Quotes of the Night

"This is going down real slow."--Selene sipping her PBR on the start of Race 2

"Who came in front?"--Harlan, unaware that he'd just won Race 2

"There's Nipples."--Juniper Pryor, watching Dan Hart run through the sandbox

"Oh man, I SMOKE Kuklis. Every time."--Ryan, commenting on his mano-mano with Kuklis for the final laps of Race 2

"There's no taking that back now, is there?"--Ryan, realizing his words would appear in print

"Sometimes I'm out of my body and looking at myself from above."--Stacie Pearson, relaying how she was able to super-glue Paul's face back together

"My bike handled like a freakin' 18-wheeler."--Bobby Lea, experiencing FSX for the first time

"I just want Selene again."--Plunkett, supposedly talking about the team relay during Thanksgiving cross

"I just tried not to smash her."--Steve, running up on Selene in Race 1

"There were about 30 seconds when I layed on the ground and thought seriously about leaving the house."--Steak, after crashing on Race 1

"As long as their face isn't involved, they're really nice-looking animals."--Plunkett, on the goats

"Are you drinking out of the bottle? You know, your wine glass is just over there."--Stacie, challenging Beth's decision to forgo stemware late in the evening

"My right thigh hurts from the back ass of a bee."--X2, one among many taken down by the yellow jackets

"I was pile driven by Bowman in the back."--Steak

"You know who's not at all fit out there, but still has some skill? Bowman."--Ryan

"Someone said something really funny over there, but I can't remember who or what they said."--Stacie Quote-o-Matic Pearson

"There's never been an Irishman who says Guinness is not bad."--Taylor, looking ahead to Irish Night

"The first lap of my first race I was thinking 'you people are nuts. This is so much fun.'"--Bobby Lea, post-Beijing

"I can't imagine what it must be like for those people."--Ryan, on the riders choosing to start the race sans PBR, encountering the inevitiable bottleneck

"All I saw was pink, and I thought 'don't hurt her, don't hurt her.'"--Steve, after seeing Selene crash and trying to avoid running over her on the descent

"On a scale of 1-10 my fitness level is a 1. And I just upgraded from a 0."--Pete

"Bobby Lea is still wearing a chamois."--Plunkett, 4 hours post-race, around the fire

"Yeah, when's the last time you went to the Olympics?"--Taylor, calling Plunkett out

"24 beers in 24 hours just to get in the door."--Ryan, already dreaming of the PBR showdown during 24 Hour FSX, Dec. 4-5

"Now why would you want to go do a risky thing like that?"
-Taylor, sitting around the fire, after someone mentioned they were leaving to drive home.

"I'm sorry Pete, did I run up your ass out there?"
-Steve

"I haven't been this drunk in so long."
-Selene, before she launched into five minutes of non-stop (kind of unnerving) hysterical laughter on first lap of race 2.

"My goal tonight is to kick Jeremy's butt."
-Xine just before the start of first race

"Kuklis will never go over the barriers like I can. That makes him pissed."
-Ryan, right before his great smoking quote

"When you wear a nice outfit you're more likely to win prizes."
-Cush, getting existential after taking home the fan favorite award

"No! No! Don't pass me, don't pass me—you assssshoooooooooole!"
-Selene, in the moments leading up to Steve's bicyclular assault.

"AWWW...you can't put that THERE!"—Kuklis, upon discovering that he'd swooped down on an empty Peeber

"Kuklis never finishes his beers. It's a secret that I know."—Deb Cosgrove

"I'm a pace car, not a race car!!!" Myself trying to esplain my lack of speed to the masses... Awesome first night of racin 5 st... Thanks for a good time...

emily wrote: "Kuklis never finishes his beers. It's a secret that I know."—Deb Cosgrove

Dan's video should put a stop to the Kuklis PBR bashing. Check it out and you'll see the Peeber is clearly drained of all but foam. Now go pick on someone who deserves it. Like Mary.

Also, please note that the video shows me making that turn toward the sandbox without falling or dismounting. So any rumors that I lack basic skills and fitness are clearly disproved. Please pick on someone who rides angry (Brad or Steve), who is annoying friendly on the course (Yozell or Spago), or who transcends typical masculinity when he kits up (Cush).

Above all, let Kuklis heal!