Sadly enough, the season is quickly coming to a close. Congratulations to those individuals who have clinched
their podium spots for the 2009 individual season! And BEST OF LUCK to those who will be fighting it out for
their final points at the Single Track Escape in St Cloud on September 26th! Hope to see EVERY Wannabee there
for the last race of the year!
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WannaBee Racing to Sponsor 2nd Annual Kingswood Off-Road Triathlon on Saturday, August 22nd
More info can be found at www.kingswoodmtbtri.com
Register at www.midwestevents.us/event/569
WannaBee Racing has helped Camp Kingswood build a Mountain Bike Trail on their grounds.
This trail was built by WannaBee volunteers in 2008 and 2009. WannaBee Racing will be sponsoring
the Mountain Bike portion of this Off-Road Tri once again in 2009 as course marshalls as well as
race photography. All WannaBee racers are encouraged to Enter this Tri or to Volunteer on race day!
For registration click here and to see which volunteer spots are still open click here.
**We would love for everyone can be involved in some way!!!***
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8/12/2009 - Team Results are posted and Comp Men claim their best finish yet at the Metric Auto Parts Buck Hill Birch
Bump with 2nd place! Sport claimed third and Citizen kept their streak going by once again claiming 1st. If
Citizen can claim one more 1st place team finish they will clinch the title for the 2009 season!!!
Congratulations to all 3 teams for excellent finishes at Buck Hill!
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8/10/2009 - WannaBees had a great day at the Metric Auto Parts Buck Hill Birch Bump on Sunday, August 9th. Citizen
Racers dominated the podium with all 6 racers making it to the podium! Congratulations to Samantha
Bushendorf, Justin Keough and Thomas Charland on their 2nd place finishes! One exciting fact to note is that
three WannaBee women swept their podium. Tara Steele claimed 1st, Yvette Harvieux only seconds
behind in 2nd and Sarah Williams rounded out the podium with 3rd. Congratulations to all our Citizen Racers!
Other finishes of note were Jeff Bushendorf and Angella Colins of the Sport Class both claiming 2nd, and Alex
Strange, Tim Williams, and newbie Joe Surla claiming 2nd, 2nd and 3rd in their Comp age groups. A few
other fun facts from Buck: Sport Racer Nick Pettis decided to race in his age group (versus Clydesdale) and
claimed an impressive 4th place finish. In addition, two Comp racers (Joe Surla and Jason Scherman) both
crossed the finish line in the top 10. All in all, it was a great day for the WannaBees at Buck!
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8/03/2009 - Two WannaBees are mentioned in the MNSCS Race Summary for Single Track Attack! in Elk River!
Congratulations to Tara Steele and Samantha Bushendorf - Citizen Women - for finishing strong!
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8/03/2009 - Team results from Single Track Attack! are in and WannaBee Racing once again claimed the top price for
Citizen. The Sport team clinched 3rd and Comp has been settling into a steady spot in 4th. Now that we have
passed the half-way mark for the season, we hope to see our results improve as members continue to peak.
Looking forward to strong performaces at Buck Hill Birch Bump this Sunday August 6th!!
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7/27/2009 - Single Track Attack! at Hillside Park in Elk River was a fantastic course and super fun race. If you missed this
one you have to try to get out to Elk River and ride it for fun sometime. But the race itself was one for the
books. Very well organized and marked, huge team of volunteers, lots of great swag, and T-Shirts for all who
registered. And the WannaBees handled the course quite well. We saw 4 on the podium for Citizen, (Justin
Keough, Samantha Bushendorf, Tara Steele, and Yvette Harvieux) 3 on the podium for Sport (Jeff Bushendorf
Angella Collins, and Nick Pettis) and 2 on the podium for Comp (newbie Gregorio Ramibez and Scott Spoo)
Also for this race we saw two Sport riders bump up to Comp which was great! Jason Kerber and Mark
Harvieux made an impressive debut claiming 10th and 12th in their age groups. And newbies Rob Lutterman
and Gregorio Ramibez tore it up as well. Great Job everyone! Hope to see even more WannaBees at Buck!
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7/24/2009 - WannaBee Racing sends 6 racers to the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships at Sol Vista in
Granby Colorado!!! Jason Scherman, John Oman, Eric LeBow, Scott Spoo, Tim Williams and Jeff Bushendorf all
decided to compete after qualifying for the race at either the end of 2008 or the start of 2009. All six racers
competed in the Cat2 race on Friday, July 17th with family and significant others there to cheer them on.
Videos of their start can be found here, along with results and everything else Nationals:
http://www.cyclingdirt.org/videos/coverage/view/235359-2009-usa-mountain-bike-national-championships
The day ended with two WannaBees on the National Podium!!! Tim Williams claimed second in his age
group with Jason Scherman close behind in 3rd. Sport racer Jeff Bushendorf may have been a bit nervous to
be racing Cat2 along side his Comp buddies, but he pulled of an impressive finish snagging 15th. But
"seven" seemed to be the number of the day though. Scott Spoo and Eric LeBow both claimed 7th in their
age groups along with another MNSCS racer Trent Warner of Team Maplelag/Paramount/Grandstay. Other
familiar faces from MNSCS included Peace Coffee Racers Bryan Rhody and Kevin Foster, young and lively Jack
Hinkens and elite racer Jesse Reints of Penn Cycle/Nature Valley, father son duo from Maplelag Jay and Jake
Richards, and local ladies Jenna Rinehart and Kyia Anderson to name a few.
Jay has a great write up of the race, including more locals here:
http://www.skinnyski.com/racing/display.asp?Id=16325
The whole race weekend was quite the memorable experience. Some said it felt just like a local race with
people cheering and taking pictures. With all six racers dressed in their Pink Kits they were hard to miss!
And spectators thoughout the course were heard cheering "Go WannaBee!" or "Go Minnesota!" (thanks to
one of our sponsors who has the state of MN as part of their logo on our Left Sleeve!) The fans were great
the racers were great, and the Pros were great! Many were very approachable and were willing to stop
for pictures or the occasional "can you sign my bike (or tank top)" Olympians posed for pics like it was no
problem. Olympian Todd Wells, who had an upsetting finish due to a mechanical, was still willing to chat
about upcoming races as well as "talk bike" with our WannaBees. His fellow Olympian Mary McConneloug
was not even fazed when WannaBee photographer Sarah Williams asked for a pic - though no one else
around seemed to even recognize her or know who she was. And it was just crazy seeing mtb celebs such
as Allison Dunlap and Adam Craig just chatting with racers or riding a practice lap on the Short Track. This
being a first National race for WannaBee Racing it was all so much to take in!
And I believe talk has already started about a return in 2010. Especially for Comp Racer John Oman who was
unable to finish the race due to a flat way out in the back section. He'll be racing the rest of the season
with "top 10" in the front of his mind as he hopes to qualify for the 2010 race! And we hope to see even
more WannaBees at Natoinals next year! Way to go Wannabees!!!
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7/24/2009 - Angella Collins - Sport Women - is quoted in the MNSCS review of Memorial Classic in Red Wing!
Check out the whole story here: http://www.mnscs.com/page/show_article/4819/30183
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7/22/2009 - Updates from recent races: WannaBee racing claimed 5 podium spots in Mankato! Congratulations to Citizen
racers Justin Keough and Sarah Williams, Sport racers Jeff Bushendorf and Nick Pettis, as well as Comp racer
Alex Strange! The Citizen Team claimed 1st place as a team, Sport claimed 2nd and Comp got 4th!
Memorial Classic in Red Wing also saw multiple podium spots. All three women in the Citizen Class claimed
a spot on the podium - Samantha Bushendorf, newbie Tara Steele, and Yvette Harvieux. As well as Justin
Keough for Citizen Men. Sport once again saw Jeff Bushendorf and Nick Pettis on the podium. And Comp
once again saw Alex Strange as well as Tim Williams and Jason Scherman - back from Mankato ready to race!
As a team we once again placed 1st for Citizen (thanks Ladies!) and 1st for Sport and 4th for Comp.
Congratulations to all of our racers! Hope to see you in Elk River for the Single Track Attack!
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6/29/2009 - WannaBee racer Jason Scherman is home safe and sound after a dangerous spill on Quick Release during
the second lap of the Comp Race at Bluff Rider's Charge in Mankato. Below is what he posted on MORC:
"I'd like to thank all of those who helped me out after my accident on the QR section at Kato. As a
precautionary measure, the EMT decided to take me to have some neck x-rays done, and those all
came back OK.
Also, thanks to the riders for being considerate of me and the helpers in the area through this section.
I hope it didn't affect anyone's race.
Especially, thanks to the mtb patrol rep, Tom Warner and Sarah Williams for helping me out and
sticking with me until the EMT's arrived, and getting my gear back to my family.
That section has never been a problem for me, but this time I guess things didn't commit so well when
I went down it.
Other than some soreness from the long ride down the hill, I'm doing ok!"
A huge "THANKS" from Team WannaBee to all of the racers who heeded the instructions of those on the
trail instructing people to walk down the hill. We truly appreciate that you put the safety of our rider above
your own race standing. Thanks also to those who went out of their way to spread the word to the Bike
Patrol team, as well as other WannaBee team memebers, that a rider was down. Your thoughfulness and
courtesy truly exemplified how mountain-bikers look out for their own. And we are so glad that Jason is ok!
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6/23/2009 - WannaBee wife-turned-racer, Sam Bushendorf featured on the MNSCS site as a freelance article writer!
Check out her fabulous article: "A New Racers MNSCS Experience" describing her experience at Dirt Spanker
at Mt DuLac (thanks Sam for giving props to WannaBee photographer and cheerleader Sarah Williams!)
Click here to find the article: http://www.mnscs.com/page/show_article/87057/29410
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6/22/2009 - The Pink Jerseys came out for Dirt Spanker! We had two women race Citizen (Yvette Harvieux and WannaBee
wife Sam Bushendorf). In addition WannaBee wife Carmen Scherman was sporting the Pink in support of our
women racers. Team photographer Sarah Williams, also in Pink, got many comments from both racers and
spectators loving the new fashions. But the "big surprise" of the day was that Comp Men Jason Scherman,
John Oman, and Tim Williams all RACED in Pink as well (man were they easy to spot! - check out the MNSCS
site under Series Photos for Dirt Spanker - Dana snagged a pic of our boys in the parking lot!) And the colors
drew the attention we were hoping for! A big WELCOME to our newest member Tara Steele - Citizen Women!
We are excited to see more women among the Swarm. A huge THANKS to Sport Racer Angella Collins for
the idea and to Citizen Racer Yvette Harvieux for all her hard work in re-designing the kits. Wear 'em proud!
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6/21/2009 - A huge Congratulations to our Citizen Team and Sport Team for placing 1st on the Team Standings for Dirt
Spanker! A major contirbuting factor was the great turn out by our women racers. Great Job Ladies!! And
even though it was a tough course, we survived without a single DNF (unlike Afton which gave many racers
trouble). Comp Men finished in the #4 spot and WannaBee Racing saw 6 racers on the podium for their age
group. Congratulations to all of our racers!!!
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6/08/2009 - WannaBee Racing teams claims 2nd Place for Citizen, 5th place for Sport and 4th place for Comp on May 31st
at Afton Avalanche! In addition, 4 members claimed podium spots (new members Justin Keough, Jeff
Bushendorf and Alex Strange along wtih Nick Pettis) Afton was tough for many racers - as a team we had
three flats and one lost chain. But as some say, if you can survive Afton, you can survive the rest of the
season! Hope to see you all in Duluth on Sunday, June 14th for Dirt Spanker!
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5/29/2009 - WannaBee couple Cal and Angella Collins were mentioned in the MNSCS review of Erik's Spring Cup!
Check out the full story here:
http://www.mnscs.com/page/show_article/4819/27901
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5/21/2009 - Welcome to the 2009 Race Season!!! The first race of 2009 is already on the books! Seventeen WannaBee
Racers showed up at Salem Hills at Harmon Park in Inver Grove Heights on Sunday, May 17th for Erik's
Spring Cup. There we new faces and old faithfuls. And three racers made it to the podium! Newbie Jeff
Bushendorf finished 1st in his age group, Nick Pettis finished 2nd, and Tim Williams finished 3rd in Comp
Single Speed. Another new face was Justin Keough in Citizen - who finished 4th in his age group but only
missed the podium by 7 seconds. Justin along with WannaBee's photographer-turned-Citizen Racer
Sarah Williams helped WannaBee claim 4th place in the Citizen Team Results. Sport secured 2nd in the team
standings for the first race of the year and Comp claimed 5th. Congratulations to all of our team members!
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10/14/2008 - A huge THANKS to comp racer John Oman for putting together a 2008 team highlight video! If you were
not able to attend our end of the year party feel free to contact John for your copy. It can also be
viewed on YouTube - be sure you select "high quality." Thanks again John!!!
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10/13/2008 - Wannabee Racing sucessfully defends their 2007 title of
MNSCS Sport Team Champions for 2008!!!
Congratulations Sport Men!
In addition, the Wannabee Comp Team claims 5th Place Overall Team for the 2008 year with only 5 racers!
Congratulations to all Wannabee Racers for a great 2008 race year!
**All Wannabee Racers are encouraged to attend the awards ceremony on November 15th where we'll
claim our 2008 Sport Team Trophy and support all of our individual 2008 podium finishers.**
It has been fun and so great to watch you all compete and build friendships this year.
Keep posted here for activities during the off-season!
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10/01/2008 - Wannabee Racing will be sending Six Members to the 2008 MNSCS Podium!!
The 2008 awards party will be held on Saturday, November 15th from 6:00 PM to 9:00PM
at Quality Bicycle Parts. All Wannabees are encouraged to attend and support their team-mates and fellow
racers!!! Be sure to check out our full results.
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09/28/2008 - Wannabee Sport Men take 2nd place in the Sport Team Rankings and Comp Men claim 4th place
at Single Track Escape in St Cloud! Be sure to check out our full results.
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09/21/2008 - Wannabee Racing sees their highest turn out of 2008 at Single Track Escape in St Cloud on September
20th, 2008!!! Seventeen Racers (including two wives) showed up for the final race of the year and
claimed four podium spots. Bruce Klehr and Christopher North make it to the podium for Sport Men.
Scott Spoo, who decided to jump to Comp for the last race of 2008 claimed 3rd in his age group. And
Wannabee Wife and Photographer, Sarah Williams, raced Citizen and got 3rd for her group.
Congratulations racers! Be sure to check out our full results.
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09/08/2008 - Wannabee Sport Men take 1st place in the Sport Team Rankings and Comp Men claim 2nd place
at Laddies Loppet in Callaway! In addition 7 racers made it to the podium for their age group.
Congratulations to Bruce Klehr, Scott Spoo, Michael Thompson, Nick Pettis, Jason Scherman, Eric Lebow
and Tim Williams. A final CONGRATULATIONS to Jason Scherman for finishing the weekend's Stage
Race in 1st place for Comp! Be sure to check out our full results.
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08/26/2008 - Wannabee Sport Men take 2nd place in the Sport Team Rankings and Comp Men claim 4th place
at Buck Hill Birch Bump in Burnsville!
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08/25/2008 - Wannabee Racing claims five podium spots at White Tail Ridge - Border Battle - in River Falls WI on Sunday,
August 24th 2008! Sport Men Scott Spoo, Christopher North, Mark Klingelhoets, Nick Pettis and Comp Men
Jason Scherman all placed in their age group. Congratulations racers! Be sure to check out our full results.
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08/23/2008 - The First Annual Kingswood Off-Road Tri, sponsored in part by Wannabee Racing, took place on Saturday,
August 23rd 2008 and was a huge success! Thirty-four atheletes participated, including Wannabee Racing's
own Andrew Worth who finished 10th. A huge "THANKS" to Wannabee volunteers: Mark Harvieux, Mark
Klingelhoets, Leo Bickelhaupt, Chris North, Michael Thompson, Tim Williams, Sarah Williams, and John Oman.
Wannabee Racing to Sponsor 1st Annual Kingswood Off-Road Triathlon on Saturday, August 23rd
More info can be found at www.kingswoodmtbtri.com
Register at www.midwestevents.us/event/569
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08/14/2008 - Wannabee Racing claims 5 podium spots at Metric Auto Parts Buck Hill Birch Bump! Sport Men Bruce Klehr
and Scott Spoo claim 4th and 6th overall for the Sport Race and claim first in their age groups. Other
podium finishers include Chris Stewart (1st), Christopher North (3rd), and Jason Scherman (3rd).
Congratulations racers! Be sure to check out our full results.
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08/05/2008 - Don't forget, this Thursday, August 7th is the last day to pre-register online for the next MNSCS race.
Note that registration closes at 10pm. Buck Hill Birch Bump will be in Burnsville on Sunday, August 10th.
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08/01/2008 - Wannabee Sport Men take 1st place in the Sport Team Rankings and Comp Men claim 4th place
at Powder Monkey in Duluth!
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07/28/2008 - Wannabee Racing claims 6 podium spots at Powder Monkey in Duluth! Sport Men Bruce Klehr and
Scott Spoo claim 2nd and 3rd overall for the Sport Race and claim first in their age groups. Other
podium finishers include Jason Kerber, Nick Pettis, Mark Klingelhoets, and Jason Scherman.
Congratulations racers! Be sure to check out our full results.
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07/26/2008 - Wannabee Sport Men take 1st place in the Sport Team Rankings and Comp Men claim 5th place
at Memorial Classic in Red Wing!
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07/21/2008 - Seven Wannabee racers make it to the podium for their age group at Memorial Classic in Red Wing!
Bruce Klehr, Chris Stewart, Jason Kerber, Mark Klingelhoets, Jason Scherman, and new Wannabee
racers Scott Spoo and Nick Pettis all make it to the podium! Congratulations guys! Check out all of
our results from Red Wing!
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07/19/2008 - MNSCS locates a new race to replace the Metric MTB Jam in Welch on August 10th! The Welch race
has been replaced with a brand new MNSCS race the Metric Auto Parts Buck Hill Birch Bump! Check
out the MNSCS site for more details.
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07/18/2008 - Wannabee Racing welcomes Three New Members! Sport Racers Scott Spoo, Nick Pettis, and Andrew
Worth join the Wannabee team just in time for Memorial Classic. Welcome aboard!
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07/16/2008 - Don't forget, this Thursday, July 17th is the last day to pre-register online for the next MNSCS race.
Note that registration closes at 10pm. Memorial Classic will be in Red Wing on Sunday, July 20th.
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07/15/2008 - MNSCS race in Welch is canceled. After attempting to negotiate with the landowner, the MNSCS Race
Director was unable to reach a reasonable contract. Thus, the Metric Auto Parts Welch MTN Bike Jam
is at this time canceled. The Series is attempting to find a substitute location for August 10th. Keep
posted for updates as they become available.
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07/08/2008 - Wannabee Racer Cal Collins gets quoted on MNSCS' review of Bluff Rider's Charge!
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07/08/2008 - Wannabee Racer Jason Kerber helps the Sport Men clinch 2nd place in the Sport Team Rankings at
Bluff Rider's Charge in Mankato. Comp Men claim 5th place overall for their class.
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07/01/2008 - Wannabee Sport Men take 1st place in the Sport Team Rankings and Comp Men once again
claim 4th place at Dirt Spanker!
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06/30/2008 - Sport Class racer Bruce Klehr finishes 3rd overall at Bluff Rider's Charge in Mankato! Four Sport Men
reach the podium for their age group (Bruce Klehr, Tim Williams, Jason Kerber, and Mark Klingelhoets)
All Wannabee Racers finish in the top 10 of their age group. Great job racers! (Check out all our results!)
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06/25/2008 - Don't forget, this Thursday, June 26th is the last day to pre-register online for the next MNSCS race.
Bluff Rider's Charge will be at the Mt Kato MTB trails in Mankato on Sunday, June 29th.
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06/24/2008 - Dirt Spanker Pics are up! There are more pics this time of other MNSCS racers so check them out.
And as always, feel free to share them with your friends and family!
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06/23/2008 - Wannabee Racers cross the finish line 1st and 2nd overall for the Sport Race at Dirt Spanker at Mt Du lac!
Chris Stewart finished the race in first place at 1:06.11 with Bruce Klehr close behind at 1:06.16. Three
Wannabee Sport Men took 1st pace in their age group as well (Chris Stewart, Bruce Klehr and Tim
Williams). Check out our results for more detailed info on each racer.
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06/17/2008 - Wannabee Sport Men take 1st place in the Sport Team Rankings and Comp Men claim 4th Place
at Afton Avalanche!
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06/16/2008 - Don't forget, this Thursday, June 19th is the last day to pre-register online for the next MNSCS race.
Dirt Spanker Classic will be at the Mt Du Lac Ski Area in Duluth on Sunday, June 22nd.
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06/12/2008 - Wannabee Racing launches a photo site on Flickr! Check out our pics - you may even find a picture
of yourself! Keep posted after every MNSCS race for photo updates.
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06/09/2008 - Two Wannabee racers make it to the podium in their age groups at Afton Avalanche! Chris Stewart
claims 4th place overall in the Sport Race - as well as 1st place for his age group in Sport Men. And
Bruce Klehr takes 2nd place in his age group in Sport Men. Check out our full team results.
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05/15/2008 - Wannabee Sport Men take 1st place in the Sport Team Rankings at Eric's Spring Cup! Comp Men claim 7th.
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05/12/2008 - First Podium finish for a Wannabee racer! Chris Stewart, Sport men, claims 1st place in his age group at
Eric's Spring Cup in Inver Grove Heights.
