2006 RAW Wrap-Up

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#CCFF99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12a78671esnimw.png"> <div> <B>Brushy Mountain Cyclists Club</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>     |     </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#333399" FACE="Arial Narrow" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brushy Mountain Cyclists Club"><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RAW Map and Cues"><U>RAW Map and Cues</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RAW Information"><U>RAW Information</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Directions"><U>Directions</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Info and Links"><U>Local Info and Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 RAW"><U>2008 RAW</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2007 RAW"><U>2007 RAW</U></A>   |   <B>2006 RAW Wrap-Up</B>   |   <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2005 RAW WrapUp"><U>2005 RAW Wrap-Up</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2004 RAW WrapUp"><U>2004 RAW Wrap-Up</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2003 RAW WrapUp"><U>2003 RAW Wrap-Up</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#336699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="12bc83b3.png"> <div> Thank You</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866ffcc00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wellness Center of Wilkes Regional Medical Center</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866ffcc00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Coca-Cola</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866ffcc00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cook's</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866ffcc00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wal-Mart of Wilkesboro</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866ffcc00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Event Director Scott Nelson</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866ffcc00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">All the great rest stop volunteers from the Wilkes Friends of the Library organization </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866ffcc00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Registration volunteers Regina & Tom Wagoner and family</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c866ffcc00.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">All the BMCC volunteers, including Matt Adams, Joe Blevins, Steve Britton, Jason Bumgarner, Matt Daye, Dwight Levi, Steve McCord, Tim Murphy, Carla Pinkerton and Thomas Wingler</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCFF99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>2006 RAW Wrap-Up</B></I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="274" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#FFFF80 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 110 WIDTH="268"><div> <B>2006 RAW Riders</B></div> <bR> <div> Help us make the 2007 RAW even better. <A HREF="mailto:sconelson@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:sconelson@aol.com"><U>Click here</U></A> to e-mail your comments and suggestions about the 2006 RAW.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> More than 200 cyclists headed for the hills Saturday, May 6th during the thirteenth annual Rides Around Wilkes road cycling event.</div> <bR> <div> The RAW offered team competition for the first time and rolled from a new venue, the Wellness Center of Wilkes Regional Medical Center in North Wilkesboro.</div> <bR> <div> The official finish line for the event was moved from West Park to the Wilkes County Courthouse so riders wouldn't have to contend with traffic signals under timed conditions.</div> <bR> <div> Boone's Patrick Brittain finished first, completing the 70 mile course in 3:13:20, with an average speed of almost 22 m.p.h. </div> <bR> <div> Brittain sailed through the finish line alone. Andy Mitcheltree of Blowing Rock, Alex Ryan of Winston-Salem, Tom McDonnell of Boone, Brandon Hill of Davidson and Ronnie Dean of Kernersville were about a minute behind. </div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="349" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#0099CC > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1 WIDTH="343"><div> <B>A Message from Event Director Scott Nelson</B></div> <bR> <div> First of all, there is no ride if there are no riders! Thanks to all our riders for their continued support. </div> <bR> <div> Second, you've got to have great volunteer support and our club stepped up to the plate! I do want to make special mention of the following:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Regina Wagoner (and family) .... what a superb job on registration and she's not even a member! </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Matt Adams .... you da' man! </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Steve Britton for his great planning for the rest stops (not to mention he started this whole thing .... does anyone remember the Spring Fever Reliever?)</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Matt Daye for great planning of the SAG's</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> Tim Murphy for keeping the website up to date and driving the publicity campaign. </div> <bR> <div> Third .... without sponsors, rides of this magnitude are hard to do. The Wellness Center and staff were the most gracious hosts a ride director could hope for. Thanks also to:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Walmart and Coca-Cola for their financial support</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Cook's for for setting up shop on site to assist cyclists for last minute needs</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wilkes County Sheriff's Department, North Wilkesboro Police, Wilkesboro Police, N.C. State Highway Patrol and Wilkes County Emergency Sevices for keeping a watchful eye over us</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Wilkes County government for letting us use the courthouse parking lot </div> <bR> <div> Fourth .... as I write this and watching it pour down rain and driving home Friday night in the rain, I want to thank Bruce Watts for smiling down on us and giving us great weather!</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> Beth Frye of Boone was the fastest female on the 70 mile course, finishing 17th overall.</div> <bR> <div> The hilly course fractured the field early. The last riders crossed the finish line about two-and-a-half hours after Brittain did.  <A HREF="http://www.rmssports.com/results/06raw.txt" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rmssports.com/results/06raw.t"><U>Click here for complete timed results.</U></A></div> <bR> <div> The team competition was hard fought. Boone Bike edged second place Rocky River Road Club team #1 by about two minutes. Andy Mitcheltree, Tom McDonnell, Kent Feid, Rick Geldmeier, Carl Behan III, Donovan Carroll and Anthony Dorage represented Boone Bike. The Magic Cycles team finished third, followed by the Habitual Neck Steppers (a team of BMCCers and friends) and the Rocky River team #2.</div> <bR> <div> The RAW was a homecoming of sorts, with plenty of former Wilkes residents in attendance, including Rick Geldmeier, Michael Lockhart, Brandon Eller, Mike York and Shawn Horton.</div> <bR> <div> The RAW's youngest riders did well. Fourteen year old Bridgette McLean of Deep Gap finished the 70 mile route in 4:26. Teenager Mark Daye of Traphill completed the 25 mile route with his dad Matt.</div> <bR> <div> A Winston-Salem rider was injured Saturday morning in a single bike accident on Speedway Road on the RAW 40-mile route. He was transported to Winston-Salem for medical treatment.</div> <bR> <div> Event director Scott Nelson spoke with the family of the injured rider and issued this report: "The rider fell off his bike and sustained six broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and has staples in his head to close lacerations. His wife called me (Sunday) morning to let me know other than that he will be fine. She was in front of him on the bike when the accident occurred and doesn't know what happened. It seemed to her to be a mechanical issue but she does not know for sure. Response to the emergency was fast. Because he lost conciousness, they elected to go Winston-Salem."</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>2006 RAW Photo Album</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="8" CELLSPACING="6" WIDTH="527" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#666666" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#336699 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 238 ><NOBR><div> <I><IMG SRC="828ebb00.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <bR> <div> <I>Event director Scott Nelson</I></div> <div> <I>lines 'em up</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="82aebb00.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>Riders grind their way </I></div> <div> <I>to Windy Gap</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 395 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="82deb390.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Tommy Wagoner </I></div> <div> <I>cheers his favorite rider, </I></div> <div> <I>BMCC's Brian Pierce</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="234"><div> <IMG SRC="82feb390.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>SAG drivers Jason Bumgarner and Dwight Levi hang out at the top of the Windy Gap climb</I></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 239 WIDTH="235"><div> <IMG SRC="831ebb00.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Three amigos Mike, Lori and Ellen share the road</I></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="833ebb00.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Chillin' at the Jarvis Store </I></div> <div> <I>rest stop</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 375 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="835eb390.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Lonny Bumgarner checks in </I></div> <div> <I>with wife Joan at Jarvis Store</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="837eb390.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>"Can I get a witness?"</I></div> <div> <I>Volunteer Jerry Swaim testifies!</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 375 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="83deb390.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Lead rider bookin' it down</I></div> <div> <I>Brushy Mountain Road</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="83feb390.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Boone Bike team member </I></div> <div> <I>leans into a tight turn</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 220 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="84bebb00.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Enjoying a hard earned descent</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="847ebb00.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>"Catch me if you can!"</I></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 376 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="839eb390.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Bridgette McLean is all smiles </I></div> <div> <I>at the finish line</I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="234"><div> <IMG SRC="83beb390.jpg" border=0 width="235" height="313" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <I>Event director Scott Nelson waits on the last riders to return</I></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>