James Penrod, Ron Palsgrove, Scott Pfaff, and Ken Sallot arrived at the Vista View Park circuit race in Davie Florida last weekend wondering what it was going to be like racing on a retired garbage dump. I mean, how hard could it be, right? Although the view from the parking lot appeared a little intimidating, I think we still had hopeful thoughts that the grade would be a gradual one to get to the top. To my surprise, the approach on the back side of the hill was straight up with only a slight downhill, followed by an immediate climb to the sky. With a minimal flat headwind to recover, the subsequent laps progressively tore at our legs, dwindling the lead pack at what seemed like every pedal stroke.
In the 4’s race, James Penrod lasted a total of 3 laps (15 minutes) with the lead pack, and then battled the hills against a 12 year-old. "In my own defense, the kid probably weighed less than his bike, so obviously it was easier for him to climb the hills than me," stated Penrod in his own defense.
Ron and Ken stayed in the lead pack the entire race, and although a pack of approximately 10 stayed off the front, Ron and Ken finished 12th and 13th respectively and James finished 27th with a total of only 40 riders finishing in the 4’s.
Good job guys!!
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