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Thomas Kabacinski on Jul 26, 2010

Race name: Whitefish Bay Classic 4/5 Race date: Monday, Jul 26, 2010

I traveled out to Whitefish Bay for the last of the Superweek series. I was hoping my week of night work and my parents visit wasn't going to drain me too much.

After a long drive and great weather and course I was ready to give it a whirl. I was able to get a good warm up in and take a bunch of laps around the course. I met Paymon and Tracy from our team and we were ready to give it hell.

There were 50 plus riders and as in 4/5 races there were some skid-dish riders in the field. 12 of the 24 laps were enough to get the pace up and the field thinned down.

Tracy did a great job of getting to the front 5 after 1 lap and he was glued there the whole race. I took a further spot in top 20 for most of the race. I spotted two crazy guys from Expo racing who I didn't think were too safe in the field cutting off lines and weaving in and out. I figured they were a good pair to follow.

As the race went on that theory went out the window as they were just a bit too crazy for my well being. With 5 laps to go the pace was high but not high enough to prevent the riders from swelling in size on the straight aways. In the short legs of the course the pace would pick up and thin things out.

After reading Liam's race report I felt great and was thinking maybe I could grow up and be like Liam and pull out a win. I guess, I am still just a kid as I was just about 10 spots too far back. On the last lap the pace was hot and I couldn't make up too many spots. Tracy was up there and ran into the wacky Expo guys too. I came in 20th well behind Tracy who did well.

Oh yeah the Expo guys? They came in 4th and 7th......I wanted to bitch to the officals about them but didn't want to sound like a cry baby. Oh well maybe a few well placed elbows or a Mark Renshaw headbutt will be more applicable next time with them.