Wapello road race is on
Apr 24
2008
Filed in: Race news


Comments (7)

The road race to open Memorial Day weekend in Iowa had been up in the air because of construction, but it is officially on. The route will be shorter than usual, and there appears to be no P/1/2/3 race.

I always hated that finish in Burlington anyhow. The downhill sprint was famous for terrible crashes, photos of which would inevitably appear in the local newspaper the next morning.

It’s not necessarily a race that I would take a day off work to do. It’s a flat, narrow course that was very nerve-wracking the year I did. It may be better now that the 4/5 field is split up, however, and if you’re there already for the Snake, might as well double up.

Comments

1.

Apr 24
2008

12:45 pm

Julian (Burnham Racing)

I for one am DELIGHTED that there is in fact no possible way I could participate in this race!

2.

Apr 24
2008

2:11 pm

thesuperrookie (Grumpy's/LGR)

I have heard way to many bad stories about this one to even contemplate going. The front page of the Pennsultucky, IA paper did it in for me a few years ago!

3.

Apr 24
2008

2:18 pm

Matt Smith (Burnham Racing)

It is a silly race, this Wapello-Burlington race.

4.

Apr 24
2008

6:34 pm

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Team Mack Racing Ltd.)

I have one of those morning after newspaper crash photos of Julian stashed somewhere.

5.

Apr 25
2008

7:19 am

Julian (Burnham Racing)

I have about a hundred of them!  Just about everyone felt it necessary to provide me with a tangible reminder of what happened that day (as if the receipt for the purchase of over $100 of tegaderm wasn’t enough!) 

Believe it or not the next day at Snake Alley Two elderly ladies pleaded with me to sign a copy of their newspaper…  Oh so embarrassing!

6.

Apr 25
2008

8:23 am

thesuperrookie (Grumpy's/LGR)

Tegaderm is amazing, it should be the official team sponsor of ClifBarMidwest :)

7.

Apr 29
2008

9:44 am

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

So much negativity. I thought this was a great race. Rolling closures, top talent, radio and press coverage not to mention the whole town ( heck IA ) got behind the event. I felt like part of a rock concert and it wasn’t a crit!

Sure there’s wrecks. Folks over breaking, too jittery, etc, etc. How about the IA crit on Monday ( Rage in the Cage - guaranteed ouch ).

Safest place is out front so put the pedal down and power up - warp 10 scotty!

 

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