My respect goes out to the 1-up guys as well. From personal experience (GC 2007) I know that doing races in such conditions makes a 1-up crew very tired. Therefore completing a series of no less then 15 races is a major achievement in my book. Especially when finding the strength somewhere to score a 3rd place in race 13 on the very last race day !

The fight for these crews is against the conditions, themselves and loss of concentration first and against the other competitors second.

For me, these guys and Ed Mills in particular rose up to the challenge and have beaten it. In echo of Pete Pollard I feel we should celebrate their achievement and spirit.

Respect !

Wouter