on the Subaru Cup page.

Sam, Eric, Jake and Lars before the start of the CAT 1 race.

Casey Hildenbrandt coming in to the finish during CAT 1 Jr racing action.
Eric Thompson dicing it up in the PRO Men race. Have a safe and happy Fourth!!

A relatively quiet weekend of racing. Eric Oftedahl hit up the Woolly race coming in 4th and Casey Hildenbrandt dropped in one of the Wisconsin Endurance events and placed 7th out of 44 riders. The team will be represented well at the PRO XCT race in WI this coming weekend. Good luck to all riders racing!!


Eric Oftedahl keeping Charly Tre in check at Woolly.

Fantastic showing by team members in ND, MN and WI this past. The "western team" was racing in North Dakota and placed 4th among the 10 hour teams. Casey Hildenbrandt won the JR Open in WORS. Read the recaps in the Midwest MTB report on Skinnyski.com

Lars Ellefson rolled in from Durango and joined the dozen or so team members at the muddy Mon Du Lac for race #3 in the Minnesota series, posting a solid 5th place finish. Nice job! Read his race recap here. Check out the coverage on skinnyski. A pure mud fest. Good times!! Hope the bikes cleaned up well. Yikes!

Team was represented nicely at the Afton Avalanche this past weekend. Five racers in Expert, three in Comp, two in Sport and the Horner bros in Kids Comp. Click here for full results. And check out skinnyski.com for photos.



Andrea and Jordan Horner upon completion of their races in the Sport race. Good battle between mom and daughter with Jordan placing in front of mom by five seconds!

A busy weekend on tap with riders hittin all three states. MN riders hitting Mon Du Lac in Duluth, with the return of Eric Thompson (who was under the weather last weekend) and Lars Ellefson rolling in from CO for a few weeks. The Wenzels and Matt Engen will be at Race to Sunset in Bismarck, ND and Casey will be racing the Showdown in WI. Good luck, have fun and way to keep the wheels moving!

A mostly quite Memorial weekend on the racing front. One of our newest riders, Casey Hildenbrandt of Wausau, WI was racing WORS in his hometown and filed a report on the race:

"The race on sunday... stayed with the insane lead out for the start. Fourth wheel into the singletrack. After the first lap, I was third, leading the group from third to seventh. Some road tactics came in as a team was playing games with the rest of us. Two team extreme guys, two expo, and myself. The extreme guys went, I covered, then fell off. Got passed by Nate Labecki, expo, and couldn't keep up. Lack of legs, (which are starting to come onto form i believe)... then I got a gap on Caleb, but about 2 miles into the third and final lap, Caleb caught me, and I only stayed with him for a mile. Then I dropped off, and started to cramp. The heat and lack of riding due to school got to me. With school done, I am ready to ride!"
Racing on tap this weekend at Afton Alps. Congratulations to the Elite Team in the MNMB Series Competition for first place at Salem Hills!!