Race Report - Lake Sugar Tree XC - Stephen

On April 22nd, I raced at Lake Sugar Tree in Axton, Virginia. It was much drier than it has been in a while which meant there would be dust clouds, not two foot deep ruts. The day started off good. I got the holeshot but dropped back to second about a quarter of a mile in to the race. RJ Fergusen was riding very well and we pulled away from the rest of the AA's. We swapped the lead quite a few times on the very fast track. After my gas stop I figured I needed to kick it into another gear to try and pull away, but RJ hung right with me until 2 laps from the end. I got by a couple of lappers clean and floored it to eventually win by 50 seconds. It was a good race, nothing too hard, just good flowing trails that the Virgina Cross Country Series races are known for. Next is the National Enduro in MO.