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New Members Make Their Mark in SRC Race Number Two

Nearly fifty racers were on hand for the second of the Sugarbush Racing Club’s eight race series many of whom were new members or racing for the first time this year. Disappointingly, the race venue was held at Racer’s Edge rather than Spring Fling but the dual format giant slalom course held up well under the traffic although there were some delays due to timing problems.

Elizabeth Walker once again led the women and many of the men as well by a substantial margin although Anne Halvorsen, racing for the first time this year on her new knee, came in a close second. Lauri Landau maintained her third spot on the podium. Cindy Carr came out of “retirement” to finish fourth and Annie Fender, also sporting a new knee, skied very well.

Rick Duckworth also repeated as the men’s division winner with two dominating runs while similarly lycra suited David Seymour was in second place. Mac Jackson, racing for the first time as an SRC member, placed third demonstrating the skill that earned him a spot in the elite examiner’s class of the PSIA. Doug Shick, also a level III PSIA instructor, was fourth displacing Peter Wicklund and Gary Duncan. Gil Edwards has leapfrogged to the status of “serious contender” overcoming Gunnar Sievert, Dave Ellison and his former rival, Mike Ware. “Chappy” Chapman, racing for the first time this year, barely edged Al Carr and Ray Bollerud while new racer Jula Fender proved himself to be a contender on the circuit. The course was to Bob Steven’s liking as he surged ahead to an overwhelming lead in the octogenarian class which includes Henri Borel, Steve Cohen and Stan Needleman. The group was pleased to note that Rich Jones made a cameo appearance on the course after a serious injury.

The apres race party was held at Bongiorno’s where, as always, copious pizzas were served to the delight of the over eighty racers and social members gathered there. A gift basket, gift certificates and other prizes were raffled and videos of races were shown. A fifty-fifty raffle was also held to support the VASS adaptive ski program.