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October 15, 2011 will be remembered by the 50+ racers for years to come. The race setting was perfect at a private beach on Voorheis Lake in Orion Township. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate with 30-40 mile an hour winds forcing us to cancel the paddle. Some racers were happy and others were elated to cancel the canoe as the white caps crashed on shore.

The race started off with an Easter egg hunt with the racers digging for eggs on the sand volleyball court. Once the racers found the egg they opened it up to find a map showing the location of CP1. Racers punched CP1 then retrieved their canoe from the top of the hill and carried it to the launch. They dropped the canoes, punched CP7 and headed out on their bikes.

Racers biked to the dog area of Orion Oaks County Park and dropped their bikes to begin the orienteering section looking for 5 CP's located in the park. They shared the parking lot with doggie tailgaters. Out on the course they were on the look out for the pumpkin chuckin contest where pumpkins were catapulted almost 300 feet across the field.

Next the racers got back on the bike to head North to Oxford. Seven CP's were located on the Polly Ann trail. The trail is pretty flat and very fast. They turned around about a mile past Oxford. Now the wind was in their face on the way back. Some racers said they had to pedal to go downhill at the M24 bridge crossing. Racers proceded south just past Waldon Road to find CP22 located along the old railroad bed.

Racers then returned to the start at Keatington Beach. First to return was the two person male teams, Jeep and Chrysler. Jeep ended up being the winner because Chrysler got a 5 minute penalty for not punching CP7. Next in was the coed team Michigan Racing Addicts and two person male team of Lab Rats. Second place coed was next with Must Be Nuts Too. First solo male was Bill Scanlan, second was Bob Bingham and third solo male was Brad St. Lois. First solo was Pam Bower. First two person female was The Walking Dead.

Even with the tarps up the wind played havoc with lunch. We had plenty of hot chocolate, chips, subs and cookies for everyone.

Marcia did a great job getting sponsors and everyone that stayed for the award ceremony received a prize.

Many thanks to our great sponsors and racers that made Fast and Furious truely live up to its name!

A special thanks to all the volunteers that stood outside in the rain and wind:

Josh Squires
Kim Squires
Bruce DeGrouchy
Mike Schons
Barbara Niess May
Laurie Schubert

 

Kim took hundreds of pictures that should be posted by Thursday.

Preliminary results are posted.

Thanks again to everyone that came out to volunteer, sponsor or race. We couldn't do it without you!!

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Final Results Sheet

Racer Instructions

Map 1

Map 2

Pictures