Adam's Report from Night Train

Night Train
So, here we are Team VPC and Team Deltec (dirt bike divisions), immersed in the Mountain Bike scene. Man, it's like a night and day difference from the USCF (road) scene. Anyway, this time we headed deeper into the western edges of WNC to Fontana Village, about a half hour past Tsali. Here's the skinny from the promoters web site:
The Night Train uses a Le-Mans style start. Starting racers must have their bikes in the area specified during the rider's meeting. The racers must run to their bikes from the designated starting line (editor's note: which ended up only being a lap around the stage shown in the fourth picture below). The race starts at 10:00 AM and ends at 10:00 PM. A team's final placing will be determined by the number of laps completed and the order of finish. For example, a team that has completed 20 laps, with a finish time of 10:34 PM would beat a team that completed 20 laps with a time of 10:40 PM. A team with 21 laps completed and a finish time of 11:00 PM would beat them both.