Vernon Hills Bridge

Check out Drubers effort I was talking about bridging up to the split –

Vernon Hills Grand Prix 2010

My dad decided to come out to Vernon Hills with me today — and I don’t think I could have had a better race for him to watch. Its always nice when he comes along because he only see’s a couple of races a year and he drives me which allows me to relax on the way to the race.

I arrived to the race a decent amount ahead of time so Ebert could hook up the VIO POV camera’s to Will’s and my bike. It was pretty creative with putting the head unit in a saddle bag with a hole in it to allow the cable to come through. After getting everything settled we all rolled to the start line.

Saddle bag w/ head unit for camera

Brian Dziewa had a nice attack right from the gun which allowed us to loosen the legs a bit and not worry about too much. After that got brought back a little later there was a decent split in the field with me being in the latter. Will and Freund were up with the first but as Druber said “I’m not the brightest guy in the world but I do know it’s near 100% true that you’ll never win a race from the second group on the road.” — He proceeded to attack the second group and I followed — I was honestly scared with the amount of power he was putting out bridging the gap…- Ebert I want to see the video of that effort.

Druber towing Seth and myself up

It wasn’t long after Druber brought me up to the first group that I went off with the break that stuck to the end. We had been rolling around for a few laps and I was hoping either Will or Freund would bridge and sure enough I look back and Will is flying up to us. After that we started to work — soon enough we only had about 5 to go and Will started attacking, no one allowing to get him away I could tell he was definitely putting a dent in their legs and a few started to struggle to close a few of the gaps that were left open chasing him down. With one to go I was expecting it to come down to a sprint but I look back after I went to the front right before the first turn to take a pull and I had a small gap and no one was closing it. I took the opportunity and went for it and managed to hold it to the line and Will taking a very well deserved third — me winning would not have happened without Will attacking the break at the end so much. All in all it was probably the most fun I have ever had racing.

Now for some pictures which are much better than my writing capabilities — Also all credit on photos here go to Ed White. You can find his flikr here: http://flickr.com/ewwhite

Probably my favorite picture w/ Will celebrating