DC Sprint Trails Race - Sanger, CA

Randy Stumpfhauser has been a big fan of the 2 Man race format that has been raced in the past, so much so that he went out and built a complete 2 man race course at his home, along with his highly technical jump park. When Randy's buddy Dwayne Taylor came up to ride one day a year or so ago, he was so excited about the trails, he brain stormed the idea of holding a Pro invitational race. Flash forward to a year later, and Dwayne put the idea to his boss at DC shoes and the guys idea became reality. DC put together on of the best one day events, with all the Professionalism and fun that may be missing from some of the regular National events, and had a larger Pro turnout than some nationals. The format of he race was simple, each rider would ride the course by themselves to post a qualifying time, then they would be bracket up and race against each other in races of 2 riders at a time, doing two heats, with the rider with the best combined times transferring on.
The entire event took about 3 hours and even with rain in the forecast, the race went off in the dry, with the only rain falling was just as the 2 riders Randy and Mike Day, loaded up in the gate for the first run of the final.

Randy Stumpfhauser has been lucky enough to have had a track at his house for quite some time, and have some friendly races here and there with his 2 man race track, but this was the first time that he went out and raced for $1500 in prize money in his own yard. Thinking Randy had a home track advantage may have been a thought to some, but since he has been working on the trails solid for a week and helping getting things ready, made for one worn out racer. Randy seemed to be the guy who had the most fun once the race started. Randy had the course dialed, and made his way into the finals, against the days fastest qualifier, Mike Day. In the first round, both Randy and Mike made small bobbles, making it the most exciting race of the day, with Mike just edging Randy out by the absolute smallest of margins. In the 2nd run, Randy gave it all he had and pulled away from Mike down the last strait, but just before the last jump, Randy slipped a pedal, and hit the last jump at full speed. Some, while doing a front flip over the last jump, Randy held onto his bike and hit the timing stripe at the finish line. His lead had shrunk due to his crash, but after review, Randy was awarded the win and had beat the margin Mike had after the first race, giving Randy the overall win for the day. You have to watch this race on www.BMXnews.com to see how crazy it just was. Randy's sponsors include GT Bicycles, Hyundai, ODI, Kenda Tires, Tangent, Sun Rims, Bombshell Forks, AC, Fly Racing, Thomson, Powerbar, CTI Knee Braces, Tool Shed, SDG, S & M, Fox Riders Co Clothing, Cyto Sport/Cyto Max, and BMXpros.com

Brandon Meadows riding skills come out when he is having a lot of fun riding, and it was evident at the DC race, as Brandon was one of the fastest and smoothest riders to hit the trails. As the qualifying rounds dwindled down, Brandon was up against Mike day in the Semi Final. In the first round, it was a super close race, with Brandon just missing out losing by the smallest of margins. In the 2nd round, Brandon knew he had to dig down deep, to take the win and transfer to the final, but going faster than he had before down the first strait, Brandon crashed just after the 1st jump. To make up for his small bobble, Brandon would go on to race in the small final and finish 3rd for the day, beating John Purse in that race. Brandon's sponsors include Specialized, Fly Racing, Tangent, Cyto Sport/Cyto Max, Shimano, Sun Ringle, Powerbar, and BMXpros.com.

For Video footage and Photos of the race, check out www.BMXnews.com .
Big thanks goes out to DC shoes and Dwayne for getting behind such and event, Shimano for helping add money into the Pro Purse, all the riders who came out to race and have a blast, and Randy and his entire group of friends and family, who put together one of the best days of BMX racing in a long time. DC looks to be standing behind BMX racing with talks of holding future BMX race events, so please support DC shoes.

DC Sprit Trails Race - Race Results
1st- Randy Stumpfhauser- GT/Hyundai
2nd- Mike Day - Statts/Red Bull
3rd- Brandon Meadows - Specialized
4th- John Purse - Mongoose/Hyundai

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