John Benenate

Chad Butler wrote:

>so
I'm sure most of you were aware that we just succeeded in moving our
team up into third place in the Team BAR with our huge effort at Santa
Cross, but just barely squeaking ahead of Pacific Power by a mere 18
points.
>Upper Echelon continued to hold a comfortable distance
>to second
with a 138 point lead on us.
>It could have been easy enough to hang up
our helmets and be proud of our season's results but Hapi-GO! intel
(good relations with our competitors) informed me that Pacific Power was
sending their special weapon, Flo Liebowitz, down to Revolution to
re-capture their podium spot and to squeeze a little more fun out of an
awesome season. With this knowledge I had City Hall turn on the Hart
Beacon and our super hero's came to answer the challenge. Hapi-GO! was
represented by the entire Hart family, Chad Butler, and a still healing
Logan Trammell giving team support. The Harts looked at the schedule and figured out how to squeeze 16 entries out of seven riders with just
three heats. That was a feat of it's own. The race was on a golf course
which I assumed was going to be easy but the surface sucked every bit of speed and momentum out of the wheels, and they sure found plenty of off camber muddy stuff to make certain everybody crashes. We had a
fantastic day right from the beginning with Brian Hart Jr. leading the
C's from the very start and going on to a commanding victory. We had
seven riders in that C's race, like a Hapi-GO! armada.
>If Southern
Oregon didn't know who Hapi-GO was they sure do now.
>Our winnings and
podiums went on throughout the day.
>When the results are tallied we've
totaled 238 points in a single day of racing.
>This moves us into second
place in the Team BAR only behind BBC which has a huge roster and also
had a great season.
>Second place! So awesome! We'll have a team party in later January (date still to be decided) to honor our individuals for
their achievements and contributions, and to enjoy each others company
in this great big Hapi family.
>chad butler
>
>THANKS CHAD.
>THANKS OBRA.
>

I REMEMBER WHEN CHAD THREW-UP HIS BEER AFTER THE MESSENGER RACE IN THE 1994 RACE AROUND THE ROSE'S PSU NW PARK BLOCKS CRIT.