Team, Haven't had an occasion to write this season as nothing good has happened as yet. The day started the same in the open 3's at Napa on an incredibly short and technical course. I'm thinking .4 mile each lap as we were hitting about a minute a lap. All was good in the first race until 4 laps to go sitting in 4th or 5th and feeling good coming around the crazy P turn and nobody hit me but I went down after my front wheel slid out on some hay at the corner. I got up but couldn't get my stupid chain back on and by the time I did the pack was too far ahead to make up the time. No damage to the bike just some rash on the left hip and elbow and considerable frustration. Keith Hillier got 3rd in that race and has enough for his upgrade to Cat 2 - great job buddy! Came back in the afternoon for the 35+ 3's race. After about 10 laps the pack started to thin out and I was bridging some small gaps to stay in contact. A group of six riders had seperated and gotten about a 10 second lead on us as I watched them for a few laps but no one seemed to be working together to bridge and they were pulling a bigger lead. I decided to bridge and it took 1 and a half laps to catch them and was spent when I did. I must have rested in the rear of that group for the next 15 laps before I took any pulls. The group behind made attempts to bring us back over the next 10 laps and then they seemed to give up and we started lapping the field towards the end of the race. Eventually it was just the seven of us on the course (I believe). I wanted to be 1st/2nd on the crazy P as the finishing straight is next with about 180 to the finish. I was 5th at the turn and ended up 4th overall. I would have been pissed if I didn't bridge and watched the group roll away from us, so I'm obviously really glad I went when I did. All for now. I'll be at Wente RR for sure and a weak maybe for Copper next week. Karl
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