Aaron Gwin, Jackie Harmony Qualify Fastest at 2012 U.S. National Champs 14

sspomer
7/21/2012 10:49am

Here are the results from Pro DH Qualifying at the 2012 U.S. National Champs, Beech Mountain, North Carolina.

Aaron Gwin up by 5.5-seconds over 2nd place, Luke Strobel.

Jackie Harmony completely obliterates the women's field by 12-seconds!

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erik saunders
11 years ago
The officiating will get better when people who are more invested in gravity get involved. I am in touch with usac on enduro to avoid such a situation where the officials don't know the rules as they inevitably.get involved... In cyclocross the people who were mostly motivated by love for the sport got involved early and it has really been a great benefit to the whole scene from jr and beginners to u23 & elites. I strongly encourage people who are dissatisfied with officiating to become officials..., the riders will benefit.
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Dylan Dean
11 years ago
it's only 1 page of 3 it looks like, so he either didn't race (had a crash in practice early in the week) or just off the back. pretty sure it's just "seeding" not quali. but i donno for sure. hope it's just seeding.

Austin Warren had a big crash over the hip. broke his helmet, but he's fine (just sore).
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sspomer
11 years ago
yeah, no one gets the boot, right? the page says qualifier, but i think you're right JDD, it's seeding.
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Dylan Dean
11 years ago
maybe not.. just heard on facebook from Graeme Pitts mom. this potentially sucks

"JDD - Graeme and Heikki went to the riders' meeting, and that's where they found out that 60 riders would qualify. It was not seeding Sad "
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sspomer
11 years ago
that is weak if true. how many pro guys were there? 65-75 based on the 3 pages count? they couldn't run an extra 5-7 minutes of racing to fit in 10-15 dudes?
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mickey
11 years ago
There were 65 entrants.

It's funny... the entire event ran SO MUCH BETTER last year when there were 2 officials(one of whom had never been to a mtb race before) versus the 8 I've counted so far this weekend.

I had to go over to my condo to dig up the rule book during amateur DS qualies on Friday because none of the officials had a freaking clue what to do if a rider missed a gate on one of their qualifying runs.
The officials didn't "have" a rule book available to consult so they were just going to DQ the rider. That's not how it works. Idiots.
I haven't lost my cool with an official since the '90s but I almost snapped yesterday. And I didn't even know the dude they were trying to dsq...

Ropelato DNS'd- he mangled his shoulder on Friday morning.

Ethan Quehl had a smoker. He's only been back on the bike for a few weeks after a nasty injury last season.
I guess his much-maligned on the internet Morpheus bike went down the hill just fine.
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sspomer
11 years ago
so mickey, they're really not taking 5 guys who didn't make the DH cut? bummer about slalom and the hiccups, too

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