RIR and Langley Speedway Crit

     Since I've waited so long to post (again...), everything is a little fuzzy in my memory so both reports are kinda short...

Richmond International Raceway Crit
Sunday, April 14th, 2013
Promoted by: Richmond Velo Sport

     So I missed the race report for the Richmond Raceway Crit.  It comes down to this... There was a break of 5: Laura and Ali from Velocita, Catherine Freck, my teammate Julie Hunter and myself.  My teammates Emily and Leslie were behind us controlling the field.  I didn't have a kick for the sprint so I decided to lead Julie out.  For the entire last lap.  I didn't have the legs for that either apparently and died just when I was supposed to push harder into the final turn.  My plan didn't pan out like I had anticipated, but I was thinking, made a plan last minute, and tried like hell to make it work...


Langley Speedway Crit
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
Promoted by: Fat Frogs Racing


     Langley Speedway Crit was a little bit of a different story.  My team had another solid showing in the Women's 1/2/3 race.  We were all chasing down attack after attack from Laura (Velocita), Jen Pope (Rogue Velo), and Sally (Tri-Power).

Amanda chasing down an attack from Laura during a prime lap.

Julie and I countered a couple of times but the field stayed together through to the end.  With a few laps left Amanda chased down a couple crucial attacks from Jen and Laura keeping us together for the sprint. I found Jen's wheel with 2 laps left.  Sally stood up and attacked ½ a lap later keeping the tempo high.

     The final lap, Emily pushed the tempo even further, got about 5 wheel lengths ahead, and made everyone chase. I was a few wheels back with ½ a lap til the finish when I saw Laura jump on the outside.  I had a gap on the inside of everyone so I stood up and jumped with her.  I yelled to Emily that I was coming up on her left and Laura and I were shoulder to shoulder after we passed her.  I had the inside line in the final turn and was able to pull ahead by a couple of wheel lengths before the line.

The finish.

Julie came in behind Laura for a 3rd place finish for our team and Sally and Jen rounded off the podium.  Good job to Laura, Jen, and Sally for an awesome race.

Women's 1/2/3 Podium.

     Congrats to Julie for her 2nd place finish in the Women's 3/4 race a couple hours later on!

     My team worked so hard to get Julie and I on the podium and I definitely couldn't have done it without them!  Thank you ladies!  Can't wait for us to do it again!