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Kenosha Velodrome, July 6, 2010

Race 34, 1st place, CAT4, 8 lap Scratch
Race 35, 2nd place, CAT4, 5 lap Scratch
Race 36, 3rd place, CAT4, Miss N Out

Kenosha Velodrome, June 29, 2010

Race 31, CAT4, 500m chariot race, 4th place.
Race 32, CAT4, 20 Lap Points Race, no place
Race 33, CAT4, 12 Lap Points Race, no place

I hate points races…seriously. I had fun anyway, but grrrrrr…..

Race #5, 5th place…CAT 4 scratch race
Race #6, 1st place…CAT 4/5 10 lap tempo
race #7, 5th place…CAT 4 10 lap tempo

Great night!! Good people!! I can’t wait until next week after getting out to the isle for more sprints.

I am seriously flattered. Mr. Engwis and Beth Engwis have been awesome friendly at the Kenosha track this year, as well as at the the Major Taylor Velodrome in Indianapolis. Beth is awesome to watch when she is racing and I watch her to learn how to approach races. I am definitely a fan and wish them both well in the seasons to come.

The last night of racing for Kenosha was Tuesday and it was a blast. My cold had started to fade. My injuries seem to be getting better. I do need to get this should x-rayed at some point though. I sat in a tried to hold my own but the fields were larger than normal and the competition was tough. There was a nice Half Acre team showing as well. I really appreciated that. At any rate, more extra credit races:

race 56 no place
race 57 6th place
race 58 no place and the season at Kenosha is now over.

I will be finishing Major Taylor on September 19th but will be racing the 28th of Ausgust with Tim. It should be a good time. I will be meeting my brother and his wife there, along with my niece, whom I haven’t met yet.

Late season injury has me slower than i want to be at the moment:

Race 48, 12th out of 29 in the BFF Alleycat
Race 49, no place, unknown distance
Race 50, 5th place, unknown distance
Race 51, no place, miss n out
Race 52, 10thish, 20 lap scratch

Tim and I at Indy on Friday…Kenosha next week for the season ender and Indy on the 28th. Been a great season and now I need to figure out how to get better for next year.

race 44 danish 6th place
race 45 danish 5th place
race 46 tempo race no place
race 47 points race no place

all as CAT4

wasnt feeling it after last sundays bail…

Kenosha, August 4, 2009

Race #40 7th place in a cat4 scratch out of 18
#41 5th place in a miss n out
42 DFL in masters 40+ miss n out, which, if you dont know is ALL hayes guys…
43 3rd place in a miss n out

I had a freaking blast this evening….

“Donald C. Vanderbrook, 50, of Yorkville, who suffered a serious head injury Tuesday while racing at the Washington Park velodrome, has died, a spokeswoman at Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa said.

Vanderbrook was racing in close quarters with other cyclists when the crash occurred.”

Photo by Tim Strege.

My best wishes to his family.

It was a good night. rusty riders and people not looking created dangerous fun.

Tim Strege from Half Acre Cycling has shots of the evac from the track last night.

Rubbed wheels with someone not looking at what they were doing and this is what happened:

Which took me out of the following race. That race ended up with a helicopter taking a rider out of there. I do hope he is ok.

I got a 7th out 19 on the first scratch race.