The line up of riders was a mixed platter last week after a number of riders slogged it out six hours at the Inverell Mountain Bike Club Copeton Dam race last weekend.
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For the second week in a row, riders went around the same race loop which allowed them to directly compare their times.
A quick overview of the race results revealed that most riders had indeed bettered their previous times with a standout five-minute improvement over the one hour race by Tristan Rutters.
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Anthony Daniels lopped two minutes from his time and, at the super pointy end, Justin Roberts knocked off 90 seconds.
Roberts was joined by five other elite riders who were first off the start line smashing up the bitumen hill climb before re-filling their lungs on the Yellow Brick Road descent.
The Roberts boys tailed each other for the majority of the race before the helmet inspection incident with Justin (4 laps in 54:18) edging out Stevie (4 laps in 55:21).
There was some very impressive ride times for the A graders with several sprint finishes.
James Mackay and Nathan Sharples had it out with Sharples up three seconds in the end.
Terry Worboys and Tim Harris had a crack with a two-second up for Worboys and the Mackay household was pretty tight with Andrew and Luke making it a straight tie.
B grade saw a big turnout from the lady riders who took it up to the blokes.
In the end, Laurie Willis (4 laps 58:18) came home in front of Isla Maidment (3 laps 39:39) and Lisa Roberts (3 laps 42:58).
There was a huge party in C grade with 17 riders beating their previous week's time.
Jeremy Deasey turned the tables on his son Josh, coming in 56 seconds up.
Meanwhile, young Rachel Fairfull came first in the women's with 3 laps in 43:26 with Renae Sharples not far behind in second.
Junior elite were all on fire and riding faster than last week.
Ben Shaw (4 laps in 58:19) led the way in front of Jock Barwick who just missed out on getting out again for another lap to finish with 3 laps in 40:11.
Liam Marsh was next with 3 laps in 43:59.
Elesa Crowley rode her helmet off with an impressive 3 laps in 43:34
Ethan Riley bought his own wheels this week, after narrowly surviving a hit out on Pat's tandem last week, and thoroughly enjoyed a meandering tour of the park scoping out photo shoot opportunities for the next twilight race.
There's only one more week of twilight racing before the club's 10th Birthday Party Race on November 22.
The day will celebrate how the park has evolved over the last 10 years.
There will be a one hour come and try race within the three-hour race format so anyone can come along and give it a go.