Well me and my teammate James left Pearland at around 4:30 and we had an hour drive to Katy in order to race the track. Today was also Dan's and Riche's first time racing the track ever. After traffic the whole team is at the track which consisted of me, James, Rich, Dan. Once we got there we had to go through the registration process and get pinned up. After that I started to warm up on the little warm up circle when the announcer says that there will be no Jr race. This pisses me off (I want my money back), this will make it so I only do 3 races, instead of the normal 6 that I'd normally do. So I go to look at the schedule to see what's going on with the races. My first race of the night is the P123 Kerrin. Then i looked at the race before me which is the 4s. So as I warm up I watch my teammates race their first race on the track. I believe Dan doesn't realize the term of NEUTRAL lap. well Dan and Rich where living up to Pearland's rep (chase down teammates in break ) well Dan and Rich eventually made the Lonestar rider Eric chase everything down. This is the maneuver they pulled for the rest of the night letting Dan win 3/3 races along with the omnium. So pearland ROCKETED in the 4s. GO Pearland!!
Well in the 123 I was chosen for heat 2 in the Kerrin. Well as the race started I was last in position and just somehow rode up to get second in my heat. Bike was OK. Well in the final heat I did the first lap and pulled out due to a chain mechanical. It sounded horrible. I thought the whole bike was falling apart that time. Well my second race was a 15 lap scratch race, long story short, I pulled out again because of a chain mechanical- This however the official looked at my bike and said that I had a tight link or a twisted chain, unfixable w/o the special link tool. Now I asked teammate James Smith to burrow his bike for the final 48 lapper and he said yes (thanks again James). Well me and James had 20 laps of races to change everything on the bike. First we changed the pedals, then we changed the wheels, then we changed the seatpost. I lined up just in time for the race.
So all the 123s except 3 or 4 where in this race, so we did the free lap and then we where off. at first we at a steady slow pace till the first prime lap when the two strongest Jrs went off the front in a two man break, Alan Ting and Daniel walker. So I moved to the front to start the chase when I realized no-one was on my wheel, so I started a solo bridge to the leaders. After a few laps I finally got to the leaders where I was greeted by awkward stares from both the riders. I then was attacked from above going into a turn. I was quickly gaped and in no mans land once again. I started to do another solo Bridge across the gap. I eventually made it across again. This however I never exposed my self to be attacked from above again. I then raced very conservatively for the rest of the race. I got 3rd in the 3 man sprint in the 3 man break, all I can say is I'm just happy to be here. Well I did 1/3 races their that night and still got 4th in the Omnium getting 25$ and making up for my 25$ entry fee.
The recap
I believe the only I could have done better was get a bike that works. But besides that I believe I still need more experience in just riding the track. Well in the 4s Pearland Dominated the field so it was a very good day for the team, well There's always next time
