1997 DIRTY DOZEN RESULTS The 15th Annual DIRTY DOZEN was held on Saturday, November 29th The weather was: High Temp. of 52 degrees F, CLOUDY, periods of light rain, foggy. A record 29 riders showed up for the start. Five places (5,4,3,2,1 points) are awarded at the top of each hill. RIDERS.....HILL # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 POINTS 1. Daniel Chew 5 5 3 4 5 1 4 3 1 4 2 5 5 47 2. Josh Smith 4 4 5 5 3 . 5 5 . 2 4 4 2 43 3. Johnny Knotts 2 3 4 2 4 2 3 . 4 5 3 3 4 39 4. Jamey McCalla 3 . . 3 . 5 . 2 . 3 1 . . 17 5. Adam Pollock . 2 . . 2 . . . . . 5 . . 9 *6. Mark Nicoll . . 1 . . 3 . . 3 1 . . 1 9 *7. Ruud Van Dijk . 1 . . . . 2 1 . . . 2 3 9 8. Tom Chew . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . 5 9. Eric Dobratz . . . . 1 . . 4 . . . . . 5 10. John Evanko . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . 4 11. Dan Latt . . 2 . . . . . 2 . . . . 4 *12. Bill Kanarek . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . 2 * Greg Rymer 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . 2 14. Mark Hess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15. Warren Delraso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16. Matt Eaton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17. Ron Lutz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18. Steve Downing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19. Oscar Swan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *20. Bob Berg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *21. Nick Turk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *22. Keith McCool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *23. Armando Rotondi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *24. Mike Herbst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *25. Ryan Graff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *26. Tom Cacciarelli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *27. Joe Blackburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *28. DIANE BLACKBURN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29. Mitch Mabrey DNF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Denotes a first time rookie Dirty Dozen rider. The lead changed 8 times between Dan Chew and Josh Smith The matrix below shows the lead changes with the leaders points. Leader ...Hill# 1  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Danny Chew 5                         Danny Chew   10                       Danny Chew & Josh Smith     13                     Josh Smith       18                   Danny Chew         22                 Danny Chew           23               Danny Chew             27             Josh Smith               31           Danny Chew & Josh Smith                 31         Danny Chew                   35        Danny Chew & Josh Smith                     37     Danny Chew                       42   Danny Chew                         47 1997 HILL WINS Rider Wins Daniel Chew 5 Josh Smith 4 Johnny Knotts 1 Jamey McCalla 1 Adam Pollock 1 Tom Chew 1   1997 DIRTY DOZEN NOTES Ron Lutz set the fatman record at 225 pounds (102 kilograms). Oscar Swan set the old man record at 55 years old. Mark Nicoll was the first rookie finisher. Diane Blackburn (GT/Certified Angus Beef/Snitgers) was the first woman to ever make it up all of the hills. Thanks goes out to Mark Powder for officiating, Mike McCarty for providing refreshments, and Diane Blackburn's parents for providing technical support.   CLICK HERE TO RETURN TO THE DIRTY DOZEN MAIN PAGE ., .