GOODWOOD 28TH MARCH

[ian bradbury 400]

Need some help Lad's and Lass's.I,ve entered the cat 4 race at goodwood on sunday .As this will be my race I,m looking for any pearls of wisdom .To give myself so hope of a good position.

[Toks]

Good Luck Ian, I've always like Goodwood, probably cause I won a race there once.
Lots of tips here viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8747&start=0&hilit=racing+tips

[Ivor]

[quote="ian bradbury 400"]Need some help Lad's and Lass's.I,ve entered the cat 4 race at goodwood on sunday .As this will be my race I,m looking for any pearls of wisdom .To give myself so hope of a good position.

[Marek]

Ian, Goodwood is a flat course and it can tend to get quite windy. The best way to do well in a 4th cat race at Goodwood is to save your powder till the end unless you are very strong or see a good break forming and feel that you can bridge across.

The 4th cat races tend to end up being a bunch sprint, so sit in about wheel 5 to 10 and make sure that you stay out of the wind. If you get a chance to do a warm up lap try to remember the wind direction on each section so that you can fathom out the best line to enter corners and know where to sit to avoid getting in the wind. Basically you want to save your legs for the finish. You should find it very easy to just sit in and do nothing, let everyone else do the work and tire themselves out.

If a break gets away do not panic. As it is a 4th cat race what tends to happen is the break will get about 50 yards away and then some idjut will drag the bunch back up. If the break looks as though it is working very well and is gradually moving further away, if you are strong enough then make your move. Give all you can to get onto the break, but make sure you jump from the peleton, don't be the idjut that drags the rest of the group up as that is pointless. Better in my mind to make an attempt to get there on your own and fail as opposed to snuffing out the break by dragging everyone else up.

Have fun.

Cheers

Marek....

[ian bradbury 400]

Thanks for the input for the goodwood event,However 2 things quickly became apparent.1 My total lack of fitness and 2 my lack of racing knowledge.So its back to the fitness training and a big dose of humble pie.Cheers all

[Keith]

But you entered and raced. Well done.

[ian bradbury 400]

Did 10 of the 13 laps and was not the 1st to drop out.

[Keith]

But you entered and raced. Well done.

[Snoop Doug]

[quote="Keith"]But you entered and raced. Well done.

[Antloony]

Yep echo the above. The hardest part is over in a way as at least you now know what to expect next time. Well done