Vacaville Grand Prix E3s
She had some curves and a nice backside..I'm talking about the course! STRAVA After shaving some weight off my face I woke up this morning feeling good! Also stumbling on a killer track from World's Fair really got my pumped to race this morning. Last year racing this course it was tough for me to get into the mood. I believe I had done Winters the day before also and was wrecked! But I feel like I've made some progress from last year. Anyways!
I attacked the first lap just to get prime photos! Thanks Alex once again for catching my rage face! Haha The next 15-20 minutes I stayed in the middle to end just to save steam. The homie Bob Landers (Davis) took off for two laps but was whreel'd in my Data Driven dudes. When he was caught I bridged up towards the front thinking another break might happen.. And it did. Garrett Marking (Chico Corso) and Eric Brickler (Data Driven Athlete) ook off for a couple laps and I then made a jump to catch onto their break. They were back into the field. As we came around again to the false flat I decided to turn on the boosters.
Garrett and Eric jumped on and we began our distance from the field. Erics teammates (DDA) started to do work also and block (slow the field down) as best as they could. And it fucking worked! We had a good 30 second gap for the last 4-5 laps!
Just before bell lap Eric told Garrett and I that he was gonna attack at the sprint. And I told both Garrett and him that's fine. I was just stoked to be in another successful break and getting podium was all I wanted. I tried to attack and the false flat and Eric yelled to hold off. I just wanted to see if I coulda lost him and Garrett but it probably wasn't going to happen. As we came around the last corner to the sprint I was first wheel... Yeah I set myself up to fail but eh! So I got outta my saddle and laid DEEP into the pain cave. "Am I going to get first!?" Dropped into my thoughts as the finish line drew closer! But within ten feet Eric came left and Garrett came to the right of me as we passed the finish line.
I didn't care how it ended just being with such powerful dudes in a break like that really made my day! I now 22-23 points in my cat 3 standings. I need 30 to upgrade. So the main/only goal is to podium for the next 5-6 races that are left for my season. OOOHHH IM EXCITE!!
Thanks again for all the support