World Trials Championship, Wagner Cup, USGP

More spectator photos

Griff Wigley — Sat, 03 May 2008 03:11:08 +0000

Dan Seacat from Southport, Indiana sent these photos. Click to enlarge.

Also:

V-Mar Racing has a gallery of 84 Champ class photos and a gallery of 39 Junior Class photos, both with a nice slide viewer.
Adventure Rider Val B has an album of dozens of photos on SmugMug.
Cmancraig has 2 YouTube videos posted: here and here.

Spectator photos, videos

Griff Wigley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:08:50 +0000

Let me know if you have or find good photos or video that I can link to. Here’s what the Google Alerts service has found for me so far:

Adventure Rider forum (YouTube video and photos)
Thumper Talk forum (YouTube video)
BMWMOA forum (photos)

Media coverage: Honda World News

Griff Wigley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:03:15 +0000

Bou and Fujinami take a win and second place apiece in the USA.

Bou and Fujinami in Section 9, Loop 1 on Sunday: You make the call!

Griff Wigley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:50:36 +0000

Section captain (left photo) from Indiana, Bill ??, had a couple of tough calls to make on World Champions Toni Bou and Takahisa Fujinami on Sunday at “House Rock.” (Bou and Fuji were the only riders to even attempt this section the first loop.)

Bou had taken one point till he was given a five for his rear wheel going outside the marker near the exit (center screenshot). Watch the video carefully at the 1:20 mark.
Fujinami ran out of time. Did he five it anyway before time ran out? Watch the video carefully at the 2:25 mark. And watch how Fuji gets over the large, angled pointy rock (right screenshot) prior to the final obstacle at the 2:15 mark.

Attach a comment with your opinion.

Click play to watch. 3 minutes.

Web site traffic to-date: 7,283 visits from 46 countries/territories

Griff Wigley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:44:18 +0000

I looked at our web traffic report tonight (I installed Google Analytics on the site a month ago) and I’m thrilled to see how many visitors were from so many different countries.

The screenshot shows the top 25. Click to enlarge.

Coach takes a licking and keeps on ticking

Griff Wigley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:10:41 +0000

Carl “Coach” Swanson seemed happy to be injured.

I wonder if he remembered who to call for medical help?

Guy talk

Griff Wigley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:49:07 +0000

Charlie Robert and Jim ‘Bubba’ Blount sharing a laugh on Sunday. The sharing was not entirely inclusive, however.

Duet services

Griff Wigley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:30:11 +0000

During the down-times while waiting for riders, USGP chief organizer Dan Brown and Wendy Clark performed duets for the crowd on Saturday.

The man thought of everything!

Premier observers: Trials, Inc.

Griff Wigley — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:52:48 +0000

Trials, Inc., “the premier trials club of the central USA,” fielded observers for 4 sections each day. They even had their own club banner strung up at each section. Right photo: Trials Inc. Section captain Jim Zuroske (right) with Paul Thistle (Blue Ridge Yamaha & Polaris) who ran the shuttle service.