*Guillaume Nelessen of the van Dessel racing team, riding a Single Speed bike in his first mountain bike race of any distance, wins the Men's solo with 10 laps by just staying out there in the mud longer (and getting dirtier) than everyone else.

*Melissa Kern of Team CycleWorks avenges her narrow Women's Solo loss of last year by taking her first Solo title.

*Deb Beattie in her first 24-Hour race wins the Women's 40+ division AND the SURLY bike frame.

*Best Team Name: solo rider Elizabeth Schwartz calls herself "Solo Bear Bait."

*The Specialized Bicycle Components Guy/Gal team of Wiley Mosley and Laura Hanlon wins the 2-person Mixed division and provides all riders with water bottles.

*Team Midnight Special racks up 18 laps to win the 4-man overall title.

*Team AARP provides our first-ever team in the 50+ 4-man age division.

*Team Bulldog-Campmor makes history, becoming the first-ever all-women team to score (3rd place) in the 5-person division.

*The Corporate division race goes down to the wire with team Bigfoot's Rolex edging team Cyclopaths for the win.