And they are off!

I'm often amused by my own pictures after I see them on the screen because I don't always know what I actually photographed because it's all happening so fast.  In this first picture, it was the gate drop - you can see Scott in the background covering his ears.  He should have covered his eyes - I think that was the race where he got pelted with dirt.  But my point is it looks like only three bikes were in this race.

This is the same race, just a few second later.  Where did those other 3 bikes come from?

And just a few more second later and there's this huge crowd!!

You wait a few more seconds and here they come bouncing over the hill, all spread out again.  So weird how that happens...