Night at the Oval

Tonight's weather was great, there was a headwind on the last corner again, but wasn't too bad. Once again we were split up into 2 groups, so we waited around for the A Race to get over, and we took the track. I think there was 11 of us, and we took off for a 10 lap race, the first couple laps there was not really any attacks to speak of, so I decided to go for it, and we did a good job of splitting up the field, 4 of us were off the front. 3 of us worked the next couple laps pretty well together and had one guy sitting on, final lap and the one guy takes off and 2 of us start to chase him down, but he got a good jump and I would have to settle for 2nd on that one. Second race was another 10 laps and the one Junior joined us since he had to repair a flat and missed the first race, well 3 laps into it he jumps and myself and the one 50+ guy jump on his wheel, except the junior couldn't hold it and was shot off the back, so we spent the next 7 laps with a pretty comfortable lead of about 1/4 of a lap. We took turns trading pulls and was able to hold off the rest of the field, took 2nd in that one as well. Third and final race was an 8 lap points race, basically every other lap was for points, so you need to have some kind of strategy to do well. The race started and one guy just took off, so of course we had to chase him down, and before the first lap was over me and the 50+ guy were off on our own again. I took the first 2 sprints, and was starting to feel some pain in the legs, so on the 3rd sprint I tried to go to early and lost it and he took the last 2 sprints. Overall I ended up 2nd Place in the B Race, and 1st Place in the Cat 5's.

NatO