The top 48 racers from qualifying were lucky enough to not need to show face. It was another 41 C (106 F) day. The rest of the riders who didn’t make the cut had to race through two 96 man brackets. First thing in the morning was a race UP the 2.2 mile Maryhill Festival of Speed race track. Brandon Desjarlais, Colby Cummings, & Kaspar Heinrici made it the uphill race look easy. Brandon took 1st place along with 200$, a trophy, and a free entry to next year’s race. Brandon Desjarlais was caught saying “Had I known it was that easy I would gone harder from the start“, he made it up the hill in 10 minutes and 20 seconds. That’s only a little bit more than 3 times the time it takes racers to make it down. Colby & Kaspar arrived in 2nd & 3rd.
After the uphill race, those who did not make the top 48 on qualifying day had to duke it out. At the end of the day, only the final 24 positions from each bracket (A & B) made it into the open bracket. Kalil Hammouri was the winner of bracket A. He raced his way through a 96 man bracket to advance into the open race along with 23 of the other top racers from that bracket. Sunghoon Choi did the same for bracket B.
Immediately after this turn, Mike Fitter hopped off of his board for no apparent reason.
Luke Melo stands up for the finish while the rest of the pack is still racing for last two spots.
Roger Jones leading the final of the B bracket, making into the open bracket.
Along with those repechage racers, there was a masters division. The masters division was a new for this year’s Maryhill Festival of Speed. To be considered a master one simply needed to be at least 35 years of age. The masters final was righteous. Silon Garcia took it clean, a young master at 36. Fael Fernanda, another youthful Brazilian senior took 2nd place and Portland local Robin McGuirk rounded out the masters podium in third.
Silon Garcia, Fael Fernanda, & Robin McGuirk.
Here is the open bracket for the 96 person race.