Pando and Pontiac Lake

Another stellar weekend of racing for Dark Horse! Melissa and Gabby teamed up as a 6hour endurance team at Pando on 8/15 and raced to an impressive 2nd place in the 2-person open class!

On Sunday 8/16, Jen and Alicia (in her debut XC race) both had podium finishes at the Pontiac Lake XC, with Alicia winning the 24 and under Sport Women class and Jen finishing 3rd in Sport Women 25-39.

Alicia crossing the finish line:



Alicia for the win!


Jen's takes 3rd!





Congrats to all Dark Horse Racers!!!

Next up, Maybury XC. Should be alot of Dark Horse Girls on the course for this local classic!!!

Ore 2 Shore 2009

Janet Grimm and Alicia Trevino suited up for this classic 48 mile point to point race in Michigan's Upper Penninsula.

Janet raced to 2nd place in her age group and 31st female overall, and Alicia, in her debut as a Dark Horse Girl, got 1st in her age group and 11th female overall!

Way to go Janet and Alicia!!!

6 Hours of Stony Creek

In the first SE Michigan endurance race of the season, Andrea & Jen were the only all-woman team in the 2-person open class, and in true Dark Horse fashion showed a few men how it was done racing to a 4th place finish in a field of 7. Each lap was about 10.5 miles long with a rumored 1150 feet of climbing, and the ladies finished 6 laps total in the allotted time.

Congrats to Andrea & Jen!

The racers and their most excellent support crew post race:

A Race Filled Weekend!

On Saturday, July 25, 2009, Dark Horse Racing staged two 4-person teams at the start line of the Tree Farm Relay event. After a mixed bag of rain, mud, sunshine and tacky trail, the ladies of Dark Horse Racing came out 1-2 on the podium in the Sport Women Category.




As co-sponsors of this fundraiser for the MMBA, after our laps, we helped out with other volunteer tasks. Thanks to our awesome sponsor Dark Horse Brewery for donating a keg of IPA to help refuel the racers after their laps!




The next day, Jen, Gabby and Melissa headed to Stony Creek for the Tailwind USAC Time Trial with similarly excellent results:

Sport Women 25-39:

1st Place: Gabby Bruno
2nd Place: Jen Dolenga

Expert/Elite Women:

4th Place: Melissa Fritz

It was a fun-filled weekend of team camraderie and great racing.

More pictures to come soon!

Tree Farm Relay This Saturday 7/25!

We are pleased to announce the 4th Annual Tree Farm Relay Event at Lakeshore Park in Novi, presented by the MMBA, Team Tree Farm and Dark Horse Racing. This is a perfect race for the beginner looking to see what team/endurance racing is all about and for experienced racers looking to test their skills against rival teams.


More information

Big M USAC XC Race 7/12

Jen made the long haul to Big M and raced to 6th place in Sport Women 25-39, shaving 3 minutes off her 2008 time and putting her in 2nd place overall in the Tailwind USAC Series!

Way to go Jen!

Dark Horse Reunion!

Gabby, Andrea, Lynda, former Dark Horse Girl Erin (who will always be a Dark Horse girl to us), and future Dark Horse Girl Jackie met up at Maybury recently for a group ride. The trail was in perfect shape and just like old times, we chased Erin around for some singletrack fun! We all adjourned to Deadwood for some important refueling and catching up after!



I guess training rides CAN be fun!!!