Article and full results from Nationals!

[Motoman]

I just posted an article and the full results from Nationals on the main page on the KOTH website - www.KingOfTheHill.org

Gotta run at the moment...but it was an awesome event! HUGE thanks to everyone who came out to support the event!

[oldssr]

Very informative and well-written article, Kaleb

[Motoman]

I'm kinda like a broken clock...right a couple times a day, but badly in need of a new set of batteries.

[Motoman]

FYI, I just posted up a new version of the results that includes riders' city & state and bike brand information. And I also cleaned up a few typos and such in the article...which I wrote in like 20 minutes as I was getting ready to run out the door yesterday

Here's a few other fun facts about the event...like, number of riders by state:

CT 1
IA 12
IL 20
IN 3
KS 4
KY 6
MA 6
MI 9
MN 43
ND 12
NE 8
OH 5
PA 2
WI 73
WV 13

And entries by bike brand:

N/A 5
BSA 1
Buell 3
Cobra 10
H-D 6
Honda 162
Husaberg 1
Kawasaki 89
KTM 102
Suzuki 24
Triumph 1
Yamaha 92

...and just for fun, here's the most popular family names from the event:

Jelinek 9
Peterson 7
Hoschar 5
Shafer 5
Curry 4
Bach 4
Welch 4
Prebe 4
Marty 4
Brookshaw 4

Everybody else had 3 riders or less. Let's see...what else can I do with this data...

Percentage of riders with the last name Jelinek: 4.1%
Arnie Jelinek's beard-to-face ratio: About 65%
Percentage of King of the Hill trophies won by Shawn Jelinek: 100%

Uhhhh...

Longest distance traveled to get to Nationals: Around 1,380 miles for Wyatt LaFleur from Pembroke, MA
Most hair on the bottom side of his head: Johnny Curry Jr.
Least hair on the top side of his head: Johnny Curry Jr.
Best celebration by a mini class dad: Brent Huppert
Mini Class dad most likely to need oxygen: Brent Huppert
Gnarliest crash over the top of the hill: Aaron Bechel
Best Captain America look-alike: Matt Peters
Best glow-in-the-dark riding gear: Josh Denson
Best glow-in-the-dark motorcycle: Kaly Mueller
Percentage of attendees who expected to see an 8.5 second ride: 0.001% (just Logan Cipala)
Percentage of needed rain we got in the 2 weeks leading up to the event: 0%
Percentage of unnecessary rain we got right after the event ended: 1,000,000,000%
Gallons of water trucked in by Brian Marking to spray on the hill: About 35,000
Number of missed times: 0 (we thought we missed one right at the start, but he actually didn't make the hill)
Number of times Ryan brainfarted someone's name and called them by someone else's name: 42
Dollar amount of the 50/50 raffle prize when we just had it at the t-shirt stand: $225
Dollar amount of the 50/50 raffle prize when the trophy girls were walking around with it: $550
Percentage growth of the Mini Girls class compared to 2012: 37.5%
Percentage growth of the Women's class compared to 2012: 50%
Percentage of riders entered in 1 class: About 22.6%
Percentage of riders entered in 2 classes: About 33.2%
Percentage of riders entered in 3 classes: About 28.1%
Percentage of riders entered in 4 classes: About 14%

And finally...

Percentage of attendees who are awesome: 100%
Percentage of attendees VSMC wants to have back at a future event: 100%
Number of lame webmasters with too much time on their hands at the moment: 1

[Motoman]

Just added some photos, courtesy of Mike Nelson Digital Photography - www.MikeNelsonDigitalPhoto.com

[Motoman]

Had a request for one more stat:

Number of times the word "Cipala" appears in the article: 26

[42green]

update on molly carbon turns out it was only badly sprained and she is up and ready to race

[Motoman]