It has been a long few years since the last time we saw a downhill race held in Mallow! 2006 to be precise!

Well 021racing are delighted to announce that the first round of the 2013 CRCiDMS will be held at Mt. Hillary, Mallow, Co. Cork on the 6^th & 7^thof April.

Over the past few months they have been working hard on the track with a few entirely new sections, some uplift days to make sure it runs sweet and with every effort to turn this back into your favourite track to be at!

Just to refresh your memories, in 2006 Ewan won the Under 16s ahead of Jason Murphy! Richie Byrne not only was still racing downhill but stood on a podium to the right of Carl Young(er). Stevie Bell stood on the masters podium with a long haired Ian “bling” Mc Intyre and Mark Dickson. Dan Wolfe, Richard Smith & Seanan O Riordan were on the podium in Juniors. Where it mattered, Mr. Beattie took the win and the fastest time of the day of 2.36.26 with Darren Quille in 2^nd and Wallace Erwin taking 3^rd spot.

Irish Downhill Mountainbike Series – Round 1

There will be Tag Heuer live timing on this two day event with uplifts both days.

Carrying on from the leaps made last year in the iDMS by Rory O Keeffe, the same medical cover has been secured for the season in the form of two ambulances on both days and an advanced roaming paramedic, who will hopefully all be twiddling their thumbs for the weekend

Catering will be available both days, “The Germans” Ulla & Kurt will be on site filling us with some of the best food you will find at any race along with fresh coffee, teas, soup and more from the Last Lap Café.

Bins and toilets will be supplied for the weekend along with a bike wash to keep your bike happy!

Track Description:

1st Wooded Section:
Out of the gate it’s some fun, there is a quick fire-road blast to pick up some speed and a hard right into the woods followed by a banked left hander and a speed bump setting you up for a very fast drifty right with some roots on the quick exit. It gets quite fast now, turning left across a forest path and into a fast right hand turn leading into a smooth chute. A berm to the left sends you across some fun steps/roots and a big berm takes you around to the right. A quick chute with some small jumps, a tricky chicane and into a fast chute leading to a ski jump over a smooth rock garden, two flat turns and a jump into a right hand berm, this shoots you across a technical rhythm section and into a downward spiraling left hand berm, onto the fire-road and straight back into the trees.

2nd Wooded Section:
A tricky, off camber roll in off the fire-road has you bouncing through the stumps and roots. Some difficult corners and small compressions set riders up for a fast paced gully with two closely spaced small drops as the close trees flash by. The bottom of this gully leads into a slight left-right, that is to say, it’s slight when you are going slowly! A short tight chute, a set of rollers and a nice banked turn lead you onto the fire-road and there’s a quick pedal here making it nice and easy to get your speed up for the next section.

3rd Wooded Section:
The fire road gives you a fast entry speed to this very quick section. A small drop and a few small corners make the section technical to get right and has you gripping the bars tight over some rocky patches and into a few rocky steps and a right turn bringing you across to the top of the open section.

Open Section:
This will sort out the men from the boys, all the time every time. The speeds on this section are unbelievable and over some big rocks, keep your eyes peeled for some sneaky lines and faster options. Now loads of brakes, over a few rollers, more braking and a little left right left combo sends you flying back into the trees where you belong. This new wooded section twists and turns down the natural contours and gullies leading down a nice bit of single-track, back onto the fire-road at the bottom before a quick hammering of the cranks to get you across the line!

Shedule:

Saturday

08:30 – 13:00 Race registration.
09:30 Open practice for all riders.
16:00 Course Closed.
16:05 Riders’ meeting. (at organisers discretion)

Sunday

08:30 – 13:00 Race registration.
09:00 Open practice for all.
11:00 Timed seeding run followed by one timed race run.
17:30 Last Elite racer down.
17:45 Podium

For more details including Maps and mire photos head to http://crcidms.com/ for all the details

Conor Farrel

Secretary Offroad Commission