Mother Nature can't stop the Scrub Pine Enduro!

On Sunday morning riders awoke to the sounds of thunder and lightening. A torrential downpour and even hail fell upon the racers and all seemed lost. However Mother Nature eased up around 8:30 am, just 30 minutes before the start. Trail boss, Dave Sheumeister, had the members of the Ocean County Competition Riders out at the crack of dawn putting up the last of the arrows and giving the course its final preparation. The Scrub Pine Enduro was on!

At 9:01am the first row of racers left the start. After the 65 mile course Andrew Delong would take the overall with an unofficial time of 15/525. Chase Compton and Dane Shoeneberg would round out the podium finishing second and third respectively. High point A would go to Dan Stoppi Jr., high point B to Justin Linkowich, and highpoint C to Charles Anderson.

Hats off to the OCCR guys for pulling off the near impossible. Upcoming ECEA events include the 73^rd running of the Sandy Lane Enduro to be held on March 21^st. The Curly Fern Enduro on March 28^th and the Greenbrier Enduro on April 11^th. The Ocean County Competition Riders will be holding their annual Hare Scramble on September 26^th. For more information on the ECEA and their events visit the ECEA website at www.ecea.org.