Surprise Surprise Surprise, the weekend in brief

As old Gomer would put it the Scene is never short of surprises, There was a whole lotta racin goin on by our sceners, whether here at home base or at a far Misceners were keepin em honest..
first on the docket FRANKENMUTH home luke warm chicken dinners ,cheap xmas ornaments and outta towners, and now a bike race?..yup lets make it a tradition and start the races a tad later in the a.m. for those comin from across this grey land. as expected Jake the Snake did the trick to the wrest that wrestled with mutha nature and bagged a win near home turf. the fields were thin to start and when the temps dropped and the drops fell, well so did the riders, Pappa T atacked from the gun and took 3 with him in the 35+ cat, after drivin it for many miles he released one on the 3 others and rode in solo with a surprise attendee Mike the REV wissink for 3rd, HEY its nowhere near cross time is it??
monday brought the crit guys and the sunny weather to Grand Rapids, for the Gaslight crit, great venue, kwick registration and awesome turnout in classes. not mention the format allowed many riders to do doubles and some like RAY D do a triple, what did he have like 3 1/2 hrs of crit racin in him, I heard he couldnt drive home, he kept driving around the parking lot to the left. No matter he made $ in every cat.....Mackenzie Woodring continued on with Cat123 women dominance, as did the always Tough Chris Brinkman of saturn/shell, he didnt get easy as the Giant killer was in there to keep him from slackin, Cat3 had the option beat on the 4's or play there cards in the 1-2 field, (why did the promoter do this?) The ones that raced up got treated to cat1-2 crit racing at its finest, the Field was missing a select few, but still had share wheels. Through all the Lathrup boys, Priority riders, WCMR, and some outta towners and you got a 60+ rider field, The race was littered with small attacks to snag wine glasses, $20 bills by Lathrup priority, but nothing stuck, in the end Old school mtb'ers took the top 4 spots, and and the top 5 were all from competing teams, former Sobe headshock rider Tod Shoberg snagged the win for WMCR, Derek Grahm 2nd, Brian The Eagel Adams 3rd and Saturn/Shells Rob Foshag blew in for 4th.
the last couple of crits we have seen some surprise sprinters comin through at the end Grahm, who has been gettin quicker, Foshag as well with good placings last week, and Terry Palmer, he placed 5th here, won masters 35+, and had a couple of top 5 's at TOKV. its a nice change to see new faces near the front. Jim Bruce showed his age and trounced the 45 set
and what about those cat3er's that raced up?. Warbasse, Jamie Parker And Matt Prygowski all finished in the top 15.
Thanks Gaslight and Grand rapids for a GREAT race!!!
On the guys that ventured out of State. Those Sceners that went south to Edgar Soto, were hanging tough all weekend Jeff Koch, Tom Burke, And John Doyle all were ridin well, Jon Card was mixin it up out in Iowa, with placings that should put him in the money. Josh tarrant continued on his fast ways winning the popular GREAT RACE.
Things are gonna get intresting as the season goes on.