The Cresta Run - The Grand National 2006

Riders made three runs down the course, which has ten corners and is 0.75 miles (1.2 km) long. Riders can reach speeds of 75 mph (120 kph).
The winner was Lord Clifton Wrottesley, a peer from Galway on Ireland's West coast. It is his fourth Grand National win, and he is the only competitor to win the club's grand slam (the Morgan, Curzon and Grand National events) three times Wrottesley has had Olympic success, coming fourth in the skeleton race at Salt Lake City in 2002.
Unlike a bobsled track, which is man-made with high-banked corners, The Cresta Run is hand-made from the snow with no concrete or wood support.
Every spring the track melts away and has to be constructed again by hand once the winter snow returns. As it lacks high banking, the Cresta riders frequently crash over the bank and off the course. One corner, Shuttlecock, is notorious for causing crashes. Every competitor who crashes at Shuttlecock automatically becomes a member of the Shuttlecock Club​ and is entitled to
wear a special tie.

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