Monday, July 09, 2007





THIS IS WHY WE LOVE AMARA:


Because she takes photos like this one of Downtown Gary Brown beating out Rob C. for a $100 prime at the Derby Days. The way I heard the story it went something like this:


Announcer: Looks like Brown got that one.


Chief Ref: No, I think Campbell got it.


Amara: Um, you might want to look at this.


Chief Ref: Oh. Looks like Brown got that one.


Keep up the great work Amara. You make us all look like superstars.



Even if you look like this guy:

Speaking of the Derby, I have two things for you.

  • Did anyone at registration actually check licenses? There was a guy who started the Pro1-2 race who was wearing a t-shirt, what looked like running shorts and had some pretty pasty white hairy legs and who was handling his bike like it was the first time he had ever gone around a corner at speed. He got lapped in about 10 laps.
  • What happened to the prize money at the Derby? It used to be one of the top paying races in the area and paid 20 deep. This year they only paid $1250 over 10 places but still charged $30. More egregious of a crime however is that 9th and 10th place paid $25, so if you made through the melee and scored a money paying place....you still came out $5 poorer for your efforts. Hey promoter of the Derby Days, WTF?!
    And one final note for the officials: get a grip. The whole WSBA Number crusade is ridiculous. More on this later.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Stupid video and digital photos! Listen to the Chief Ref for crying out loud! This is baseball after all, not American Football with all the review nonsense. Wait...this is cycling, doh!

Anonymous said...

http://www.coachcurly.com/2007/07/p-fu-more-like-it.html

Prize money discussion going on. Time to weight in.