The Great Race is a nice, low-key weekend series that Dan Daly and the Indiana Race Series put on each year. The Sunday-Monday criterium and road race are part of a sports festival that coincides with a minor automobile race in Indianapolis.

MetCycling, XXX Racing-AthletiCo, WDT, Project 5 and the South Chicago Wheelmen all sent squads this year and came back with good results.

In Sunday’s criterium, Richard Adamczyk (WDT) continued his solid season with a win in the 40+, a day after winning the 50+ in the Lombard MAJORS.  Corey Hickman (Project 5) won the 3’s and Nathan Moorehouse (SCW) won a 4’s race that had Chicago riders taking the top five spots.

Hickman (Project 5) also won Monday’s road race, with podium placings also coming from Jeff Wat (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) and Tomasz Boba (WDT) in the 4’s, Scott Pearson (Higher Gear) and Pat McNally (MetCycling) in the P/1/2/3, and Beth Christiansen (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) in the women’s open.

Full criterium results. Full road race results.

Race reports
Peter Allen (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 4): ” I think we had more interest in yapping about the Giro then fighting it out in a group sprint.”

Bob Willems (XXX Racing-AthletiCo; 4): “In the lovely land of Hoosiers, there’s a special vibe to the racing scene and it welcomes riders from across the midwest.”