Going to this race I wanted to win. I didn't want anything less than first. This was my first time racing against the Jr Texas field this year so I saw some old friends along with some new kids I have never seen before.
My race didn't start till after 1pm so it was going to be a very hot race when I got there the temp was already over 95. warming up I just rode around for 15 mins I was scared to overheat just from peddling around slowly.
At the start of the race I all the Jrs rolled out as usual. The race started off really slow as any Jr race does. After about 2 or 3 laps a big Metro Volkswagen Jr got to the front and put in a hard 3 laps to hopefully weaken to field. Just as he pulled off I attacked and soloed off the front. I then got a 20 second gap on the field and after 20 mins of a hard solo effort some the Bigger stronger Jrs brought me back. this included Cody Foster who is a strong Cat 2 Jr. Once I was caught I quickly countered myself and was on another solo break. After being off the front for another 10 mins Cody Bridged up to me from the Jr pack and the 2 of us started to work really well together. going into the final lap me and Cody had a very large gap and we knew one of us was going to win. heading into the final 200m I was in optimal position and started my sprint with 150m and was able to win my half a bike length then my friend Zach was able to get third from the Pack sprint
