It's been a long time since I've done any race reports, so I figured I would do kind of an abbreviated version with some of the pictures that have been on facebook and such. I guess overall, the season so far has gone pretty well for the most part. It seems things have gotten more consistent results wise, and I feel like my form is going pretty good right now heading into the Tulsa Tough weekend.
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| The Matrix Criterium in Dallas. Photo by Biff |
April 20th and the21st was the Matrix crits in Dallas. I honestly can't remember what places I finished in the 2/3 races. 10th and 11th I think? I know I finished in the money every race and I won the gambler 2 Laps to go prime lap of $100. I probably could have got a better finish overall if I hadn't got it, but maybe not. It's a difficult to move up on sometimes, plus I was in a good position so it was worth it. Three of us did the masters race on Sunday also. Going into the last couple of laps I thought I could win it for sure, but my team mate James and I got crossed up going into the last couple of turns and I ended up 4th.
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| The first and only fire hill crit so far. Another sweet Biff Stephens photo |
The TT series at Lake Overholser wrapped up in April. Once again I got second overall in the series. I'm getting closer, so maybe next year...
All the April Wednesday night races got rained out, but in May, we got 3 races in. The team pretty much dominated the category 1-2-3 A series. The TT was the first event. Rob got 1st, I got 2nd, and Judson got 3rd. The next week was the Draper circuit race. James and I got into a 2 man break and he let me have the win because I had a higher finish in the TT.
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| Fire hill crit. Last 50 meters sprinting for the win! |
The final event in the May series was the Fire Hill criterium. The team had the top 4 positions already locked up, but we raced it hard anyway. There was some pretty good competition at this race because all the entries and series payouts were going to be donated to tornado relief. We had good numbers and tried to work that into our favor. With about 6 laps to go, we had 3 riders in a 5 man break. Jason Waddell decided he was going to chase the break down, so he pretty much punched in for the last 5 laps or so. Rob attacked the break with about 3 to go, and Eric Melton took over for Jason for a lap. With half a lap to go, Jason caught Rob. Pretty much I guess just to prove he could. He sat up and waved us by. I was the one on his wheel and normally I wouldn't have gone so early, but I thought if I punched it and got to the big sweeper corner first with a gap, I could take it from there and that's exactly what happened.
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| OKC Pro Am day 1. Lee McDaniel photo |
I decided to double dip both days of the pro am. I did the masters A race and the 2/3 race on Saturday, and the 2/3 race and the Pro 1/2 race on Sunday.
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| 2/3 race Saturday Photo by Judson Copeland |
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| 2/3 race Sunday. Rob on the Attack. Photo by Andy Chasteen |
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| Brian on the attack Sunday 2/3 race. Andy Chasteen photo |
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| Biff giving the DNA team some important race info. Andy's photo again |
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| 1/2 race Sunday. Very fast! Andy's photo |
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| Suffering in the masters race on Saturday. Photo by Roger Meadows |
The Pro Am race went good I guess. I felt like it could have gone better, but it definitely could have gone worse. I got 7th and 11th both days which was in the money in every race, plus I got $200 in primes.
If the weather holds up, we'll race this Wednesday at Lake Draper, then the epic Tulsa Tough weekend!
