The winning move

I can not say that I was super on sunday, but I was able to play damage control for about 25 minutes. With a rider up the road and my guy on some decent form I knew I had to cut the lead in half at the very least. With the heat approaching the 100º mark at 30 second gap is enormous. I was able to cut the lead in half, but after my effort I was left with the thought that my head my explode if I didn't pull over. So I did. But, our guy was able to bridge the gap to what became the winning move. You might think he is the UniBomber at a quick glance, but its really the new 30+ Missouri State Champion, Jay Marbarger. With a lap to Go, Jay put in a move that made me so happy that I forgot how bad the second half of my season has been. For me the right rider won, and I don't think too many people will dispute that. It was the days third State Championship for the team after Turner Rapp and Austin Allison won their respective Junior age groups. Not a bad outing for the DW boys.

In the 1,2 race I was much more comfortable, but the beginnings of heat exhaustion were getting to me, and that just wasn't worth pursueing. So, I called it a day. If I had been coherent at all I would have probably stayed in to help Kurt and Chris, but I was never in the game.