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Race Report courtesy of Scott Patton/Fixed Gear Fever

Sprinters Delight

After a weekend of mass start racing, the sprinters were ready to show us how it was done! This early in the season, it doesn't take much to draw out the sprinters, but put a little cash on the line and you end up with part of our national sprint team on the line! Focus 2004's Giddeon Massie and Adam Duvendeck along with Eastside Wheelmen's Andy Sparks were out to bring home some bacon.The Focus 2004 team brought an enthusiastic group of women to the track that seemed to keep the crowd lively. Many are still wondering about G'Luv and his Special Sauce.The days started off with qualifying. Flying 200 times were used to seed the riders in to 2 brackets. As expected, Giddeon and Adam knocked out the fastest times of the day. Their friends and training partners, Andy Sparks and Chesen Frey were close behind.

As the field came out we went 3x3 rides for the first round. Points Racer, Dave McIntosh (Eastside Wheelmen) decided to kilo his other riders and managed to put Mark Guerin and Adam Duvendek into the rep rides. It was a suprise to all!Adam Duvendeck fought an incredible battle through the reps to meet teamate, Giddeon Massie in the semi finals. Keeping the dream alive, he edged out Giddeon in the first ride. Giddeon battled back. Adam wasn't about to give this to his teamate, but G'Luv took it in the end.In the other side, Dave McIntosh was like a stranger in a strange land. The points racer took on the sprinters and managed to squeeze into the final rounds. Chesen Frey sent him to the 3-4 ride.In the finals, Chesen drove Giddeon all the way to the line, but Giddeon took the win. The three four ride went to Adam as Dave McIntosh was tired after his point racing.

In the B-Bracket, the racing was tight all the way through. Hammer Racing flexed their masters muscle and ended up in an all Hammer Final for 1-2. Mark Pelletier sat out the points race while CVA Board Member Kevin Knapp raged on. Mark Pellitier edged Kevin out on the line for the B-victory. In the 3-4 ride, junior sensation, Rocco Mazzei followed in his Hammer teammates footsteps and took third for the Hammer sweep. John Marshal fought hard but just couldn't hold off the junior's charge.In other racing, the Madison Kilo went well. While only a few teams attempted this, it was a brief introduction to madison racing.Bruce Neal (Hammer Racing) decided to motor and that is what he did! He put his head down and went for a lap. While he didn't take the field, he did pick up enough points on the way to secure the victory. His teamate Jim "The Rocket Murdock" was all pumped up after going 4 tenths of a second under a world record in the 200 and cruised in for a second place.

In the Open Points Race, the Cody racing team showed their purple power. As Mark Guerin handily picked up sprints, Marcus Black took a lap on the field. The field couldn't seem to organize a chase and the Cody Double went nearly uncontested.With a field of only 2 women today, Amy Zineklas (Cody Racing) and Michelle Pirozzi (Eastside Wheelmen) fought out a battle in their round robin sprint tournament. The races were tight but Amy edged out Michelle. In their Chariot race, Michelle had the advantage until the line, but once again, Amy took the advantage!