Warm weather and tepid breezes induced many of the region's best to descend upon the Scarborough Industrial Park for the 2nd race of the 7 race Scarborough Crit Series. The combination of excellent weather, large fields and plenty of lucrative primes made for active racing in both the A and B fields.
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| The A field ready to go |
"B" Field Report: Last week the 12 lap (1.3 mile laps) race was dominated by strong winds and the strong legs of Zev Myerowitz (Downeast Racing). Unfortunately, young Zev was in Montreal taking continuing education courses (chiropractor - and a good one) and that left the door for 1st place open for the rest of the talented field. With the benign weather, the peleton managed to stay mostly intact setting the stage for sprint sensation Andrew Pryhuber (Bowdoin College) to seemingly bolt from nowhere come money time to gobble up the majority of the primes. Nice job, Andrew. However, when it came to winning the race it was Josh Geib (Rancourt Racing) moving up one place from last week to take the win with Andrew 2nd and Christopher Poulin rounding out the podium with a strong 3rd place effort.
Women's Showing: The race organizers and the race participants were pleased to see a strong women's attendance at the 2nd Crit race mingling with the B field. A nice surprise and we were more than happy to reward the women with prime money and prize money. Stephanie Makoujy won both the prime and victory pots.
"A" Field Report: The "A" race featured a large field that consistently turned 25 to 26 mph laps marked by many attacks and prime excitement. Ta Herrera (Downeast Racing) snagged the first prime with a field sprint, and Scott White (Rancourt Racing) nabbed the midway prime with a strong multi-lap solo effort. It was the 3rd prime with 5 laps to go that produced the real fireworks with Ta taking the sprint and Spencer Nietmann tight on his wheel and propelling the two to a quick 50 meter break from the field. Under Nietmann's urging, the break grew to a few hundred meters making many in the pursuing field nervous. The first to attempt a bridge was Eric Follen (Momentum Barracuda) but the attempt was frustrated until teammate Mark Caron and Scott White joined him and together they finished the bridge with 2 laps to go. The 5 worked well until the final bell when Spencer adroitly attacked his break-mates and booked for home alone. 1.3 lonely Spencer miles to go and the field behind was winding up. Like a ravished tornado the peleton swept up the 4 and began to bare down on Spencer with malevolent intent. The sound of 80 wheels whooshing along the tarmac can be intimidating, but Spencer kept his head (and his legs churning) and crossed the finish line comfortably clear of all chasers. Ta, even after many laps of working in a break, managed to sprint from the field for 2nd and Neal Coughlin (Rancourt) showing an excellent turn of legs for 3rd.
In conclusion a good day of racing and it was nice to see so many there. Full results will be posted on our Downeast Racing Facebook page.
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| Strung out single file |
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