Well, I had intended on making this post yesterday once I had access to the pictures my wife took on Tuesday, but I got side tracked playing Super Off Road for my SNES (yes, an old games geek if you didn't know already).
Anyhow, I had a great night of racing on Tuesday, and pictures will follow shortly to go along with this posting.
Our moto was comprised of Brandon, Ariel, Cassandra, Jamie, and myself. Unfortunately due to rules with the ABA and Jamie riding a 24" Cruiser, he is not allowed to actually race with us, but he gets signed up in our class so that he can at least take part in the "Open" races where no points are calculated. So this meant we only had 4 riders, but the transfer system for the main was constructed as if there were 5 riders, which is 1-1-2, yes, that meant all four riders qualified in the end.
The first heat was close, Ariel took the lead and Brandon and I battled for 2nd throughTurn 1 and 2 to the back straight, Cassandra was close behind. Over one set of doubles (you will see how close it was in the pictures to be posted later) Brandon made contact with my rear tire, I did not see what happened, but apparently he was tossed over his handle bars. I heard the crash and everybody's reaction who were sitting on the bleachers. The contact did not effect me all that much, but the lead Ariel had was big enough that I could not get close enough to think about passing him, but I did close the gap and finished 2nd.
The second heat was alot closer. Brandon and myself batteled for for first for the entire length of the track. As we entered the final corner I had a slight lead, Brandon was right on my tail and took the inside line to then run high, wich normally forces me to make a decision to take any contact that may occure, or adjust my line to avoid it. I kept my line anticipating the contact, but there was minimal contact, if none at all. I was able to square up coming out of the corner, down the final straight maintaining my lead, and qualify for the main.
The main remains a blur, but I will give the best recap as possible. I had a pretty good start, I saw Ariel to my right stumble out of the gate but he recovered well. Going into the first corner Brandon and I were neck and neck battling for the lead. Coming out of Turn 2 I was able to pick up a ton of speed, passing Brandon, and continued to pedal hard down the straight into Turn 3, and then down into the final turn. I knew I had the lead, but was not aware as to how much or how little that lead actually was, either way I was not going to risk it so I pedaled hard down the final stretch, crossing the line in FIRST PLACE!
Kate has pictures of the final stretch, Airel was close behind me and closed the gap pretty good, if the track was an extra 20 or so feet long, it would have been a real battle for the finish. When I cross the line you can see the huge relief that I felt knowing the race was done and I just finished first.
Afterwards I joked that it was time to retire while I was ontop.
Anyhow, I had a great night of racing on Tuesday, and pictures will follow shortly to go along with this posting.
Our moto was comprised of Brandon, Ariel, Cassandra, Jamie, and myself. Unfortunately due to rules with the ABA and Jamie riding a 24" Cruiser, he is not allowed to actually race with us, but he gets signed up in our class so that he can at least take part in the "Open" races where no points are calculated. So this meant we only had 4 riders, but the transfer system for the main was constructed as if there were 5 riders, which is 1-1-2, yes, that meant all four riders qualified in the end.
The first heat was close, Ariel took the lead and Brandon and I battled for 2nd throughTurn 1 and 2 to the back straight, Cassandra was close behind. Over one set of doubles (you will see how close it was in the pictures to be posted later) Brandon made contact with my rear tire, I did not see what happened, but apparently he was tossed over his handle bars. I heard the crash and everybody's reaction who were sitting on the bleachers. The contact did not effect me all that much, but the lead Ariel had was big enough that I could not get close enough to think about passing him, but I did close the gap and finished 2nd.
The second heat was alot closer. Brandon and myself batteled for for first for the entire length of the track. As we entered the final corner I had a slight lead, Brandon was right on my tail and took the inside line to then run high, wich normally forces me to make a decision to take any contact that may occure, or adjust my line to avoid it. I kept my line anticipating the contact, but there was minimal contact, if none at all. I was able to square up coming out of the corner, down the final straight maintaining my lead, and qualify for the main.
The main remains a blur, but I will give the best recap as possible. I had a pretty good start, I saw Ariel to my right stumble out of the gate but he recovered well. Going into the first corner Brandon and I were neck and neck battling for the lead. Coming out of Turn 2 I was able to pick up a ton of speed, passing Brandon, and continued to pedal hard down the straight into Turn 3, and then down into the final turn. I knew I had the lead, but was not aware as to how much or how little that lead actually was, either way I was not going to risk it so I pedaled hard down the final stretch, crossing the line in FIRST PLACE!
Kate has pictures of the final stretch, Airel was close behind me and closed the gap pretty good, if the track was an extra 20 or so feet long, it would have been a real battle for the finish. When I cross the line you can see the huge relief that I felt knowing the race was done and I just finished first.
Afterwards I joked that it was time to retire while I was ontop.
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