MTB World Cup Cross Country #5 & Downhill & Four cross #6 - 2009 2009: Elite men downhill finals Results

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The legendary Shaun Palmer returns to downhill racing.(Image credit: Tour of Japan)

Sam Hill (Specialized/Monster Energy) finally broke the string of bad luck which produced one of the longest winless streaks of his career, when he took the sixth round of the World Cup on Saturday in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec, Canada. Hill's win propelled him into the overall World Cup series lead, ahead of Steve Peat (Santa Cruz Syndicate).

The first fast run of the afternoon was produced by Marcel Beer at 4:59.94. Beer held the Hot Seat for 17 racers, with Cameron Cole (Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles) the next to spend an extended time on top. Pierre Charles Georges (Solid Aclass) finally bumped him, but the final 20 riders saw frequent changes and, with ten riders to go, the leader was Aaron Gwin (Yeti/Fox), who defended his US National Championship title just last weekend.

Many were hoping to see a good run from World Cup leader Greg Minnaar (Santa Cruz Syndicate) who started in 21st place due to a flat tire during qualifying yesterday. Unfortunately Minnaar had a crash, which cost him time. He could only manage a 22nd place finish. "I washed out my front wheel in some mud under the lift and down I went. I got up pretty quickly, but my glove was half off so I had to freewheel while I took it off. [It was] definitely not a good weekend."

To thunderous applause, Peat didn't disappoint, with a time of 4:41.48 to Gwin's 4:42.91. He took the Hot Seat, but didn't really settle in. All eyes were glued to the big screen TV and the scoreboard, which was showing the splits on the course. Hill was the fastest through every split, showing incredible control skills through the rock gardens. To huge applause he finished in 4:38.44, 3.04 seconds better than Peat.

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy	0:04:38.44
2	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:03.04
3	Aaron Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:04.47
4	Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal	0:00:05.07
5	Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team	0:00:06.19
6	Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	0:00:07.09
7	Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing	0:00:07.95
8	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	0:00:08.14
9	Michael Hannah (Aus) GT Bicycles	0:00:09.14
10	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	0:00:09.29
11	Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11	0:00:10.10
12	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Trek World Racing	0:00:10.66
13	Mickael Pascal (Fra) MSC Bikes	0:00:11.05
14	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kenda Morewood	0:00:11.10
15	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Bicycles	0:00:11.97
16	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	0:00:12.95
17	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team	0:00:13.25
18	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:13.87
19	Ben Cathro (GBr)	0:00:14.17
20	Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11	0:00:14.41
21	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	0:00:15.22
22	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	0:00:16.14
23	Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles	0:00:16.40
24	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team	0:00:16.56
25	Cameron Cole (NZl) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles	0:00:17.13
26	Duncan Riffle (USA) Duncan Riffle Racing	0:00:17.16
27	Ben Reid (Irl) Just Reid Race Team	0:00:17.47
28	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) Massi	0:00:17.94
29	Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing	0:00:18.01
30	Joseph Smith (GBr) Kona	0:00:18.09
31	Nico Vink (Bel)	0:00:18.17
32	Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal	0:00:18.29
33	Joshua Button (Aus)	0:00:18.98
34	Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) MS Evil Racing	0:00:19.18
35	Dan Stanbridge (GBr)	0:00:19.60
36	David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon	0:00:20.46
37	Danny Hart* (GBr) Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon	0:00:20.74
38	Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) XMS-Devinci World Cup Team	0:00:20.84
39	Marcel Beer (Swi)	0:00:21.50
40	Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team	0:00:21.64
41	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	0:00:21.74
42	Lorenzo Suding (Ita)	0:00:21.75
43	Joris Bigoni (Fra)	0:00:22.56
44	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa)	0:00:22.81
45	Antoine Badouard (Fra)	0:00:23.09
46	Nathan Rankin (NZl)	0:00:23.39
47	Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)	0:00:23.51
48	Wyn Masters (NZl)	0:00:23.60
49	Will Rischbieth (Aus)	0:00:23.61
50	Harry Heath* (GBr)	0:00:23.65
51	Bernard ° Kerr (GBr)	0:00:24.43
52	Herman Olund (Swe)	0:00:24.90
53	Markus Pekoll (Aut)	0:00:25.65
54	Harry Molloy* (GBr)	0:00:25.79
55	Kyle Strait (USA)	0:00:26.00
56	David Eme (Fra)	0:00:26.04
57	Maxime Remy (Fra)	0:00:26.16
58	Rémi Thirion (Fra)	0:00:26.30
59	Patrick Thome* (Fra)	0:00:26.98
60	Bradley Benedict (USA)	0:00:27.04
61	Curtis Keene (USA)	0:00:27.37
62	Jurgen Beneke (Ger)	0:00:27.51
63	Aari Barrett* (NZl)	0:00:27.53
64	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra)	0:00:28.61
65	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa)	0:00:28.83
66	Dean Tennant (Can)	0:00:29.07
67	George Brannigan* (NZl)	0:00:29.29
68	Esteban Deronzier (Fra)	0:00:29.30
69	Marco Bugnone (Ita)	0:00:29.37
70	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut)	0:00:30.66
71	Gerard Wolfe (Irl)	0:00:31.35
72	Rémy Charrier (Fra)	0:00:32.13
73	Fabien Cousinie (Fra)	0:00:32.24
74	Kyle Marshall* (Can)	0:00:32.36
75	Shaun Palmer (USA)	0:00:32.89
76	Bryn Atkinson (Aus)	0:00:33.83
77	Shaun O'connor* (Aus)	0:00:38.35
78	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra)	0:00:53.82
79	Jared Graves (Aus)	0:03:06.57
DNF	Simon Garstin (Can)	Row 79 - Cell 2
DNF	John Swanguen (USA)	Row 80 - Cell 2

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Team
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Trek World Racing	72	pts
2	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	69	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	63	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Santa Cruz Syndicate	57	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles	54	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	54	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Scott 11	54	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	GT Bicycles	38	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Suspension Center	35	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team	35	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Animal Commencal	30	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Morzine-Avoriaz 74	30	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker	28	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	MS Evil Racing	26	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Norco World Team	21	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	MSC Bikes	18	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Kenda Morewood	17	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team	17	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Team Sunn	15	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Solid Aclass Factory Team	14	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	2Stagefactory	13	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Duncan Riffle Racing	5	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Just Reid Race Team	4	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Massi	3	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Kona	1	Row 24 - Cell 3

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World cup standings after six rounds
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Samuel Hill (Aus) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	1039	pts
2	Steve Peat (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	1035	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Greg Minnaar (RSA) Santa Cruz Syndicate	973	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Gee Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal	931	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Michael Hannah (Aus) GT Bicycles	821	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Justin Leov (NZl) Trek World Racing	646	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Brendan Fairclough (GBr) Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	584	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Samuel Blenkinsop (NZl) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	566	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Steve Smith (Can) MS Evil Racing	515	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Aaron Gwin (USA) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	505	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Andrew Neethling (RSA) Trek World Racing	472	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Nick Beer (Swi) Scott 11	458	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Josh Bryceland (GBr) Santa Cruz Syndicate	439	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Fabien Barel (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team	410	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Marc Beaumont (GBr) GT Bicycles	395	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Bernat Guardia Pascual (Spa) Massi	382	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Matti Lehikoinen (Fin) MS Evil Racing	373	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Mitchell Delfs (Aus) Kenda Morewood	365	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Duncan Riffle (USA) Duncan Riffle Racing	363	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	David Vazquez Lopez (Spa) Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon	360	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Filip Polc (Svk) MS Evil Racing	349	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Mickael Pascal (Fra) MSC Bikes	348	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Chris Kovarik (Aus) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	326	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Fabien Pedemanaud (Fra) Scott 11	322	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Aurélien Giordanengo (Fra)	312	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Dan Stanbridge (GBr)	288	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Luke Strobel (USA) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles	278	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Robin Wallner (Swe)	276	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Danny Hart° (GBr) Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon	274	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Cameron Cole (NZl) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles	255	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Damien Spagnolo (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team	253	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Joris Bigoni (Fra)	243	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Joseph Smith (GBr) Kona	239	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Thomas Braithwaite (GBr)	237	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Rémi Thirion (Fra) Team Sunn	236	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Ivan Oulego Moreno (Spa) Massi	219	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Pierre Charles Georges (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team	219	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Lorenzo Suding (Ita) Dytech DH	215	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Matthew Simmonds (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	212	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Joshua Button (Aus)	211	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Jared Rando (Aus) Giant Mountain Bike Team	202	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Ben Reid (Irl) Just Reid Race Team	197	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Dan Atherton (GBr) Animal Commencal	183	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Jared Graves (Aus) Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	181	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Fabien Cousinie (Fra) Kenda Morewood	180	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Nathan Rankin (NZl) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker	176	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Julien Camellini (Fra) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	171	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Ruaridh Cunningham (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	166	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Kyle Strait (USA) Specialized Team America	164	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Thibaut Ruffin (Fra)	156	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Sam Dale (GBr)	149	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Markus Pekoll (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team	148	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Pasqual Canals Flix (Spa) XMS-Devinci World Cup Team	144	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Nathan Rennie (Aus) Kenda Morewood	143	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Will Rischbieth (Aus)	141	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Bryn Atkinson (Aus)	137	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Antoine Badouard (Fra)	137	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Ben Cathro (GBr)	134	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Aari Barrett° (NZl) Scott 11	134	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Cody Warren (USA) Specialized Team America	131	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Rhys Willemse° (Aus)	127	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Antonio Ferreiro Pajuelo (Spa) XMS-Devinci World Cup Team	125	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Bernard Kerr° (GBr)	124	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Benny Strasser (Ger)	115	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Nico Vink (Bel)	114	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Joe Barnes (GBr)	112	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Tom Deacon (GBr) 2Stagefactory	110	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Wyn Masters (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team	107	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Cesar Rojo (Spa)	105	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Herman Olund (Swe)	104	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Marcus Klausmann (Ger) Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team	99	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Cyrille Kurtz (Fra) Team Sunn	98	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Harry Heath° (GBr)	98	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Bradley Benedict (USA) Duncan Riffle Racing	91	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Brook Macdonald° (NZl) Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team	90	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Boris Tetzlaff (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team	90	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Maxime Remy (Fra) Suspension Center	89	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Matthew Scoles (NZl)	81	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Marcel Beer (Swi)	79	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Dominik Gspan (Swi)	72	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Romain Paulhan (Fra)	67	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	Florent Payet (Fra) Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team	66	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	Marco Milivinti (Ita) Dytech DH	65	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Cédric Gracia (Fra)	62	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	Adam Vagner (Cze)	61	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Vlastimil Hyncica (Cze)	57	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Nicolas Ortiz (Fra)	57	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Ryan Condrashoff (USA) X-Fusion-Intense	54	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	Neil Donoghue (GBr)	52	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	Jonty Neethling (RSA)	51	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Esteban Deronzier (Fra) Morzine-Avoriaz 74	51	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Toni Berg (Fin)	50	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	Kieran Bennett (NZl) X-Fusion-Intense	48	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Rémy Charrier (Fra) Team Sunn	45	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Curtis Keene (USA)	43	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Georg Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team	40	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Johann Potgieter (RSA)	38	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	David Eme (Fra)	38	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	Marco Bugnone (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team	38	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Adam Brayton (GBr) Just Reid Race Team	38	Row 99 - Cell 3
101	Matej Charvat (Cze)	36	Row 100 - Cell 3
102	Dennis Dertell (Swe)	33	Row 101 - Cell 3
103	Mathieu Troquier (Fra) Solid Aclass Factory Team	31	Row 102 - Cell 3
104	Carlo Gambirasio (Ita) Surfing Shop	31	Row 103 - Cell 3
105	Rowan Sorrell (GBr)	28	Row 104 - Cell 3
106	Harry Molloy° (GBr)	27	Row 105 - Cell 3
107	Arnau Sugranes Mateu (Spa)	27	Row 106 - Cell 3
108	Claudio Cozzi (Ita) Dytech DH	25	Row 107 - Cell 3
109	Emanuel Pombo (Por)	24	Row 108 - Cell 3
110	Kevin Aiello° (USA) GT Bicycles	24	Row 109 - Cell 3
111	Mathieu Gallean (Fra) Team Sunn	23	Row 110 - Cell 3
112	Shaun O'connor° (Aus) Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker	23	Row 111 - Cell 3
113	Patrick Thome° (Fra) Team Sport Bike	22	Row 112 - Cell 3
114	Maximilian Bender (Ger)	21	Row 113 - Cell 3
115	Robert Smith (GBr)	21	Row 114 - Cell 3
116	Jurgen Beneke (Ger)	19	Row 115 - Cell 3
117	Scott Laughland (Irl)	19	Row 116 - Cell 3
118	Scott Mears (GBr)	19	Row 117 - Cell 3
119	Arran Gannicott° (GBr)	19	Row 118 - Cell 3
120	Martin Mikulenka (Cze)	18	Row 119 - Cell 3
121	Ralph Jones (GBr)	18	Row 120 - Cell 3
122	Dean Tennant (Can)	15	Row 121 - Cell 3
123	Pierre Van Der Merwe° (RSA)	15	Row 122 - Cell 3
124	George Brannigan° (NZl)	14	Row 123 - Cell 3
125	Roman Roschi (Swi)	14	Row 124 - Cell 3
126	Timothy Bentley° (RSA)	14	Row 125 - Cell 3
127	Daniel Wolfe (Irl)	13	Row 126 - Cell 3
128	Kim Petersson° (Swe)	13	Row 127 - Cell 3
129	Iago Garay Tamayo° (Spa)	12	Row 128 - Cell 3
130	Louis-Bresler Knipe (RSA)	12	Row 129 - Cell 3
131	Laurie Dinham° (Aus) Suspension Center	11	Row 130 - Cell 3
132	Jorge Aguin Castro (Spa)	11	Row 131 - Cell 3
133	Elias Somvi (Ita)	11	Row 132 - Cell 3
134	Gerard Wolfe (Irl)	10	Row 133 - Cell 3
135	Gary Barnard (RSA)	10	Row 134 - Cell 3
136	Markus Olkkonen (Fin)	10	Row 135 - Cell 3
137	Andréa Gamenara° (Ita) Argentina Bike Gravity Team	10	Row 136 - Cell 3
138	Mario Sieder (Aut) Solid Aclass Factory Team	9	Row 137 - Cell 3
139	Darryn Stow (RSA)	9	Row 138 - Cell 3
140	Nejc Rutar (Slo) MBK Orbea	8	Row 139 - Cell 3
141	Hayden Brown (RSA)	8	Row 140 - Cell 3
142	Espen Johnsen (Nor)	7	Row 141 - Cell 3
143	Kyle Marshall° (Can)	7	Row 142 - Cell 3
144	James Hughes (GBr)	7	Row 143 - Cell 3
145	Rick Balbierer (Ger)	6	Row 144 - Cell 3
146	Shaun Palmer (USA)	6	Row 145 - Cell 3
147	Emyr Davies (GBr)	5	Row 146 - Cell 3
148	Martin Frei (Swi)	4	Row 147 - Cell 3
149	Simon Dinkelman° (RSA)	4	Row 148 - Cell 3
150	Daniel Critchlow (GBr) Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	3	Row 149 - Cell 3
151	Ziga Pandur° (Slo)	1	Row 150 - Cell 3

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Team World Cup standings
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Santa Cruz Syndicate	424	pts
2	Trek World Racing	414	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles	301	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Yeti Fox Shox Factory Race Team	289	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Monster Energy / Specialized / Mad Catz	289	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Scott 11	270	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	GT Bicycles	241	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Chain Reaction Cycles/Intense	220	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	MS Evil Racing	215	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Suspension Center	203	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Animal Commencal	188	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Iron Horse-Kenda-Playbiker	180	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Morzine-Avoriaz 74	148	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Norco World Team	139	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Subaru Mountain Bike Pro Team	118	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Massi	86	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Kenda Morewood	82	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Ancillotti Doganaccia Racing Team	78	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	2Stagefactory	77	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Lapierre Powered By Saab Salomon	62	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	MSC Bikes	61	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Team Vario Racing	56	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Duncan Riffle Racing	41	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Team Sunn	37	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Specialized Team America	34	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Solid Aclass Factory Team	25	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Dytech DH	12	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Ghost A.T.G. Pro Team	9	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	XMS-Devinci World Cup Team	6	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Just Reid Race Team	4	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Kona	3	Row 30 - Cell 3