CURRENT NEWS & EVENT


West Side Action!
August 18th, 2008
The weekend of August 16th and 17th was a busy one for racing in Michigan and Team Sandbag had multiple racers out there tearing it up. First up on Saturday the 16th was the 6 and 12 Hours of Pando, hosted by Fun Promotions at the Pando Ski Center in Rockford , MI . Joe Ashley made the trip over to compete in the 6 hour event, placing 6th . Great job Joe!

The next day was the Fort Custer MTB Time Trial, hosted by Tailwind Enterprises at the Fort Custer Recreation Area in Augusta , MI . This is the 5th and final race in the Michigan MTB Time Trial Series. TSB had seven racers travel over for the race. Brian Crook placed 1st , John Osgood 3rd , Stan Cristy 4th , Don Miller 5th , Lee Tremp 8th and Brad Hranach and James LaCroix both placed 9th in their respective classes. Good job guys.

Watch for TSB at the Pontiac Lake XC race on Sunday, August 24th.
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MTB Time Trial Series Champs!
August 18th, 2008
The Fort Custer MTB Time Trial marked the end of the 2008 Michigan MTB Time Trial Series, hosted by Tailwind Enterprises. Team Sandbag had three state champions in their respective classes. Congratulations to John Osgood for 1st place in Sport Men 30-34 and 3rd place in Sport/Beginner Singlespeed, Brian Crook for 1st place in Beginner Men 30-39 Stan Christy for 1st place in Beginner Men 40-49, and Don Miller for 3rd place in Sport Men 45-49.
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Racing At Big M!
August 4th, 2008
Tailwind held the Big M XC MTB race on Sunday, August 3rd at the Big M Ski area in the Manistee National Forest , just east of Manistee , MI. This was the 6th of 8 races in the USAC Mountain XC Series. The six mile course winds through the beautiful northern Michigan forests and includes lots of climbing, false flats and some super fast downhills.

Being so far north the race has a fairly small turnout compared to the races in the southeast Michigan area. Team Sandbag had three team members show up to race. Both John Osgood and Stan Christy grabbed the top podium spots, each placing 1st in their class. Brian Crook blew out a tire and was unable to finish. Great job guys.

Watch for Team Sandbag at both the 6/12 hours of Pando on August 16th and the Fort Custer Time Trial on the 17th .
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Sunshine, Beaches, Tri's and TT's!
July 28th, 2008
What a busy weekend for TSB. On Saturday Ben Miller competed in the Mackinaw Mix Duathlon placing 1st in his age group and 5th place overall. Paul Seely (pictured above) gave the Tri thing a go in the Lexington Triathlon. He finished 4th in his age group and 34th overall. Congrats to both!

On Sunday the rest of the gang headed down to battle the heat at Stony Creek. This was the 4th race in the Michigan MTB Time Trial Series. Many of the TSBer's doubled up in classes (racing both SS and geared). The course was about 12 miles long and used just about every bit of Stony Creek's trail system.

The podium saw its share of the black, red and white jersey's. Congrats to Jackie Schneider who placed 3rd in her class. Brian Crook placed 1st, John Osgood took a 3rd, Don Miller placed 3rd, Todd Powers placed 5th. Rounding out other respected finishes were Kevin Kahl 15th, Todd Powers 12th (SS), John Osgood 6th (SS), Jason Schneider 14th and 11th(SS), Lee Tremp 17th, and Stan Christy placed 8th in his class.

Good luck next weekend as the TSB gang travels to this hills of Big M for stop #6 on the Michigan USA-C MTB series.

For complete race results CLICK HERE
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Rain, Mud, and Sunshine...Ruby XC Style!
July 21st, 2008
Stop #5 on the USA-C series is in the books. The rain poured, the racers came to play...then the sun came. All in all it turned out to be a pretty good Sunday afternoon. The band (Nervz End) Rocked! The beer was cold and the grill was smellin' tasty!

TSB had a full house of racers, family, and friends out for the day. Filling the podium is always tough to do in the USA-C, but TSB captured many spots today. Congrats to Brad Hranach for taking home a 1st, Paul Seely placed 1st as well. Mel O'Farrell placed 1st in her class, Jeff Simpson placed 1st, as did Brian Crook. Many other TSBer's place well including John Osgood 2nd, Joe Ashley 3rd, Jason Schneider 4th, Stan Christy 2nd, Tim VanHowe 3rd, Mitch Bolt 3rd, Todd Powers 3rd, Kevin Kahl 5th, Michael Coronado placed 4th, Drew Loewenthal 6th, Nolan Osgood, Makenna Osgood, Reese Powers, and Darian Ashley all tackled the children's race with success. Two special guest riders for the team did their first Ruby XC races: Fox 2's very own Lila Lazuras placed 2nd in her class and Jordan Porter place a 3rd in his class. Congrats to all that raced!

Thanks to Dave @ BFB, Ruby Campground and Tailwinds for the great event!

For complete race results CLICK HERE
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The Kentucky Chapter Takes A Breather!
July 1st, 2008
Although the southern TSB chapter is kind of quiet a lot happens when nobody is looking. Brian and his wife Christon got a way for a few days and were spotted training in Denver. LOOK OUT!

The Kentucky CXer's have been finding plenty to do through out the summer months. Read all about it HERE.
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Stony Creek Marathon & The Mud!
June 30th, 2008
TSB sent the troops out to take on the rain and muddy course. This was a multi loop race with a variety of distances depending on your race category.

Brian Crook took home the crown in his class with a solid race. Paul Seely placed 2nd, Stan Christy placed 3rd and Darren Brewster took a respected 6th. Also, John Osgood placed a solid 6th and Lee Tremp placed 12th. Kevin Kahl completed 3 of his 6 laps and had to throw the towl in for this event.


Look for the TSB swam to invad the next event...Ruby July, 20th!
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TK Lawless Time Trial!
June 23rd, 2008
The course was just under 14 miles. There was a 10 minute downpour which was welcomed by all the racers. This made a slippery course in places but the last 6 miles were nice and fast as things started to dry out.

Congrats to Brian Crook who placed 1st in his class. Kyle Tabor made the trip up from Chicago to race in 2 classes for the day. He finished 6th in both the SS division as well as his regular age category.
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Lumberjack 100
June 16th, 2008
The National Ultra-Endurance Mountain Bike 100 Series made stop #3 on the tour in Michigan. Founders Brewing Company presented the Lumberjack 100 and the Michigan Ultra Single Speed Championship. Michigan's only 100-mile mountain bike race! The Lumberjack 100 utilized Michigan's beautiful Manistee National Forest , with a 25-mile loop snaking through the Big-M Ski Area.

TSB had 3 entrants of the the 250 field. A challenging course with mud, logs, hills, some more hills, and a finish line 100 miles later.

Brad Hranach completed the killer course in 9:20 for 11th place and Todd Powers did it in 10:10 for 21st place in the Single Speed division. Jason Schneider who entered the Men's Open pedaled 50miles and ran into a few nutrition battles and decided to play it safe on the side lines.

A great showing for TSB and congrats to all the racers who took the challenge and finished!
Results and Photos: Click Here
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2-Days At The Brighton Stage Race!
June 9th, 2008
Team Sandbag at the Brighton Stage race on Saturday and Sunday the 7th and 8th of June.
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TSB Heads North!
June 2nd, 2008
Most of the racing action in Michigan headed up north the past couple weeks and Team Sandbag was represented. First, Saturday May 24th was the 12 & 24 Hours of Boyne endurance race, held at Boyne Mountain Resort. The event is hosted by Fun Promotions and is the second race in the Michigan Endurance Cup Series. Joe Ashley made the journey up to race in the 12 hour solo event and ended up finishing first in his class. Great job Joe.

The next weekend was another Fun Promotions event, the Hanson Hills Challenge XC race, in Grayling on Sunday June 1st. This is the third race in the MMBA Championship Points Series. Don Miller made the drive up to represent TSB and walked away with a 6 th place finish in his class. Great job Don.

Watch for Team Sandbag at the Brighton Stage race on Saturday and Sunday the 7th and 8th of June.
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A Busy Weekend For Team Sandbag!
May 19th, 2008