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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Racing for bacon.
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 06:05:38 +0000
Thanks, Jim.  It sounds like fun.

As a matter of interest, my nephew, Yanto Barker, is a racer and a bit of a 
star at the moment on the British circuit.  I don't understand the setup in the 
racing fraternity in the UK, but he seems to have himself a new team:

<http://www.be-celt.com/2013/11/11/yanto-barker-rejoint-le-team-raleigh/>

Chris

On 11 Nov 13, at 22:50, Jim Couch <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If you have ever been to a Cross race you will know that it is a bit of 
> a party atmosphere. (One race in the Seattle area routes the course 
> through the middle of a beer garden.) While the frontrunners take it all 
> very seriously, often the spectators and backmarkers in the race do not. 
> Spectators hold out food, bevarages, and even cash, for folks to grab. 
> The best shot I saw  from yesterday (not taken by myself) was of my 
> friend Elisabeth lining up to grab a dollar bill out of a spectators 
> bra! (Yes she did get the cash!)

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