12 Hours of Lodi 3 Man Expert

Fredericksburg, Va
12 Hours of Lodi Farm Saturday May 07, 2011
by: Chris James

I left the house around 7:45AM Saturday morning, only took about an hour to get there. Was expecting worse. Eric B rolled in right after me, we set up tents and BS’ed for a while. Franando and Rob rolled in shortly got the EZ-Up setup and all the pit stuff situated. A buddy of mine from Mississippi showed up ToShaun he was racing solo male, brave soul to do it there.

Raced started shortly after 12PM, Rob started us off strong with a 1st lap. I went out second turning another quick lap. Unsure on times they don’t have results up yet. I paced Bob Anderson for most of my first lap after passing a DCMTB team member when he bobbled on a climb. I could defiantly tell the Coppi rides made me faster. We kept the pace up for most of the day no mechanical. Had a great time, we turned out 11 laps, I did 4 Rob did 4 Fernando did 3. I did our 11th lap and Rob and Fern being the awesome teammates they are met me at the finish line dressed in street clothes. We had 30 mins left in the race and I was given a choice, do another lap and hold off DCMTB for 5th or settle for 6th…..Beer and Pizza took rule over another lap I had another quick lap in me but no podium = beer and pizza. We finished in 6th out of 7th