TRACK JULY 9 RESULTS

Beautiful weather for track and a who who’s in the best from WNY racing showed up, racers if you want to get faster, this is the place to be. Where can you do a training races against the likes of Jay Joslyn( Shickluna) , Mike Bridges( Shickluna) , Jay Skalski (Handlebars), J. Cooke (French Meadow Bakery/Fortistar), Kenny Thomas (Well Fargo), Jim Cowle (Well Fargo) in a fast and safe facility. The speed workout is fantastic, B riders you can train all year by your self and never get the benefit of one night of track. The reason the fastest guys in WNY come here is because this is the place to build speed and speed win races. So come out and catch the fever, no cars, no marshals, bring your kids, Kenny had his whole family there, the kids riding in the in field during the racing and around the track during the breaks. Ok enough of the promotion.

We started out with a 36 lap scratch race, 11 riders on the line and after two laps of easy riding Mike Bridges decides to wake up the pack. An attack off the front and the chase begins, Joe Cooke answers the call and tries to bridge up, small groups are riding hard to bring it together. Sure enough the group comes together after a few laps. With a little less baggage, one thing about track the speed are high and if 30+ is not in your legs, you can be spit off the back in a hurry. But we allow you to rejoin so racing is not about you losing the pack and never seeing them again. This is the best training, like motor pacing to build your speed. So riding together is not what Mike Bridges wants today and takes off again, Joe Cooke covers the move and the 2 escapee head around the track, Jay takes to the front and sets a nice pace around 25 mph to keep the group on his wheel and let the 2 riders stay off the front. Some riders try to bridge up but Jay just welds them back, with what’s left of the pack in his wake. Jim makes a final move with 2 laps to go and is trying to hang on to 3rd place with the bell lap ringing. Joe tries to take Mike B from the front, but Mike finds the extra HP to win at the end, Jim holds off the pack, as Frank Mesi (French Meadow Bakery/Fortistar) leads the pack around the final bend, with Kenny, and Jay J. blowing by just before the finish. My speedo indicated a 36 mile top speed. I think I need a bigger gear LOL on my track bike.

Nice way to start the evening huh, after a short rest, it on to the point’s race, 24 laps of hard riding and 5 sprints in between. The first sprint has Bridges, Thomas and Joe in that orders. Regrouping the next sprint now see Kenny, Bridges and Dave Kina (UB) in the mix. Before the 3rd sprint Jay J. decides that sprinting is not how he is going to win this race and says good bye and heads up the track, with everyone looking at each other, wishing they had latched on to the Grand Island express. Jay gets the next sprint and Joe C and Kenny picks up the next other sprint points. Jay continues to motor and even as Frank tries to rail him in, all he can do is keeping the group even at a half lap behind. Jay picks up another sprint; Mike B is back in the mix and gets the sprint for second just in front of Kenny. Jay is now close to lapping the field. Jason takes Joe C up the road and they survive the insult of being lapped by Jay, in less than 12 laps. Jay picks up 10 points for lapping the field but now has to sprint with the group. Joe C wins the final sprint from Jason, and Frank finds some old magic and gets the sprint from Jay and Kenny for 3rd.

Final placing Jay (16), Joe (9), Kenny (7),

Last event for the evening a Chammie burner – 8 laps of a 39/17 gear Bridges, Jason, Jay and Jim C in that order. Even guys who can push the big gear can spin with the best of them. LOL

Hope to see you again next week, where speed does not kill but makes you faster.