Short and sweet. Sky, Jose, and I (Chris) did the Pro/1 race at Dana Point. We were a bit concerned it was going to be a crashfest as the course is pretty technical. We had a huge field and lots of pros were there: Bissell, OUCH (w/Floyd), Rock, Fly V, Colavita and a few others. Dana Point is an NRC race; this means the field is limited to Pros and Cat 1s and there is a minimum prizelist of $15K! Sky is a pretty saavy sprinter so our goal was to get Sky in position for the sprint. As expected it was FAST. Not dicey though, very very smooth. There were lots of attacks, but the fast course kept things close and we were destined for a field sprint. I worked with Sky to help move him towards the front for the sprint. I didn't do much but got him towards the top 40 with about 10 laps to go. With 6 to go Sky got T-boned by some guy and nearly crashed! Sky said both wheels came off the pavement and he hit Rory Sutherland on OUCH (the other guy didn't even acknowledge he bumped Sky). Sky was a bit dazed, but Rory saw exactly what happened and sprinted up to the offender and took a mean swipe at him! The incident took Sky out of position and with the speed of the group the last few laps, we were going anywhere. Sky, Jose, and I all finished safely in the bunch. Live to fight another day! It's always fun doing NRC races. It was pretty cool to look over and see Floyd next to me a few times.
Chris
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