Team Crimmins had a pretty successful trip to Yack for Round 5 of the Vic Series. Mum took the boys as Dad had a fishing trip on with some mates down the coast (mind you he came home without any fish:) but hey, I'm sure he had fun).
We arrived at the track on Friday arvo and did a walk of the track. The boys decided it looked much better in real life than it did on the headcam on facebook. We set up the Morewood tent in prime position then headed out to find our accommodation in Beechworth.
As we had already walked the track on Friday, we had a bit of a sleep in on Saturday morning as practice didn't start until 10am. Easy 1/2 hour drive back to the track and practice was underway. Boys ended up getting a good day of practice in even though there was a big interruption when a young kid axed himself on one of the rock drops. Mum decided to help out with some marshaling on the track. Might as well be sitting on the track as sitting in the tent.
Sunday was an early start with practice at 8am. We arrived at the track on time and the boys got straight into some practice runs doing the usual few but conserving enough energy for qualifying and race. Quali came round and Andrew ended up qualifying 1st in U17's even though he got stuck behind a slower rider for the last part of the track. Thomas qualied 2nd in U19's so both boys pretty happy with that.
Andrew started his race run and on the very first corner snapped his gear cable, stuck in top gear. Knowing there were a couple of real pedally bits on the track, he knew he couldn't lose any momentum coming into the pedals so was on the gas the whole time. This may have helped him to take out the U17's by 14 seconds. Wow, what a margin.
Thomas hit a tree in race run but still ended up 2nd in U19's by less than 2 seconds. And only 1 second ahead of his brother. Look out Thomas!!! Thanks to the race organisers, we love attending Vic races and will continue to do so whenever we can. Your races Rock!!!
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