Team roll: was well represented today at Mid Ohio including Mark Matrka & Dan Tinderholt in the 5 Open, Jaybone Allred in the 4-5, the talented young Andy Will in the 1-3, and Marco Corroto, Chairman Fred Parks, Cadillac George Conti and yours truly in the Masters. Brother Butch and Mel Corroto were among the many roll: fans who came out to cheer us on!
When we arrived at Mid Ohio we were not able to ride on the racetrack because the BMW club was still finishing up their testing in preparation for tomorrow's road race. As I said to a few folks at today's race, if you have any second thoughts about the cost of bike racing then come out and see the goings on at one of these car races. There were street Porsche's, 7-series BMW's and AC Cobra's among the other high dollar cars burning up gas, brakes and tires on the track. Don't get me wrong I love auto racing and it would be really cool to take one of these awsome cars out on the track. I spoke to someone before the race who was there with their car and they travel all over the country doing these events and there are over 40 races on the calender. It makes this bike racing thing look cheap by comparison.
So back to the race. By the time the cars were finished up we were a bit behind schedule so our race was shortened from 10 to 7 laps. No big breaks developed and our group stayed together until the finish when Cadillac George launched a powerful sprint and stayed away for the win! Marco was right on his wheel and finished in 2nd place. I finished in 3rd to make a clean podium sweep for teamroll:! This is how we planned it during the race and it was nice to see things come together the way they did. Chairman Fred road a strong race and showed off his recent training with a top 5 finish. Just wait 'til crit season Fred!
I didn't get to hear the other final results but Mark, Dan and Jay all looked really strong in their races. The talented young Andy had a strong sprint at the end of his tough 1-3 race and I believe he finished in the top 5.
Speaking of Andy, he wins this week's "most resourceful" award. As gas prices inch ever closer to $4.00 per gallon, I think Andy has figured out how to make his gas go as far as possible by using his motorcycle to travel to the races. I'm not sure I would have believed this could be done but Andy figured out a pretty slick system.
Tomorrow morning I'm meeting the Mighty Scott Young for a reconnaissance ride in the Hocking Hills to check out next week's race course. Should be a nice way to enjoy the great weather that is in tomorrow's forecast.
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Andy is smarter than he looks. Where are the wheels?
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