2012 GS Trophy Challenge

HalfPlate · Sep 27, 2012

Okay boys and girls we have the results from the 2012 GS Trophy East Coast Qualifier!!!! Dan Farson came in first!! What a rider, leagues ahead of everyone else. Carlo Boffi grabbed 2nd!! After spending an entire year two up to Patagonia on that same F800. I (Andrew Lacy) was blessed with an unexpected finish of 3rd overall.

As a 3rd place finalist I am now in the running for the finals in South America, but the competition isn't over yet. We need everyone to go to the BMW Motard US Facebook page and vote for the finalist you like the most to go on. There are 6 riders in the running for the USA and this voting will narrow it down to the 3 that go to the Trophy Challenge and represent the USA. I really cannot believe I finished this well and would be honored to represent the USA, the ADV community, and BMW in South America.

Be on the look out for a thread with pictures and videos!!

Thanks to everyone for voting,
Andrew Lacy
Halfplate

A few pics for your entertainment:

Eddy and I studying for our navigation test.

Ready to go! by Tamela Rich, on Flickr

Our official BMW market shots, I call this Action Jackson

Eating up challenge #3 on one the BMW's own F800 GS

Get out and VOTE ANDREW LACY!!!
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HalfPlate · Sep 27, 2012

The hill of wonders on day #3, semifinalist took red option only.

HalfPlate · Sep 28, 2012

Bill Conger showing the way. It was a real honor to have a Dakar participant judging us. Just something about racing Dakar that seems to earn you some street cred around here, not sure why. One heck of a nice guy if you ever get to meet him. He is also an instructor at the BMW Performance Center in Greer, SC, go there and learn from some of the best.

HalfPlate · Sep 28, 2012

Three little GS's all in a row. Purdy aren't they.

OUtback UFO · Sep 29, 2012

Let's not forget the Western Qualifier last week out in Moab...

1st Ryan Frazier from Pheonix, AZ.... former highly decorated US Marine... a guy who does a lot for the GS community in AZ.
2nd Chad Yoshitomi from Anchorage, AK... never rode a F800GS until the Day 2 of the qualifer and only had 6 dabs through the entire skills course and then went back afterwards and did it on his 1150GS
3rd Jason Houle and Mike Drew... both very skilled riders..

first set of picts is from the day before the Day 1 of competition... there was a "warm up" ride out in Kane Creek Canyon...

OUtback UFO · Sep 29, 2012

Day 1

OUtback UFO · Sep 29, 2012

day 2

HalfPlate · Oct 1, 2012

Seems like everyone had a hill climb or two. Watching these videos makes me wanna go find another one to play on..... Hey maybe there will be one in Argentina

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Stagehand · Oct 2, 2012

Great shots as usual, Mike!

I'll go ahead and hit the like button on this one.

HalfPlate · Oct 2, 2012

For your viewing pleasure: GS Trophy Hill Descent

This beauty was reserved for the final 12 and boy was it fun.

If you listen carefully on this one you can hear me stall and restart the engine on the go :huh couldn't believe I pulled that off on a bike I had all of 10 min of experience on and had never started. (listen for an engine start at 0:09, that's me restarting, the other engines you hear are more contestants headed up the trail.

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~wsrock~ · Oct 2, 2012

East: Forest. Dirt. More like the movie "Deliverance" (Now you listen, Ed. Damn it, we can get out of this thing, without any questions asked. )

West: Rocks. Sand. More like "Outlaw Josey Wales" (Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean.)

~wsrock~ · Oct 2, 2012

(pardon the cel phone camera quality!)

~wsrock~ · Oct 2, 2012

Insert Banjo music here...

(this was on the "extra credit" trail)

~wsrock~ · Oct 2, 2012

An example of our accommodations.

~wsrock~ · Oct 2, 2012

and how we got there

that was an interesting 2 hr ride. I decided to hit every checkpoint just to be sure

OUtback UFO · Oct 2, 2012

Stagehand said: ↑

Great shots as usual, Mike!

I'll go ahead and hit the like button on this one.
Click to expand...

Thanks Jason...

Hope you had a blast in WA... wish i was there riding!!!!

BC61 · Dec 2, 2012

Here are a few pics (~1500) from the east coast qualifier.

www.bmwmrt.com

~wsrock~ · Dec 2, 2012

They're Great! Thanks Bill!

BC61 said: ↑

Here are a few pics (~1500) from the east coast qualifier.

www.bmwmrt.com
Click to expand...

Stagehand · Dec 2, 2012

They finished today, i think..

Germany 1, France 2, Italy 3 i do believe.

FB is the epicenter of Trophy news

jack splash · Dec 3, 2012

Bill: Looks like everyone had a great time, nice job on the tests.

Who won?

Jack

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