Conehead Cup 2007, Race 2, Kincumber Ditch

Round 2 of the 2007 Conehead Cup went off with a record 38 riders from around Australia taking on the flesh-tearing crete of Kincumber Ditch.

After an extended period of wet weather, a couple of days of sun had us optimistic that the ditch would be dry, and so it seemed when we arrived. But although the sunny weather held, the accumulated moisture in the side of the hill began to seep through the concrete, slowly making one side of the course wet and slippery.

Early race leader Mick Mulhall seemed to be in the box seat as conditions got slipperier and slipperier, but just as everybody began to give up on improving their times, local ripper Glen Mills laid down an unbelievable run with water spraying up from his wheels to slide into first place by 0.04 of a second.

Steve Daddow and Kurt Nischel travelled all the way from Queensland to take 3rd and 4th place, and were unlucky not to do better, with the top four separated by only 0.28 seconds.

Times

1. 25.07 Glen Mills
2. 25.11 Michael Mulhall
3. 25.29 Steve Daddow (QLD)
4. 25.35 Kurt Nischel (QLD)
5. 26.22 Paul Carey
6. 26.48 Dave Robertson
7. 26.95 John Gray
8. 27.28 Greg Ambler
9. 27.38 Corey Leeson (QLD)
10. 27.428 Pete Smith
11. 27.432 Noema Hunt (QLD)
12. 27.66 Brad Shaw
13. 27.67 Nathan Paff
14. 27.79 Jeremy Rodgers (QLD)
15. 27.82 Paul Shaddock
16. 27.94 Darren Hulston
17. 28.08 Ashley Donaldson (QLD)
18. 28.09 Jackson Shapiera
19. 28.14 Haggy Strom
20. 28.57 Colin Beck
21. 28.72 Bill Shaffer
22. 28.79 Scott Tansley
23. 28.95 Gareth Fitzgerald
24. 28.97 Mike Joyce
25. 29.10 Hawkon Chandler
26. 29.21 Arbi Tobin (QLD)
27. 29.24 Nick Marsh
28. 29.30 Scott Guthrie
29. 29.62 Richie Thompson
30. 30.16 Kev O'Hara (QLD)
31. 30.63 Konrad Lucas
32. 30.93 John Harle
33. 31.16 Jeremy Lee (QLD)
34. 31.26 Michael White
35. 32.50 Joel Wilks
36. 34.24 Michael Pavli
37. 45.00 Ben Gray
38. DNF James Hopkin

Race photos

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Race Video

Thanks to Sam Hilton from Fuel TV for the footage.