But, there were two significant developments. One day when I got stuck running the gates Anthony took it upon himself to start lining up at the gate by himself. He actually got a good start or two out of the gate with no help on the first day of trying, and over the following few track days he now looks like a seasoned veteran as he calmly pulls into his gate, lines his bike up, positions his pedals, and then positions himself in a near perfect posture balancing and standing before the gate drops. Gianluca's new development was off the track (at least for September); he's now riding a pedal bike without training wheels!
Wed 9/21- All of the kids were acting up a little (some a lot) so we just decided to scrap Wednesday altogether; beginner league and Wed night races. It was a little tough to write it off, but definitely the best decision.
Fri 9/23 beginner races- It was just over a week ago, but I don't even remember what happened in these races. I think Anthony raced traded wins with Colton.
Sat 9/24- I decided to take Luca to the races since we missed Wednesday. Gamma wanted to go, and then Alessandra decided she wanted to go to (mainly to be with Gamma). At least Erika got an unexpected couple of hours to herself. The races were pretty uneventful. Luca finished third out of four in his Strider race, and Anthony won all three motos of a total points 5 and under Novice race.
Wed 9/28- Gianluca finished 3rd in his Strider race. Anthony had some competition this week in the 5 and under class, Kingston Burrows. I think Anthony has raced Kingston twice, and last time, although he wan't too far behind Kingston in second place, he definitely wasn't on pace with him. But that changed this week as Anthony's progress in the last several weeks has been pretty impressive. See moto 1 in the video below. Anthony won the main by a bigger margin.
Fri 9/30 beginner races- This was a lot like a few weeks ago with Boden, Colton and Anthony (the veterans) racing a race amongst themselves in these beginner races. Boden gapped Colton and Anthony pretty good in race 1, and I believe that Anthony finished second to Colton. In the second race they were a little closer to Boden, and Colton was ahead of Anthony. In the third moto Anthony lost his balance a little at the start and ended up getting tangled up with one of the beginners at the back end of the first table top. They came together and Anthony went down hard. Unlike other times when he's just gotten up and gotten back on, he was pretty rattled this time, and his knee was bleeding and hurting.
He limped away from the track, and got a quick break before they called a surprise moto 4. He of course wanted to ride again so we headed up the hill to line up just after wiping a few tears from his eyes. No chance of touching that knee yet (didn't want to deal with that!). Donny gave everyone a pep talk before the last race that apparently Anthony took to heart. Donny in essence said that due to the wind there had been a lot of crashes that day, but that none of that mattered now. This was their last chance to take a good memory home, that it could be their best race, and to give it their all.
Anthony did just that. He got a perfect start and set out after Boden leaving the rest of the pack, including Colton, well behind. Hi didn't catch Boden, but everyone was aware of how close he was. It was a great way to end the month!
Oh, I forgot. Donny got Anthony a new bike the other day, and he assembled it yesterday. Today was his first race on his new 20" Free Agent. He also got his first crash in with just a little scuff on the brake lever.
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