Dirt Crit Wrap Up

Last night was the final race of the Alpine Shop Dirt Crit Series.  I figured it would either turn out extremely well or be a disaster.  About 50 racers signed up for the B class.  We took off across an open field, everyone try to get the hole shot.  As usual, I got a poor start and was probably in 15th place or so.  That wasn't the worst of it.  I had no legs, no power.  I keep my pace as high as I could until the last lap.  Team Seagal wrist snapper Casey Ryback passed me at the start of the last lap.  With my wirsts seriously snapped I was no longer able to accurately steer the bike and going into a corner my front tire washed out and I hit the deck hard.  Fortunately, I didn't get run over but my bike did.  About a dozen riders passed me while I lay there in the fetal position hoping not to be roadkill.  I got up grabbed my bike, pedaled about 15 feet, got off my bike and laid down in the grass.  Guess that hurt more than I initially thought.  I laid there until every single racer had passed me.  Then I slowly pedaled the reset of the course and finished DFL.  Great way to end the series.  No serious damage, just some trail rash and a small hole in my left shin.

My results for the series:

• Dirt Crit #1 - 13th
• Dirt Crit #2 - 5th
• Dirt Crit #3 - 5th
• Dirt Crit #4 - 6th
• Dirt Crit #5 -DFL

Big thanks to Pfoodman and the Alpine Shop for putting these races on.  The fields in these races were huge, 40-50 in the B race each week and the C race had a similar sized fields.  Just shows how much fun they were when you can attract that many racers to a weeknight race. 

Now to get recovered for the Castlewood race on Sunday.