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Race report submitted by "Chicago" Jerry Grakauskas
different circumstances than what has been the norm during a spring A Breath of Fresh Air! race. The weeds and greenery are much Due to the COVID crisis, this year's thicker, requiring paths edition of Diamond Don's Riverport to be cut through with weekend was delayed until September 11th-13th, instead of the traditional April a tractor and brush hog. Wes Willis, one of several dedicated volunteers, deftly race dates. This made for some very handled the duties of cutting paths, etc., just prior to the event on Diamond's equipment. Along with the months delay, came dryer weather and more opportunities to better prepare for the races. In the months prior, Brant Wedding and Mike Haynes spent many weekends procuring better railroad track crossings and clearing brush to allow for the longest Keith Klump 21K, Rob Roberts 502, Ty Roberts 503, Darel Parsons 7P, Derek Borg 3, Josh Martin 60, Devon Long course ever at 13D, Kevin O'Brien 19Y, Christopher Martin 60X, Derek Wedding 33W, Bill Malec 011, Clayton Farris 18X, Gary Diamond Don's. Broyles 308, David Wilson 30T, Dale Burroughs 19B, Michael Wilson 405 - Photo by: Sharon Bean David Miller William Miller Phil Mioff John Moeller Shelia Monk Mike Monroe Charlie Moore Clayton Moore Eric Moore John Moore Stan Moore 24
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At the rider's meeting, in light of the special date that we were racing on, "Chicago" Jerry led a singing of our National Anthem. Two senior (70+, 80+) gentlemen, Zahn Lewis and Brooks Blair, were both among the busiest volunteers. They arrowed the course for hours the two days prior to the event. Due to his knowledge of the track layout, Zahn led the sighting lap, at 84 years young! Try to keep up, youngsters! The cross country race was held on Friday afternoon and was well attended. As mentioned earlier, the course was the longest ever, due to the adjoining Big Cyprus Bayou being very low and the property dry. The railroad track crossings were beefed up from previous years and were sturdy and safe. There had been some rain that came through the previous Layla Paul Bobby Philips Marlin Phillips Key Lime Pie Larry Preston Kenneth Pulley John Putkey Don Rainey Summit Raphael Jordan Rapp Todd Rapp
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