Shirks Racing 2010 new look!
The 2010 racing season is right around the corner. With that Shirks Racing is gearing up for another great year of racing! We have a few new faces and a great new look for 2010 thanks to Hincapie Sportswear and designer Scottie Weiss. With the team fresh off the 2010 Florida training camp all systems are go. We will also have Shirks Racing T-shirts available for purchase details soon.
We are also very exited to announce the addition of a new sponsor. Nelson Building Services Group -For more than 30 years, Nelson Company has been actively meeting our customers’ needs. Our tradition of quality workmanship comes from experience, professional attitudes, and a proactive management. At Nelson Company, we have developed a team that produces quality results on a consistent basis. We are proud of the fact that a high percentage of our business comes from referrals and repeat business. This is a strong testimonial of our commitment to quality and service.
Nelson Company is fully insured and licensed with all townships. When you call our office, you will speak with an individual who is an employee and willing to assist you. We have built our business by being a leader in the industry, and would appreciate the opportunity to demonstrate that we should be your contractor of choice. Our top priority is to meet the needs of our customers.
Shirks Racing looks forward to promoting fitness and cycling throughout the Mid- Atlantic region with there support for the 2010 season.
Congrats to Kerry for another win and the boys for cleaning up the top 10!
Written by Kerry Werner
I would like to start off by saying the course was very nice. It was rolling with three bigger climbs in it and some decent descents. My only complaint was the road work on the course. It took one of my team mates out of the race and that stinks because it really was a good race. We did 5 laps by the way. Now the race, BOM BOM BOM!
The first thing I noticed was there was only 21 people in the 3/4 race. I wasn’t particularly happy about that. I like a field that’s around 40-50. But I shook it off and put the game face on. The race started out slow. The first thing that happened was Manny got a flat on the first lap when he went over the first section of the course that was under construction (he chased but the wheel van took too much time for the wheel change). Everything remained chill until a cadence kid broke solo on the second lap. He worked up a min plus lead then we decided to do work. NCVC lead the work force followed by Copi (Me and an NCVC and a kelly’s guy tried to break on a little roller but kelly’s sat up and didn’t want to do any work). I sat in and did work when I had to. We reeled him in by the first hill on the third lap. Then things slowed down again. Then the rain came….
There was two to go at this point and I knew the race wasn’t going to stick together. On the first hill of the second to last lap NCVC, another junior (team unknown), and me got a gap on the field and decided to stick it. By the time we got to the lap line we already had a min plus. We knew we were staying away. So we rode tempo the whole last lap, no one tried anything tricky until the finish stretch…
Up the last hill I wanted to go into the final stretch two back from the leader. So I lead out the group from the last hill to the left turn off then pulled off and they pulled through. I knew there was going to be some stupid stuff going down and I wanted to watch it all from the back. Sure enough when I got on the back the three of us slowed up about 5-10 miles an hour and started to play head games. The NCVC got itchy and broke. I let the junior jump on his wheel, and then I jumped on his. NCVC slowed then again and tried to get the junior to pull through. He wasn’t budging. NCVC broke again and sat up but this time the junior pulled through. Everyone sat up and basically came to a coast. We then saw the 1k to go mark and raised the tempo a little bit. I knew someone would get itchy around the 300-200m mark and sure enough from the back NCVC broke and the junior jumped on I jumped on his wheel. Then 200-150m mark the junior broke left off of NCVC’s wheel so I broke right. I wasn’t sure what was going to happen because at first we were both even on the sprint. Then I noticed he was fading so I upped the sprint and put it all out. The line grew closer and closer and I looked back under my arm and knew I had the sprint. I crossed the line, threw the arms up, and then congratulated the other two guys on a good race.
Thanks goes to Manny for making it to the race and the only one from the team able to make it. Also, thanks to Manny for not asking for my wheel when he flatted. Hahahah. Thanks to Rich for the gnar gnar race, and my mammy for bringing me (she’s a balla).
More pictures coming soon!
Written by Kerry Werner
Woke up at 7:30 and left the crib by 8:45. My mom and I loaded up the car for a two hour drive to Bloomsburg Town Park. Two hours later…..
We got to the town park and immediately went to the bathroom (shouldn’t have had so much coffee). After the quick bathroom break I went to register. I registered for the ¾ and 1,2,3 category went back to the car and started warming up (one hour till race time). I found my team and we spun around for a little bit then lined up when the official called us up.
The whistle blew and we were off. There wasn’t too much action during the first couple laps of the race. Team Eastern Mobile controlled the field and reeled in the smaller breaks with ease. It wasn’t until later in the race when Jordan Binkley got in a break with 5-10 guys and had a fifteen second lead on the field. Manny, Noah, and I got in the front and covered the attacks and it looked like it would stick until Eastern Mobile started attacking and reeling the break back. They finally caught the break and the field stayed together until the end…
Then Shirks started to do work. Manny and I got to the front with two to go and started to set up a nice lead out for Noah, I drove the majority of the second to last lap and had the field strung out really nicely. I pulled off and Manny took over keeping the field strung out until the second to last turn of the course when disaster struck. This side of the course was slightly down hill so it was definitely the fasted part of the course. Manny was in the lead followed by Noah and I made and attempt to shoot up the side and take over for Manny so he could get some recovery to set Noah up really nicely. I pulled up next to Manny (surprised to see me) which caused him to veer left a little bit, Noah’s wheel was overlapping Manny’s which caused Noah to veer left. The guy behind Noah (unknown) wasn’t paying attention and didn’t react to Noah pulling over. His front wheel collided with Noah’s rear wheel and his skewer the unknown rider’s skewer snapped a couple spokes on Noah’s rear wheel. Luckily he was able to stay up; however; the unknown rider fell and caused a pile up in the field. The crash caused a small break which had four riders in it (including me). I heard Manny yell out “Go Kerry! It’s all you!”
I immediately knew there was something happened and upped the tempo. At that point a Break Away rider sprinted past me so I latched onto his wheel. He carried me and the two other riders to the 200m to go mark and the sprints started. I took off and noticed to the left a Hot Foot rider pull up in contention for the win; however, he started to fade. Then another Break Away rider pulled up to my right. So it was me sandwiched between two Break Away riders sprinting for the win. I felt myself pull ahead but at that instant they started to come together on me. I let up a little bit as we neared the line and they ended up one, two, and me at third.
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