Sol Frost (L) was 3rd, Thacker Reeves (C) won, and Heath Blackgrove (R) finished 2nd in the New York Life Pro 1/2/3 Race.
Hot night (as in heat) at the Driveway tonite. Temps were 95+ in early races. Lot’s of THSJers out tonite. Great to see. We had 6-8 riders in the 1/2/3. Heath got in a break that stuck and Barry and others shut the pack down. There was a massive gap between a 5 man break and the pack. Thacker Reeves (Richardson Bike Mart) followed an attack on the backside riser out of the break and left the rest wondering what happened. Took the win easily. Blackgrove won the sprint for second and won the most aggressive rider jersey as well. Reeves said he knew he couldn’t outsprint some of the group he was with, so he made a run and it worked out. He said he looked back and was suprised to see no one on his wheel, so he buried his head and drove for the finish.
Heath Blackgrove earned the New York Life Brad Houston Law Most Aggressive Riders Jersey in the P1/2/3 race.
3/4′s were well represented as well, Jonathon Perry was off the front alot. 4/5′s had 5-6 THSJ’ers. I spent three laps up front, then dropped back to recover a bit, then w/ 3 to go dropped a chain down the S’s. Got it back on w/o dismounting, but the pack was gone. Hateful !
As the 35+ race started the lightening really started to show. Everyone started packing up in a hurry. I got to 71 and Brodie when the storm broke. Wicked drive into Lakeway. Going 35 mph on SW Parkway and passing cars.
Also Bryan was there with some more THSJ schwag. Some small bibs, plenty of jerseys, polo shirts and gloves.
From Robert Biard:
I got to the driveway early tonight..in time to watch the Jr and Women’s 3/4 races. We had great representation from beginning to end. That was the most THSJ riders I have seen at the Driveway all season. In the open race I think we had about 8 riders and it was a blast racing with all the guys. Great to see so many teammates out there and so many new faces as well.
