Southern California - Manhattan Beach Grand Prix

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Surfer34

07-08-12, 11:01 PM

I went down to the race this year and it was fun. I took some pictures and video. The crowd was pretty good but for some reason it seemed the races lacked a little grit and fire as compared to years past.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umU1HZMJCOc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AILVoIyVi00

bikeme

07-08-12, 11:50 PM

Nice. Thanks for posting. It took me awhile to figure out that the guys who I thought were off the front were actually being lapped. For off the front, they looked so casual, up on the hoods, lol.

Surfer34

07-09-12, 12:27 AM

edited

chefxian

07-16-12, 06:25 PM

The lack of grit and fire was because of the horrific crash in the cat 4's last year. There was also big crash in the 3's and the 35+.

I raced the last 3 years and I'm glad it was a little more calm than the previous years.