more addicting than heroin and pussy 

 First, there were two...

Then they came locked and loaded and shit got real 

Crazy insane podium

Burke

Williams

Card

Albers 

Panaracer dudes

and..

Yankus

Is this the year, the current Miscene Gravel King gets the keys to the cabin?

1. 2001the scene gets the first taste of really hard shit The brainchild of SuperDave promotes Cone Azalia.
2.Gravel Racing before gravel racing
3.Kirk Albers shows up riding for Jelly Belly and rides away 20K in solo for the day
4.Next year a prologue is added as well as Waterford circuit race
5.scoring is a shambles
6.2003 The course is changed to eliminate a railroad crossing
7.2005 a somewhat unknown Stan Andrie wins it over PappaT
8.2006 Saturn of Toledos Jeff Crawford becomes a one-hit wonder and wins this year in dry dusty conditions
9.Power Monger Greg Christian shows the scene a glimpse of what's to come in 07
10.Quiet and Fast Jeff Koch from Bissell wins the 08 edition
11. 2009 Wolverines go1/2 with CruiseB  and TimmyF on the front
12.This same year some weird race is going on called Barry Roubaix on the west side of the state
13.Panthers Paul Martin notches the Cone win card for 2010 and 2011
14.Tour Of Washtenaw county appears and looks to be one of the next big gravel races but falls short after its first year, due to cost and promotion issues
15.2012 This thing called Barry Roubaix is now gaining steam and has virtually crushed USAC style gravel

The Evil-Dude sets tempo next to the eventual winner

Canadian Eric Box

2011

this was the Canadian year as they came fully stocked and ready to rock

 Scotty firing shells left and right

Panaracer sits tight

Yankus observes

all the while Catlin chills on the flats 

2013

Multi-winner Mike A game Anderson gets the pro interview treatment via Cyclingdirt 

This would be the final year of the Start at the original location 

2017

during the slow rollout

Johnny Utah blesses Cole House with good luck sarcastically of course..


shortly later
Mother Nature takes a big ol shit on the entire circus 

Sometimes cashing checks and talking about how big an event is gets in the way of realizing that you sold your event to too many people as a race and didn't actually mean it.

Former multi Paris-Roubaix winner Roger Devlaeminck

can only dream of being at the biggest one day gravel thing

Wakeley

Zoltowski

Steve B

The Bunny

SIMONSTER

Chop

Foshag

Shawn Adams

The warm year roll out 

2013

Cyclocrosser and Factory Redlines Justin Lindine shows up and puts a twist in the all Michigan review

Halfway through he and The Agame ride way from the 10 man break and head solo for Hastings, somewhere along the way the Honeybadger sheds Anderson and rides in solo..leaving Mike for second, and the up and coming and super cool guy Jordan Diekema to nip the Evi-Dude at the line for 3rd

The ride away year...

somewhat unknown  David Lombardo rolls off on the first sister 

and rides solo for the day leaving a solid chase group to pick up the scraps..

This  is also the year some lame brain in a four-up thought it was a good idea to film some guy on a phart bike doing a wheelie down the finishing stretch while the 62-mile group sprints for second...thus nearly killing  Big Bird, next years winner RudyP and the Evil-Dude in the process 

 the Ingarual 100 mile edition was won by no surprise to any 

SIMONSTER rolled in solo calm and cool 

any crashes that happen are the fault of the race director as they set this up knowing of the danger.

everyone needs at least one Sweet Bike

 2014 

This is the year of mild temps and soft mud widdled down the initial break of 15 to around ten after the climb out of the lake.

last years winner The HoneyBadger chased all day to never catch the break

The Final looked to be all Bunny but doing one of the top 15 no-nos Via sprinting from the hoods. Neurosports Steve Brojilo wins handily leaving the Bunny on the third spot for the day, Dan Lam rode solidly in for the second