This was the first of three races that I had planned on doing for the day. Mark, Mike, Peter, and myself lined up and had our normal plan ready. The plan was to see what happens and react. The race was pretty uneventful as many people tried to get into breaks, but everything was shut down fairly quick. Leadout put in their fair share of chasing and the field seemed to be willing to work also. The one break I thought would work was when Mark and an MCG guy went off the front. Zack from MCG and I patrolled the front and it seemed like no one wanted to go around us. A couple of guys bridged up and the field finally decided that was enough and put in a decent effort and brought them back.  On the 2nd to last lap the pace really slowed as people were anticipating the sprint.  On the last lap Mike and I found ourselves on the front.  We quickly decided I was going to sprint and he began the leadout.  Just as we were getting up to speed, Mark rolled by and took over at the front.  Having Mike in front of me was good, but with Mark and Mike I felt we already had the win.  Mark took us up to the last 180 turn and left it up to Mike and I.  It was still a long way to go and I could see that Kevin Collins was on my wheel.  As Mike was climbing the incline to the finish straight I became nervous of the field and came around Mike.  It was a looong way to the finish and I had started my sprint.  I gapped Kevin a little but let up a little in hopes that someone would come around and lead me to the line.  No one came and I hammered down the whole straight.  Kevin stayed behind me until the very end and squeeked out the win as I finished second.  Second place is good, but I really hated not crossing the line in first as I felt like my teammates worked hard enough for me to win.   

Dan K