Tracey on form at Dunkeld. Photo Jim Porteus
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Scottish National Rd 2 - Dunkeld
I had heard so much about this track and seen a few pictures that looked great, that I took the opportunity to race
here when it was a venue on the Scottish Series. I had to enter a few months in advance, online at 8am as the day
the entries went online the race was full !! It's great to see racing in the UK in such a healthy state. After all the
hype I wondered if the track was going to be as tricky as everyone made out. It looked good when I walked it, just
natural wood, littered with roots and rocks. People were making it look really hard and I thought it doesn't look
that bad, but after my first run I could understand why !
The rocks were so slippery it was really hard to hold a
straight line anywhere ! It was great fun in practice and with a few showers of rain to liven things up it was great
training. I didn't have loads of girls to race against, but it was great training to have 2 runs against the clock. I did
2 fairly consistent runs with similar times and was pleased with my riding. I took the win ahead of Anja Rees-
Jones and Sarah Newman.
Tracey at Ae. Photo Jim Porteus
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British National - Round 2 - Ae Forest, Scotland.
As I was in Scotland I stayed up and did some riding and then race at the second round of the National Series. This
year our national series is being run by 2 new organisers. I was impressed as this was the most spectators and best
atmosphere I had seen at a national race for years. Sadly the problem with queues for the uplift were there as
normal, but this is a problem I believe we will always have in the UK, with a large number of riders and no
chairlifts.
The track at Ae was pretty much the same as it has been for a number of years. Again we had some on
and off rain all weekend which made the new off camber section pretty interesting at times ! It managed to stay dry
for my race and I did a good run apart from one mistake which did not cost me too much time. I crossed the line to
take first place ahead of Helen Gaskell and Emily Horridge.
More race reports from Tracey coming soon, she's got a backlog after all that travelling to the World Cup races recently....
Angela Wesley
