I no longer ride, but did for years. I raced the Norba series for two year, but usually stuck to the East Coast races.
I started out on a Trek 600, then a Specialized M2 hardtail, then a Klean Adroit, moved from there to a Santa Cruz Heckler, then when I started to race DH a rode a Specialized FSR Team DH with A Monster T, from there went to a Cortina DH8 with a Shiver and raced a Foes ZigZag for DS. Racing was great, I'm just a little too beat up to even think of trying it anymore