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Justin Havukainen, Mitch Delfs @ Mount Snow

Results for the race are 1st place to Amiel Cavallier 2nd Jared Rando 3rd Des Curry 4th Ben Bell and 5th Andrew Neethling and the 4X was Eric Carter,Brian Lopes and Rich Housemen. This is Benny’s best result to date and he is really stoked to of finally put together a solid run at 1.53 considering Amiel pulled a 1.51, the eventual winner because 1st to 5th were all Aussies was Duncan Riffle with a 1.54.02 because this was a National you had to be American to count but we all know who the Bad Boys are. He is staying at the Sharples Residence in Navada City with Tracy,Sabrina,Sam,Mitch and Joel and apparantly the weather is super hot around the 40C mark! The track was nice and fast and Ben reckons he could have gone faster he was being a little to cautious in a few spots trying to get across the line with out any hassles like previous races, the spun out thing with the course was they double bunted all the way as usual but really really wide and you could straight line alot of the corners. He’s going to chill out for a few weeks with Sharples and do heap of Xc and Dh but probably no racing until the Worlds, the rest of the crew are leaving tommorow for Whistler but Bens hanging back to get fit and ready for the big one. He tells me Scott’s house is really close to a lake so he has been swimming heaps. The yeti 303 is going flat out now and he has really got the hang of it he’s still running his original Dee Max’s still straight as but a little scratched and he reckons he has stripped down the bike 4 or 5 times and there are 52 pinch bolts on the frame alone, he’s trying to sort out an Xc bike of his own so he doesnt have to keep borrowing but all up he is having an awesome time. Hopefully Chris Conroy at Yeti keeps his eye on him because Rich Houseman is retiring from the Pro team and there will be a spot available at the end of the season and I think we all know someone who would fill the position nicely.

Another thing i would like to add to my comments about Matty Bellerina racing the Boddington Xc State Round is, he did it with spd’s!! could this be a change of tactics for our States fastest? who knows?

Draino