Day 3 Race Report
Today was a new course heading north out of Figueira da Foz, into an area that included some rocky ravines and a special test on a mountain top. Most of the tests were harder packed and not as sandy as the first 2 days.
The USA Junior trophy team started the day in third place and did not improve their position today. They are now 2 minutes behind France, while Spain still maintains their lead. David Kamo is out, but the team is doing very well. With some very fast times. Jamie Lanza, Russell Bobbitt and Cory Buttrick are very quick and are doing really well in the special tests. Cory Buttrick was assessed a 2 minute penalty on his Monday results after having trouble with a tire change and getting to the final check late.
The USA trophy team had no disasters today but they have not improved their 6 place position from yesterday. Kurt Caselli is in 7th place overall at the end of the day. Timmy Weigand is in 29th, and Destry Abbott is in 33rd.
Team USA women’s team has not moved up in the standings either. They are still in fourth behind France, Sweden, and Australia. All three are still running well.
Juha Salminen is out for the week with an ignition problem on his BMW. The bike did not start on the starting ramp this morning and his ISDE was finished for the year. This is his third year in a row that he has not finished an ISDE.
The same course will be used tomorrow so the riders will know it better, but it will also be rutted and dug up even more than today.
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- Beau Cottington and Jon Lague taking a break from shooting.
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- Kurt Caselli resting after a long Day 3
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- USA Women’s Team member Lacey Jones is having a good time after a tough Day 3.
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- World Famous ISDE journalist Mark Kariya interview Kurt Caselli for one of the many stories he will be writing.
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- Nate Kanney thought cutting his hair before the ISDE would be bad luck…so he didn’t. It seems to be workin.
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- ISDE Rookie Timmy Weigand has a unique way of keeping the hot Portugal sun out of his eyes after Day 3
Hang tough all, day 4 is historically mentally difficult so keep focused.
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