The First Half of the First Trip of the Season
Since I am not one to play catch up this will only be a quick recap of the first week of our four week trip. There will be much better coverage of the events as they unfold for the rest of the season.
After driving for 26 hours straight through, from Colorado Springs, CO to Trexlertown, Pa, Kevin “Pit Bull” Selker. Ryan “Frankenstein” Luttrell, Mike “Toolbox” Hall, and I arrived for our first weekend of racing in the National Track Calendar for the 2006 Season. Our races were scheduled for Saturday June 3 and the following Friday June 10th. Not much to speak of. We are still getting our track legs under us, and the fields where stacked with European racers, which made for very fast racing. And unfortunately Ryan and I rode quite possible the toughest Madison of our lives simply because of our lack of positioning through the entire race. We ended up racing from the back and riding above the blue line for most of the race meaning that we ended up riding about 33% farther than the winning team. This will be corrected this weekend in Detroit at a Three day Madison Race cleverly named NasTrack. Although, Pit Bull Selker ended up being the best placed American rider in both the Keirin and the Sprints for the two events, which leaves him at the top of the US National Team qualifying standings. This is quite amazing considering this is his first full season of track racing.
Well that is all for now, Ryan and I will be heading to Detroit (the rest of the team flew home) in the morning and hopefully I will add more tomorrow.
After driving for 26 hours straight through, from Colorado Springs, CO to Trexlertown, Pa, Kevin “Pit Bull” Selker. Ryan “Frankenstein” Luttrell, Mike “Toolbox” Hall, and I arrived for our first weekend of racing in the National Track Calendar for the 2006 Season. Our races were scheduled for Saturday June 3 and the following Friday June 10th. Not much to speak of. We are still getting our track legs under us, and the fields where stacked with European racers, which made for very fast racing. And unfortunately Ryan and I rode quite possible the toughest Madison of our lives simply because of our lack of positioning through the entire race. We ended up racing from the back and riding above the blue line for most of the race meaning that we ended up riding about 33% farther than the winning team. This will be corrected this weekend in Detroit at a Three day Madison Race cleverly named NasTrack. Although, Pit Bull Selker ended up being the best placed American rider in both the Keirin and the Sprints for the two events, which leaves him at the top of the US National Team qualifying standings. This is quite amazing considering this is his first full season of track racing.
Well that is all for now, Ryan and I will be heading to Detroit (the rest of the team flew home) in the morning and hopefully I will add more tomorrow.
