track race report
From: Dan Schueller
Date: Aug 10, 2007 11:46 AM
Sara was missed at the track but the girl’s gotta rest a little after
that long Superweek. The women’s field was the smallest all year at
only 5 riders which included an out-of-towner who won most everything.
But no women crashed this week.
For me, last night was one of the funnest racing at the track this
year. If any of you have even the slightest urge or curiosity about
track racing, you really should take the track class because it is such
a blast racing on that track. Plus it’s a great group of friendly
racers and officials which make it an amazing experience.
The first race was a 16 lap Tempo race which means every lap the first
guy gets 2 points and the second guy gets 1 point. I kept getting
outsprinted in the first 3 sprints so I decided to attempt a breakaway
which worked for about 4-5 laps. While I was away I rang up 9 points
but when the group caught me they blew by and I got dropped for the
first time at the track. But nobody in the group dominated the points
and my 9 points ended up winning with two people tied with 8 points.
The second race, a miss-n-out, I usually do well at but I really blew
this one. Early on I got boxed in at the bottom of the track. I never
got out and ended up 7th.
The third race, a 60 lap points race with sprints every 10 laps, was
the Cat 3 State Championship points race for the year. I got a couple
points early on but the highlight was after the 3rd sprint I broke away
with Sean Yeaton and we lapped the field (the first time anyone’s done
this in the Cat 3s this year). So we both got 20 points and I was
leading by 2 points going into the last sprint. But Sean won the last
sprint for 5 points and I got 3rd for 2 points so I ended up with the
silver medal with 32 points to Sean’s 33 points (Lionel Space was 3rd
with 18 points).