Good Morning! Hope everyone has recovered from an intense day of heat! Some of us decided to brave the track last night and I'm really glad that we did. It was a pretty epic night of racing. At one point I was at the starting line and looked down to see my Garmin read 119 degrees.
I feel like we had a pretty damn good turn out considering that sweltering Sahara heat. We had 16 people. I being the only woman, and there being only one or two C's, forced us to combine races and run A and B groups only. This turned out to be a good thing. The night ended a bit earlier and many got to face the challenge of riding with some faster folks.
Steven returned for last night's races and showed up uber prepared to pamper us through the night. We had a water jug full of ice and water, a cooler of poweraid, and a huge tub with ice, water, and towels.
Okay so here are the results:
Round 1 - 3 Lap Sprint From a standing start. No neutral.
A's
1. 256 Hayden Warner
2. 16 Robert Mayfield
3. 11 Joe Walsh
4. 26 Kevin Weyman
B's
1. 52 Zachary Slavens
2. 50 Matt Karnowski
3. 271 Frank Brummer
4. 239 Dave Stone
Round 2 - Unknown Distance Between 4 & 17 laps
A's
1. 256 Hayden Warner
2. 11 Joe Walsh
3. 46 Chak Lattanand
4. 16 Robert Mayfield
5. 38 Rob Ollerman
6. 26 Kevin Weyman
B's
1. 238 William Howells
2. 52 Zachary Slavens
3. 50 Matt Karnowski
4. 0 Molly Brady
5. 262 Kurt Schenk
6. 12 Brian Shelton
7. 40 Jim Smith
8. 270 Zak Hafner
9. 239 Dave Stone
Round 3 - Points Race 50 Laps Combined A & B
1. 256 Hayden Warner 67 points
2. 11 Joe Walsh 59 points
3. 271 Frank Brummer 29 points
4. 239 Dave Stone 4 points
5. 12 Brian Shelton 1 points
6. 262 Kurt Schenk
7. 238 William Howells
8. 50 Matt Karnowski
9. 270 Zak Hafner
Round 4 - Kayce's Crawl
1. 46 Chak Lattanand
2. 50 Matt Karnowski
3. 12 Brian Shelton
4. 52 Zachary Slavens
5. 239 Dave Stone
6. 271 Frank Brummer
7. 256 Hayden Warner
It's pretty obvious that Hayden Warner showed up and swept that track with his opponents. At the end of that insane 50 lap points race he sprinted to the finish with a gap on the field. Bill Howells flew off the front from the start in the unknown distance and we never managed to catch him, even when pacing with half lap pulls, and he took first.
There are a handful of guys that I have watched get better and better as the season progresses from last year, and a couple that have shown up and done very well for themselves. Zach Slavens just keeps improving and Dave Stone came back after suffering a broken leg at the track a few years ago and has held his own.
I want to wish Robert, Kevin, Zach, and Russ good luck up at Northbrook this weekend! They are going for a sprint competition being held on the 30th.
Also, there was mention that Eduardo (whose name I have repeatedly misspelled, my apologies) has sustained an injury. I wish him a speedy recovery and if there is anything us folks at Penrose can do, let us know.
See ya'll next week!
at the risk of sounding obnoxious commenting on my own results . . . that win in the unknown dist was 90% luck and 10% skill, but it was still really fun to get a V in the B race against a quality field.
ReplyDeletehaving pulled my hamstring in the sprint trying to follow Dave Stone's excellent jump, I had no other option than an "enduro" strategy, go hard from the start, but not so hard to provoke a response from the field. all we knew was the distance was 4-17 laps, and I bet on an early bell, hoping Steven would not make us ride 17 laps in the heat. saw five laps, the field closing, legs fading, six lap card, DING, stepped on the gas and managed to hold off a charging field led by emerging phenom Zack Slavins, who I nearly took up and off the track after the finish, not used to coming across on the front.
that will be the first and last time that tactic works this season! but definitely got my $5 worth of racing. what a bargain!
That strategy worked great Bill! At first we didn't even think it was worth it to chase because it was so hot and it could have been long. But when you gained some solid distance, we realized you had it. NICE JOB!!!! We had to work for it.
ReplyDelete-Molly