Well the first year of the PRO XCT is in the books and the Kenda Cup East series concluded as well at Windham Mountain last week.

I was pretty stoked to go to NY, as I hadn't visited the Catskill Mountains in any prior travelings. It was a great drive from the Airport and upon arriving, you could tell Windham was a first class resort. I knew we were in for some good racing.

The stage was set for a barn burner after Plaxton the series leader suffered a bad day the week prior in MT. Snow. That left the veteran Sid Taberlay in 2nd for the series going into Windham. If anyone was going to be able to pull of a win and take the leaders jersey, the Aussie is as good of choice as any. But we needed some help from our Factory Specialized brother Todd Wells, as well as Craig, Schultz, Zandstra, Sammy J if we were going to wrestle that jersey off JHK's back with a 25 point deficit to make up.

When the gun went off for the men's PRO XCT race, Kabush drove it at the front with Taberlay, Plaxton and the boys right there. As they shot out of the woods for the first time, it was Taberlay leading, with Kabush, Plaxton, Wells and the boys in tow.

Later on lap 2 Kabush made a critical mistake and threw it away, letting Sid, Max and Todd off the front. JHK was dangling in 5th and Sammy J, Kabush and AC weren't too far behind. What a perfect scenario-A 3 man train at the front, all Specialized "team mates" with JHK in difficulty……I was actually starting to believe we might just pull this off.

However on lap 4 that all evaporated as Wells, Plaxton and Taberlay came through the feed zone, Taberlay yelled to me to get the rear wheel ready….he had a flat. That allowed Wells to move off the front, as Plaxton stayed behind to tow Taberlay back into contention.

However the damage was done, and Kabush, JHK, Schultz had now latched back on to Sid and Max as we tried to swap the rear wheel out…..well so much for the series title!

In the end, it was a personal battle as Taberlay clawed his way back onto JHK and Kabush, why Plaxton headed out in search of Wells. Sid ended up getting around Jeremy to win the battle on the day, but couldn't put enough real estate and riders between himself to take back the title.

Up front Plaxton punched it and got by Wells for second place on the day…..making for a great showing for the Sho-Air/Specialized team.

Until next time,

The Red Cowboy.