Cory Buttrick will be competing in the 84th ISDE this week in Figueira Da Foz, Portugal. He's riding on the Junior Trophy Team aboard the #39 KTM 250 Four Stroke in the E1 class. The ISDE starts Monday morning at 8:00 AM Portugal time. Portugal is 5 hours ahead of us, so it will be 3:00 AM here on the U.S. East coast. The event will have Live Scoring so that you can check to see how the USA riders are doing. Here's the link to the Live Scoring: http://www.isde2009-live.info/
Here are links to photos. Some of these are updated daily:
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-pre-race/Pre-Six-Days/Portugal-ISDE-2009/9902086_hdz9M#674885086_75u9b
http://gallery.me.com/orcaspix#gallery
http://www.offroadchampions.com/html/isde_teams.html
http://www.offroadchampions.com/html/isde_pre.html
Here are links to stories and info:
The official ISDE website: http://www.fmportugal.pt/ambiente.asp?cod_seccao=6226
http://www.isde4teamusa.com/from_kit_kamo.htm
http://isde4teamusa.com/ (click on "Notes from Portugal" in the "Letters to USA" box)
http://www.gofasters.com/
http://www.amateamusa.com/news/
http://offroadchampions.com/
http://www.isde.tv/site/
http://ktmtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=364176
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/ (type in ISDE in the search box)
http://destryabbott.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=1906 (more info links here)
If anyone has anymore links to photos or information, please post them.
Go get 'em, Cory B
John and Cory at the 2005 John Penton GNCC
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John and Cory at the 2009 John Penton GNCC
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Gary
I'm keeping my fingers crossed so Cory kicks everybody in his class.
Dane
Good luck Cory!!ride like the wind and keep it on 2!!
Thomas Carmichael
1970 125 Six Day
1976 250 Hare Scrambler
cool stuff
JP sure looks good....
Thom Green,Still crazy after all these years!
76' 250 MC5 (orginal owner)74'
250 hare scrambler (project bike)
Well, the first day is done. Cory ended up 73rd overall for the day, but he had an issue with a rear tire change (I haven't found out exactly what happened yet) and was assessed a 2 minute penalty for going into the impound area late. The USA Junior Trophy Team sits in second place, just 1.28 seconds behind France.
The USA World Trophy Team is in 5th place, some 18 seconds behind Australia. France leads, followed by Finland and then Italy. The USA Team lost a rider before the second checkpoint. Ricky Dietrich crashed in the first test and damaged his exhaust, and then his clutch went out. He was towed back to the Parc Ferme and fixed the bike, but was then disqualified because he houred out before he could make it to the second checkpoint.
The USA Women's Cup Team is in 3rd place behind France and Sweden.
From what all I've read, it sounds like the deep sand will be playing a major role on man and machine by the end of the week. Here's a quote from USA World Trophy Team rider Destry Abbott:
Quotequote:The tests are getting really bad and tomorrow is going to be really rough! Like I was saying before there's going to be a lot of people having problems with bikes. The sand tests are really hard on them and just about everyone's bikes are already making bad noises.
Here are some photos from the start of the event: http://www.offroadchampions.com/html/start.html
Here are some photos from Juha Salminen's website that shows some of the sand in the special test: http://www.juhasalminen.pictures.fi/kuvat/ISDE+2009+-+Portugal/Day1/
Gary
Looks like we had an up and down day today on Day 2. Some good Special Test times and some not so good. Cory had a couple of real good ones but a couple of not so good ones. Same for Caselli who remains top American at 6th overall. Cory I think will end up in 82nd Overall at the end of the day. I don't see the team standings yet.
Larry P
Hi Larry,
Yeah, Cory had an 18th Overall and top American score in Test 2, and a 23rd overall score in Test 5. The not-so-good scores were on the test that's on the beach right beside the Parc Ferme. It's the first test they ride on as they leave Parc Ferme, and it's the last one that they ride before going back into the Parc Ferme. Cory has been struggling both days with the deep sand in this test. Bad news for him is that they will have to ride this test every day, twice a day. Here's a link to a video update of Day 1, and you can see the test that I'm talking about (it's the one where you can see the ocean, motels, and houses in the background). http://www.isde.tv/site/day-1-daily-video-update-isde-2009/
Here's another website that has daily updates and videos: http://www.isde.tv/site/
Gary
Thanks for the update and Please keep them coming our way.
Ron Carbaugh
Thank for you Gary, Larry and the rest for keeping us updated. I too wish Cory the best in his endeavors at the Six Days.
Well, Day 2 is in the books, but not without incident for a couple of fast American riders. Cory didn't have any penalty points today, so either his tire change went along smoother than it did yesterday...or he didn't change it at all!
Cory's Junior Trophy Teammate David Kamo had the main wiring harness melt on his KTM and the bike wouldn't run. He was unable to fix it on the trail, so he is out. That means that along with the USA World Trophy Team, they have no more throw aways, and cannot afford any more DNF's.
For those not familiar with ISDE scoring, I'll try to explain how it works, and hopefully don't make it too confusing. We'll use the Junior Team as an example. The Team starts out with 4 riders. Each individual rider is timed through all of the special tests, and then all of his test times are added together for his total score for that day. At the end of the day, out of the 4 riders scores, the Team's worst score is throw out. The 3 best scores are used for that Team's total score for the day. But they are only allowed to throw away one score per day. So, since the Junior Team is down to 3 riders, every one of their scores will have to count for the Team's score for the rest of the event. If another rider falls out, than they're Team is pretty much done (unless the same thing happens to all or most of the other Teams, which is highly unlikely). Each individual rider is also entered into a machine displacement class at the start of the event, so if the Team is out, the remaining riders can still compete for the rest of the event and try to improve his position in his displacement class. These rules also apply to the World Trophy Team, except that they start with a 6 rider Team. Same goes for the Club Teams and Women's Cup Team, except they have only 3 riders per Team. If anyone sees an error in my explanation, please let me know.
The fastest Club Team rider on Day 1 was American Ryan Powell. He finished an amazing 50th Overall yesterday, but seized his bike today and had to quit.
But the Americans weren't the only ones with problems. The Great Britian Team took a major blow today when World and GNCC Champion David Knight crashed in the first test. He had to be taken to a hospital to be checked out. He's going to be fine, but his Six Day is over. Also, World and GNCC Champion Juha Salminen of Team Finland had problems in a test today, and then received a 10 second penalty on top of that. He was 7th Overall yesterday, but fell back to 48th by the end of today.
The USA Junior Trophy Team is in 3rd place, less than 2 seconds behind France, and less than 15 seconds behind Spain. These boys are keeping it close! The World Trophy Team fell back to 6th, some 11 minutes out of the lead. The Women's Team is now in 4th.
Days 3 and 4 are going to be brand new loops, and only one test is supposed to have any amount of sand in it, so hopefully Cory can improve his Overall standing.
Gary
Here's a picture of Cory B. that was taken today.
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offroadchampions.com photo
Very nice shot of Cory! Go boy go!
Larry P
Hey Gary, thanks for the updates! It's really exciting to track someone you know! Where do we look to see the riders' individual standings in their class?
Mick
Hi Mick,
Click on the live scoring link, then click on "Day 3". Off to the left of the page there is a side bar with standings broke down by teams, displacement classes, and at the bottom is the test scores for that day. Cory is in the "E1" class. "Day results" is for results just for that day only. "Progressive" is a total of all of the scores added together.
Gary
Am I reading this correctly, Timmy Weigand is the top USA rider? I hope he does well. Several people questioned putting some of these guys on the team. I know Timmy very well and he is really a nice guy and works very hard. Not bad for a west coast guy.
My mistake, it looks like Kurt Caselli in E3 has a faster time. Timmy is in E1. I am not sure I am reading these correctly. What is the difference between E1, E2 and E3?
E1 is 125 2 stroke and 250 fourstroke, E2 is 250 2 stroke and 450 fourstroke, and E3 is Open or bigger than 250 2 stroke like the 300 KTM and bigger than 450 fourstroke like the 525 KTM.
Larry P
Hi Lloyd,
Yeah, Tim is having a good week. Most of the Special Tests have been open like the West coast, so he's pobably feeling right at home.
Here's the breakdown of the classes:
Enduro 1 (E1) – 100 to 125 cc 2-stroke or 175 - 250 cc 4-stroke
Enduro 2 (E2) – 175 to 250 cc 2-stroke or 290 - 450 cc 4-stroke
Enduro 3 (E3) – 290 to 500 cc 2-stroke or 475 - 650 cc 4-stroke
Larry/Gary, thanks for the education. Some of those guys in the E1 class are putting down some quick times. Is the course layout somehow neutralizing the displacement issue? Typically, the larger displacement bike have an advantage. This is a new area for me and I appreciate the education. It is very interesting. (I have always been a moto guy, with an occasional desert race. Started at the Ponderosa back in the late 1960's.)
Day 3 update. It looks like Cory had a really good day riding, but he had another time penalty of 1 minute. I can't find out any information on exactly what happened, but in the "E1 Progressive" results page, it says that he went into a checkpoint too early. The Junior Trophy Team is still in 3rd place, 15 seconds behind France, and over 2½ minutes behind Spain.
The World Trophy Team is still in 6th, and the Women are still in 4th.
Finland's Juha Salminen is out of competition after his BMW failed to start this morning. Salminen, Knight, and Dietrich all had a very good chance at top 5 overall finishes, but all three never made it halfway through this event. It just goes to show that anything can happen at Six Days.
Here is an update video of Day 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srR8VGrZQpU&feature=player_embedded
At the 1:08 mark, the American that launches of a jump, and then saves it in the next corner, is World Trophy Team rider Kurt Caselli. Cory can also been seen in this video at the 1:46 mark.
Here are links to a few photos of Cory.
This one is awesome! It must have been a pretty rough section if the organizers felt that they needed Firemen and a backboard/stretcher on hand.
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-3/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-3/9912464_qVUUh#680795289_VPPFf-L-LB
Hey, look! No sand!!!
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-2/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-2/9912447_WMmZK#679741215_hvR5h-L-LB
Refueling the rider:
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-3/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-3/9912464_qVUUh#680783221_EXfrB-L-LB
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offroadchampions.com photo
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offroadchampions.com photo
SWEEEET!
Larry P
Since we have wait a few hours for Day 4 results from Live Scoring to start coming in, here's something to keep you busy for a little while.
Look at this photo:
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-3/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-3/9912464_qVUUh#680795289_VPPFf-L-LB
How many spectators can you see in this photo, and how many have cameras. If you see any part of a spectator's body (a foot, leg, arm, etc.) it counts as a whole spectator.
26 spectators. 10 with cameras.
Dwight
PS: Unless you count the finger in the lens then you can say 27 spectators and 11 with cameras
Quotequote:Originally posted by Gary Roach
Since we have wait a few hours for Day 4 results from Live Scoring to start coming in, here's something to keep you busy for a little while.
Look at this photo:
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-3/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-3/9912464_qVUUh#680795289_VPPFf-L-LB
How many spectators can you see in this photo, and how many have cameras. If you see any part of a spectator's body (a foot, leg, arm, etc.) it counts as a whole spectator.
Looks like Cory is having another good day. He was the fastest American in test 1 with a tie for 16th overall, and also top American in test 3 with a 18th overall. Keep up the good work, Cory B!!
Test 6 scores are up, and it looks like Cory was 17th overall, just .65 of a second off the time of top scoring American Kurt Caselli.
I found out today about the 1 minute penalty that Cory received yesterday. At one of the checkpoints, the person who wrote on Cory's scorecard wrote his time down very sloppy. I've haven't heard if this is under protest or not, but I'm sure it is.
They don't use a bar code and scanner?
Steve Minor
Wilmington, NC
Hi Steve,
I known that they use transponders mounted on the bikes to score the special tests, and you would that they would use the transponders or bar code scanning at the checkpoints. I thought that they time stamped the score cards, but maybe not. Maybe someone will chime in here and give us the scoop.
Here's a video from Day 3. At the 2:27 mark, you can see Kurt Caselli riding in to one of the checkpoints, and then immediatly after that, you can see an interview with Tim Weigand, and there is a checkpoint in the background. It looks to me like they're time stamping the cards, but I'm not sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tYtyLbCQq4&feature=player_embedded#
Cory is also in this video, at the :57 mark, and the 1:36 mark.
More info on Cory's 1 minute penalty:
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/514/4836/Motorcycle-Article/2009-ISDE-Portugal-Day-3-Results.aspx
Thanks for all the updates and videos Gary, this is really exciting for all the teams! I was wondering something. The French teams are leading in two events and second in the other. What makes them so good?
Mick
Hi Mick,
Basically, we're tying to beat them at their own game. This previous post addresses this very subject and has some very good points:
http://www.pentonusa.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10518
First off, I'd like to say Hello to Valorie, Cory's Mom. I know that when she has time, she checks in here to see what info and photos that I've rounded up. The motel where they're staying at doesn't have Internet access, so she has to walk down the street to a coffee shop that has WiFi, but from what I've read, everyone else is doing the same thing, so it's always crowded there. She's been really busy helping with cooking and running numerous errands for the Team and crew. Good job Val! You and Dennis should be very proud of your son. Even though he had a rough start, he's coming into his own now, and he's just going to get better.
Cory had an excellent Day 4. Three of his test scores were in the top 18 Overall! His results for today were good enough for 35th Overall, and 10th in the E1 class. And this coming from a rider that after the first day, his scores were only good enough for 115th Overall and 40th in E1. If they gave an award for Most Improved Rider, I'd say that he would be in the hunt.
Cory apparently had a crash on one of the transfer trails between the Special Tests. He tore his jersey and has road rash on his side and back. Probably a little sore, but still going strong.
His overall standings after 4 days of riding is 71st Overall, and 23rd in E1. The Junior team is still 3rd, but has fallen back to almost 3 minutes behind France, and almost 5 minutes behind Spain. The World Trophy Team has moved up to 5th, and the Women are still in 4th.
Here's a video from USA Club Team rider Chilly White's helmet cam of an Enduro test on Day 1. If the Enduro test is this fast, then just how fast are the grass tracks?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVmLEkz5oM&feature=player_embedded
More photos:
http://www.enduro.gr/photo_details.cfm?PiD=33271
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-4/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-4/9912465_vDNZ4#681674051_jaeUH-L-LB
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digitaloffroad.com photo
On Day 5, in 6th test, Cory was 4th!
Dane
Wow! 4th Overall. That's amazing. And along with that, he had a 12th Overall in test 3. I think he's finally figured this Six Day stuff out...too bad that it's taken him 5 days to do so. :D
I know that this will just get him fired up for the Six Days next year in Mexico. ;)
Photo of road rash from yesterday. Ouch!
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Mark Kariya photo
Ouch! Looks like Cory has moved up to 59th Overall for the event as of now. He just keeps climbing. Hopefully these Juniors will stick with it and we can over time add some good Mxers turned off-road convert and eventually get the handle on what it takes to dominate.
We are all proud of you Cory.
Larry P
Wow, Val's checking in here? Say hi to D and tell Cory we're all sitting at our computers following his results and pulling for him!!
Great job posting all of the results and links and videos GR...thank you!
On the video from Day 4, Abbott and Caselli both comment on the severity of the sand whoops...along with hard pack and rock. For those of you who are following this, keep in mind that Cory is an 18yr old east coaster that's never even been overseas. He started out good and has slowly been climbing through the ranks. And by Day 4 it appeared he really started coming into his own...now he is even posting some top 20 times...truly amazing. All of this is a great testament not only to his riding skills, but even more so to his incredible mental toughness. Portugal is turning out to be a very rugged 6 days and Cory is shining. Great Job Cory!!
Day 4 Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ztIcNHTc74&feature=channel
Kent
Even more testament to Cory's performance is the fact that if old (relatively) desert racers like Abbot and Caselli said the sand whoops were grueling you KNOW it was ugly.
Brian
'72 Berkshire
Exactly!
Quotequote:Originally posted by Knute
keep in mind that Cory is an 18yr old east coaster that's never even been overseas.
Kent
Kent,
Here's something to add to that. I don't think Cory has ever been further West than Missouri, so he has no idea what it's like to ride on the West Coast. The only time he ever sees a sand whoop is only once a year when the GNCC series starts up in Florida...and that's for only a 3 hour race. After this week, I think he's had enough sand whoops for awhile.
The Junior Team is still in 3rd, and barring no disasters tomorrow, they'll hold that podium position. The World Trophy Team dropped to 7th after Timmy Wiegand crashed and ground the tip of his finger down to the bone, plus he suffering from flu-like symptons. Timmy is tough, and he's planning on riding tomorrow. The Women's Cup Team is still in 4th, but the good news is that Maria Forsberg has moved up to 2nd in her class.
The schedule for the riders tomorrow is a 55 mile ride to a motocross track where they'll have the final motos. The riders starting times are reversed from the previous days, as the Club riders will be the first riders out of Parc Ferme in the morning, and the E1 riders will be the last. Cory really enjoys riding motocross, so hopefully he can put it to some of the fast Europeans.
More photos:
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-5/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-5/9912467_uSdpo#682666945_AqVr9-L-LB
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-5/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-5/9912467_uSdpo#682667535_ofTej-L-LB
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-5/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-5/9912467_uSdpo#682666945_AqVr9-L-LB
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-5/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-5/9912467_uSdpo#682668194_tetrc-L-LB
Gary,
Thanks for the update and pictures.
Ron Carbaugh
No results yet. Here's a couple of YouTube videos of the motocross track that they'll be riding at today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9be6gxcO_k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x09hY7U_t9o
Day 5 video:
http://www.isde.tv/site/day-5-daily-video-update-isde-2009/
Cory can be seen at the :22 second mark, the :43 second mark, and then at interview at the 3:25 mark.
Maria Forsberg finishes 2nd Overall in the Women at 6 Days! Hurray for her and us. A little over 11 minutes off the winner. Good job Maria.
Rory Sullivan finishes 3rd Overall in C3 at 6 Days. Husaberg in the U.S. will be happy. Good job Rory!
That's all that is up so far.
Larry P
Go USA. Go Cory! Hang tough.
Lew Mayer
Juniors take Bronze and Cory finished 62nd Overall. Women 4th and Trophy Team a disappointing 7th. I think that is a wrap. Good job Guys and Gals! Next year Mexico. Maybe then?
Larry P
Larry,
Here's the page that I was looking at, it shows better than you posted: http://www.isde2009-live.info/
The results on the Portugal Web site, shows the Trophy Team finished 5th.
The Junior Team made it to 3rd.
Dane
The Junior Team had to overcome some unbelievable difficulties today that almost cost them their podium position. I saw that Cory had lost another penalty point today, and now I know why. I found this on the digitaloffroad. com website:
In the Junior Trophy Team division, Team USA finished on the podium with a third-place finish despite nearly losing two of their remaining three riders due to a freak problem and a near race-ending crash.
One of the US juniors to have a problem was Cory Buttrick who suffered a near race-ending mechanical problem when his four-stoke motorcycle engine started losing oil en route to the final motocross test.
Earlier in the day Buttrick's engine oil plug was run over by a car when the cap blew off the work area barricade where it was sitting and was crushed by a passing car. The Parc Ferme work crew borrowed a rubber plug from a fork assembly where Buttrick used it to plug the oil fill hole. According to Buttrick the "fix" was only temporary as the rubber plug started to melt and the engine started to blow out its engine oil.
Buttrick said, "I was in near panic mode when I looked down and saw oil all over my boot and the side of the bike. I had a long way to go and I didn't want to take any chances of blowing up my bike so I took it easy but not before I lost a route point for being a minute late at the final check."
Buttrick's 60 second penalty point for being one minute late wasn't the only problem the US Junior Team had. Russell Bobbitt nearly crashed out of the race when he hit a stump that was hidden by dust in a fast trail section. Bobbitt suffered a shoulder separation in the crash but was able to make it to the final moto without losing any route points.
Bobbitt said, "It was a fifth gear get off and the when I came to a stop the bike hit me. I knew something was terribly wrong but I got back on the bike and made it into impound without losing any time. Let me tell you that wasn't any fun."
"Once I got to the final motocross, the doc gave me a couple of shots to deaden the pain and I just rode the final motocross to finish. Because of Cory's penalty point and my injury we weren't so sure we were going to even stay on the podium but Cory and Jamie (Lanza) had two good moto times and that's all it took.
Other US rider highlights of the day where US Women's World cup rider Maria Forsburg finished her Six Days with a second overall. Her US Women's World Cup Team finished 4th.
Unofficial Results
World Trophy
1. France
2. Italy
3. Finland
4. Australia
5. USA
Junior Trophy
1. Spain
2. France
3. USA
4. Italy
5. Sweden
Women's Trophy
1. France
2. Sweden
3. Australia
4. USA
5. Finland
Here's the full story:
http://www.digitaloffroad.com/2009/10/17/isde-day-6-race-report/
I know they are not on KTMs, but still quite noteworthy are Jeff Fredette's TWENTYNINTH Six Days finish (29 medals in 29 starts) and Fred Hoess' TWENTIETH Six Days ride where he finished 4th in the C1 class. Fred ties Drew Smith for 2nd most Six Days ridden by US riders (behind Fredette). Germany's Herb Scheck had 25 Six Days before the FIM made him retire.
Congrats and thanks to Cory and the rest of America's Six Days riders for doing their best to represent our great country.
Jeff DeBell
Day 6 photos:
Cory is the furthest to the left.
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/9912469_fm3nk#683516105_VGSkg-L-LB
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/9912469_fm3nk#683512750_U5CHD-L-LB
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/9912469_fm3nk#683638810_FfCry-L-LB
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/9912469_fm3nk#683637457_Erq8V-L-LB
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/9912469_fm3nk#683659646_vmyLr-L-LB
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/9912469_fm3nk#683688786_WfY5c-L-LB
http://berkyboy.smugmug.com/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/Portugal-ISDE-2009-Day-6/9912469_fm3nk#683687992_Yjzj4-L-LB
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How long before we know what medals were earned by our riders?
Mick
Hi Mick,
The only thing that I've found is what someone has posted on KTMTalk, but I don't think these are official.
E1 Gold to 22 places; Weigand, Lanza, Huffman, Buttrick
E2 Gold to 34 places; Abbott, Bobbitt
----DNF Kamo
E3 Gold to 18 places; Caselli, Kanney
----DNF Dietrich
W0 Gold to 8 places; Forsberg
----Silver 3 add'l places; Mastin
----Bronze 4 add'l places; Jones
C1 Gold to 17 places, Hoess
----Silver; Atkins, Mayer, Sweetnam, Booth
C2 Gold to 18 places; Fahringer
----Silver; Lipana, Fredette, Burns, Hamill, White
----DNF; Powell, Smith
C3 Gold to 10 places; Sullivan, Brandt, Sperle
----Silver; O'Leary, Valin, Burkett, Grahn, Martell
Gary (or anyone else),
I am obviously a novice with regards to the ISDE. How do they determine who gets Gold, Silver and Bronze. 74 Gold in the E1, E2 and E3 combined. I wish to take nothing away from all of these guys and gals that did such a great job and made the trip on their own dollar to represent us. I truly think it is an honor that we have them and I am very proud of each and every one of them. This question is merely for my own education. Congratulations to all of Team USA!!!
Lloyd
If your score is within 10% behind your class winner you earn a Gold, if you are within 40% of the class winner you earn Silver, and if you finish without houring out you earn Bronze.
Brian
'72 Berkshire
within 40% to silver ? Wow..
Used to be 20% to earn silver..
Maybe it is 20%, we use 40% in the vintage stuff and I just assumed we used that because that is what the real event used.
EDIT: I did a little searching and the Wikipedia page on the ISDE says 40% for Silver, dont know if that is accurate or not.
Brian
'72 Berkshire
Back in the early 70's, the percentage to make the Gold, was 25%. But if you lost a minute, you would not get a Gold, period.
Dane
Brian,
It looks like 40% for a Silver is correct. This is from the AMA website:
http://www.amadirectlink.com/rulebooks/supps/2009/isde.pdf
6. EVENT SCORING:
a. Gold Medals will be awarded to drivers whose total number of points do not exceed 10% of the number of points achieved by the first (winning) rider of that class.
b. Silver Medals will be awarded to the riders whose total number of points do not exceed 40% of the number of points received by the first (winning) rider of that class.
c. Bronze Medals will be awarded to all other riders who finish within their original hour.