Raced Tuesday night at the Claremont points series. Had a disappointing race there two weeks ago, lost focus and did not ride very smart. Rode all out for the first sprint, came up short, and decided to take it easy for a few laps to recover. Big mistake, as I got gaped and spent the next 30 laps chasing back up to the lead riders. Caught them with 5 to go, and contested the last two sprints, but got beat.
This week I was determined to focus a bit more and not let this happen again. Sat in for the first 3 sprints, then started mixing it up for the primes and points laps. Won a few laps, sat in for a few, won a few more. With 5 to go my buddy Richard took off. He got a good lead, but I started chasing. No one else in the group was interested in chasing, so I was off alone. Never caught up, but got enough of a lead on the rest of the bunch that I had second place points sewn up.
Ended up coming home with six bucks in cash and gift certificates, which was nice, but not the point. It was just a lot of fun to be out there riding hard and staying on top of things. Looking forward to next week, the last race of the season in Claremont.
