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Kenosha Velodrome, May 25, 2010

Cat 4, 3 lap sprints, 5th place
Cat 4/5, unknown distance, 3rd place
Cat 4/5, unknown distance, 6th place

Janna’s results at her first race night:

Cat 4, 3 lap sprints, no place
Cat 4, unknown distance, not dead last

She did great actually. The weather was perfect and the crowd was large. Good times.

I went to the season ender for Thursday’s at the Major Taylor Velodrome and had a blast. Lara tagged along and Matt from Turin was there. It was a good time racing after three weeks off. Felt good and would be doing the two day event this weekend had I planned ahead better. And the final count is, racing with the CAT4s as a CAT3:

Race 58, 25.03 flying lap.
Race 59 no place, scratch race, bars came loose at the beginning had a rough start.
Race 60, 3rd place, points race.
Race 61, 6th, Miss n’ Out
Race 62, 6th place, points race.

And for my 2009 track season, fin.

and now i am bored…

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…

16 races into the season….nothing to report…the northbrook fields are too large to be competitive so, also i was REALLY beat from the previous evening of racing so nothing to report….kenosha on tuesday.

at the major taylor velodrome…last night.

13 races into the season:
24 seconds .03 12th place on a flying lap
4th place in points race,
2nd with 8 points on a ten lap tempo (being pointing the first and second places on each lap)
7th on the last scratch and i was toast

tonight….feeling kind of bleh….we’ll see what happens

photo by Gavin Gould