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.


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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!!!

Two Podium Spots at the Ruby USAC XC Race 6/14

Congrats to Jen and Beth Ann who both grabbed podium spots at the Ruby Campground XC race last weekend! That course is always fun, and the river crossings make for some entertaining spectating!

Jen raced to 1st Place in Sport Women 25-39 and Beth Ann, the only female singlespeeder in her class, edged by some guys to snag 5th place in Sport/Beginner Singlespeed.

Way to go, Ladies!!!

USAC Brighton Stage Race 5/30 & 5/31

3 Dark Horse Girls headed to Brighton Recreation Area the weekend of 5/30 and 5/31 for the USAC Stage Race. The format consisted of a Time Trial and Short Track race on Saturday, and a classic Cross Country race on Sunday. Lowest combined time determined placings. The weather was great, and some of our teammies currently on the injured reserve list showed up to cheer us on!!!

A little preride before the race:


Lynda leads the pack on lap #1:


Beth Ann grinds it out on that fun grassy section:


Jen heads to the singletrack:



A great place to relax after alot of racing!


We had a first class cheering and support crew!


Results:

Beginner/Sport Singlespeed
Beth Ann Trollman: 2d TT, 2d ST, 6th XC: 2nd overall

Sport Women 40+
Lynda Racey: 2d TT, 3d ST, 4th XC: 3d overall

Sport Women 25-39
Jen Dolenga: 2d TT, 3d XC

Way to go, Dark Horse!!!!

Memorial Day Fun!

On a sunny Sunday before Memorial day, Andrea, Jody & I headed out to Ft. Custer to take advantage of a long 3 day weekend. We got 17 miles in and had ear to ear grins the whole ride. Custer is AWESOME fun!









And a stop at Dark Horse Brewery for proper refueling after made for a great day!