Anthony Lupo Racing: Napa BMX 10/8/2016

This week was our last week of Donny's beginner league, and Anthony attended both full sessions on Wednesday and Friday. We did get a little focused instruction on Wednesday, which was really good. They worked on taking different lines through turn one, simulating passing other riders.

Wed 10/5- Gianluca finished second out of two. It was just him and Connor. He should have finished first but Erika held him up at the last step up and let Connor go by. Anthony dominated the 5 and unders.

Fri 10/7 beginner races- Coming into the last race day Anthony and Colton were apparently very close in points for the overall 5 year old class (Boden, a 5I, won all of the races that he attended, but he missed a couple of weeks. Donny told Anthony when we arrived that the points were close and that he had to perform to win the #1 honors, but I'm not quite sure that Anthony understood. Even I didn't know that they were tallying all of the race results.

Four rounds were scheduled, and after a very brief practice session they got the races going. Anthony crashed about 1/3 of the way down the second straight. He got back up and finished 5th. Boden won, and Colton finished a ways back in 2nd. I told the boys to go get Boden in moto 2 and they listened; they were a lot closer. Colton finished second again with Anthony right behind in 3rd. In moto 3 they were even closer; Colton actually pulled up alongside Boden about half way down the second straightaway, but then Boden picked up the pace and pulled away for the win. Anthony finished 3rd again. Moto 4 was the best race of the whole series. Colton actually passed Boden and led him down most of the second straightaway with Anthony gaining ground on both. Boden retook the lead coming out of turn two and pulled a little gap. Colton slowed exiting turn three and Anthony passed Colton at the line for second not too far behind Boden.

Colton ended up being the overall winner of the series, which was great! We were all happy for him.

Sat 10/8- Gianluca won the Strider race (first out of two). Anthony again dominated the 5 and under class, logging his ninth win. Just one more win before he advances to the Intermediate class!

It was a beautiful day at the track for the 10th anniversary celebrations. The only rough part is that the schedule was considerably longer and the boys were outside waiting for their races in the 90 degree October sun. No biggie though, they're pretty tough!