2008 Race Results

Boston Race 2008 Write-up‏ (by Rachel Belino)

Congratulations DBCB on a fantastic race weekend, what a great showing to kick off our 2008 racing season!!!

It was a summer scorcher this weekend but in true DBCB style, our teams kept their cool and pulled off some great wins. Here's a write-up of this weekend's results:

Coming off the Saturday time trials, Drachenfurie and Wakeriders ranked 2nd and 12th out of 31 teams, with average times of 2:27.33 and 2:49.21 respectively. On Sunday, Wakeriders shaved 16 seconds off their time trial average achieving 2:33.37 (WOW!!) and won their first heat!! Despite being edged out in their semi-final, Wakeriders battled on racing against tough opponents, MAD 2 and LRBD Ice Man, in the Minor B Division, and won with a time of 2:34.1!!!

Following the example set by Wakeriders early on, Drachenfurie also won their first heat on Sunday; and improved upon their time trial performance with a time of 2:21.48. Facing stiff competition from two Canadian teams in the semi-finals, Drachenfurie placed 2nd however due to an error by the race officials, no time was recorded in the semi-finals, which led to 4 teams instead of 3 competing in the A Division Final. Racing against 3 other strong teams: a mixed crew from Montreal, MAD 1 and LRDB Goose, Drachenfurie put in a great fight and won bronze with a time of 2:21.41!!

Needless to say, our teams did an excellent job this weekend and made DBCB proud!!!!