Charlie Mitchell in the MitcHELLbeiner Skistadion luxury box suite... "gettin' ready for the big race, there dont'cha know..."

BOOGITY, BOOGITY, BOOGITY... The SKATEONA 800 will roll out on Wednesday at 4:45 pm. Qualifying starts at 4:30. Skiers must sprint one lap of the field to qualify. That time will be used to determine start position for the rolling start. Also, each racer's time in qualifying must also be their minimum pit time between laps of the race. Racers will ski two 400 dkm laps of the course. Each racer will be handicapped with the following restrictor plate: 80% of your age is your base time. Your performance is based on how much faster you are than your base time. For example, Charlie M. is 45 years old, so his base time is 36 minutes (80% 0f 45). If Charlie skis a 15 minute lap, pits for 1 minute and then skis a 14:20 lap, his overall time for the race of 0:30:20 is converted to -0:5:40. The skier with the lowest restrictor plate time wins!!! See you Wednesday.