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Kyle Strait Wins Ride To The Lake Contest

28.9.2004

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1) KYLE STRAIT: Finally he does it! In his first fully fledged Free Ride win against some of the best in the World, Kyle has achieved yet another of his 2004 goals. "This year my two main goals were to medal at the Junior Worlds Downhill and to win a Freeride comp, so I'm pretty stoked. I guess the other goal was to get my driver's licence, but there's still a few months for that!", said a cold Kyle who rode the event in the rain and low temperatures. The event was shown on TV around Europe last night and gave the youngster from California a huge boost to his European freeride profile. See the attached official press release and results from the organisers....

2) GREG MINNAAR and DAVID VAZQUEZ: The season didn't end at the World Cup Finals in Livigno, Italy, for these two world class downhillers. Straight after Livigno they flew off to Mexico as invited riders to contest a round of the Mexican National Series, which had a $25,000 prize purse, in the town of Queretaro which is not far from the country's capital. This is Greg's second visit for this event and he noticed a large growth in public awareness and spectator involvement this time round. "It so great here, the hospitality is brilliant, the public love the sport, and the course is cool. The only thing old school here is the prize money, it's like the good old days!", said Greg shortly after making off with the winner's check for $7,000.00. The race is run in a two race format, best run counting. The top five results were:

1.Greg Minnaar ( Team G Cross Honda) 1st run( 2:30.84) 2nd run(2:26.79) Best run (2:26.79)
2.David Vazquez Lopez (Maxxis-MSC) 1st run(2:33.91) 2nd run(2:28.87) Best run (2:28.87)
3.Himar Sanchez Salminen (ESP) 1st run(2:37.77) 2nd run(2:30.82) Best run (2:30.82)
4.Jose Luis Perez Tejeda (MEX) 1st run(2:35.99) 2nd run(2:32.73) Best run (2:32.73)
5. Guillermo de Uslar Gongora (MEX) 1st run(2:44.53) 2nd run(2:34.98) Best run (2:34.98)

"I had such a good time at this race, the people are so warm and friendly, and the event so well organised. It was the perfect way to finish off my 2004 race season, and I look forward to going back again", said David shortly after his return home to Barcelona.

Greg Minnaar is now en-route to Japan to race a round of their National Series, then do some testing on the new 2005 Honda bike. For Greg racing in three different continents in three weekends is a pretty amazing experience. "I'm really looking forward to racing in Japan again, I have such great memories of the spectators and their knowledge of the sport from Arai races. My main role this weekend is to support Naoki Idegawa and Tadashi Takahashi who race on the Japanese Honda Team, but I'm also looking forward to setting a fast time on the Sena course".

Martin Whiteley
CEO/Director
23 Degrees Sports Management S.L.
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