DIRT Crits Tuesday November 26 and who could believe it's already the second to last XC race of 2024.

For something completely new, at the suggestion of Tim Ross, the evening consisted of two timed runs along the Riflebutts Road single track.

This is a really cool bit of trail; nothing too difficult, fast and flowy.

The course length was 3.3 kilometres.

The objective for the competitors was to produce two runs with the most consistent times.

Ben Ross came out victorious with two efforts producing identical times of nine minutes and 23 seconds - perfect!

Second place on the night was awarded to the rider with the lowest combined two laps and in a break-out performance this was produced by young Tom Logan-Williams with a combined time of 18 minutes and seven seconds.

Bruce Halket had the second fastest combined time of 18 minutes and 20 seconds.

Third place overall was Damian Grundy with a two second difference with laps of nine minutes 24 seconds and nine minutes 22 seconds.

In fourth overall and second in the Ross vs Ross Cup was Tim Ross with a three second variation.

In fifth and first Female was Nicole Hoebergen with a seven second difference between runs.

Thanks to everyone and especially Cam Dobson and Darren Bakker for managing the timing.

See you next week for another XC night.