Race Report from Brenton Jones
Round 1, Five hours, 9.5km circuit In round one of the series we competed against 16 other teams of three riders in the Corporate threes category. Matt Keays had the job to ride the first lap with about 180 other riders in a mass start. In these races it is important to be in the front 25 or so riders before the single track starts and Matt didn't let us down, the second rider to take to the track was Matt Kidd with me taking off for the third lap.
In these races each team rides in relay with the non riding members fuelling up and resting in between their laps. After the 5 hours were up the BSS team finished 2nd 9 minutes behind Torq Australia.
Round 2, Six hours, 15km circuit Heading into this round we knew Torq were the team to beat. The coporate category had swelled to 32 team double round 1.
Again a good start was going to be important as there was a lot of single track just after the start. This time it was my turn to ride the first lap, I lined up with about 200 other riders and tried to position myself near the front. I managed top 30 before the single track but it was still slow going in the early stages. Matt Kidd rode the 2nd and Matt Keays the 3rd and after six laps we were holding 2nd place about 30 seconds behind Torq and 2minutes ahead of the Anaconda Pro Team. The pressure was applied in the final four laps with the older and more experienced riders from Torq and Anaconda finishing the 6 hours in 1st and 2nd place with us in 3rd, not bad for 3 16 year olds.
