The race pace started pretty casual, until Steve and Chris put in a hard stints to get the pack up to pace.  Both Steve and Chris alternated on some early attacks to test the response from the field and each time, the filed demonstrated a desire to tag along.  About two-thirds race distance, Steve sprinted off for a breakaway attempt.  After three laps of leading alone, the field bridged the gap and he moved into tactical mode for the end.  On the flag lap, both Chris and Steve jockeyed for sprint position.  Coming out of turn three, Mackey Franks assumed the lead and picked up the pace into the final fourth turn.  Steve and Chris were both on his wheel and Mackey saw his break foiled.  That was the moment as Steve sprinted hard around Franks into the last ninety degree corner, carrying in so much momentum that he swears he felt his front wheel and fork flexing through the turn.  Tactically, he could not have asked for better field position.  Steve came out of the final corner with a nice gap to second place teammate Chris Dahl and easily claimed the race victory for Kinleys-Fish cycling.

The team was also represented in Expert class by Joe Fish. He decided to race in the different division after a prompting by Andy Pohl of Team Kaladi. This turned out to be a bad idea. Without going into too much detail, the race did not end favorably for Joe.  Solace can be taken in the fact that the team claimed yet another victory in Sport Class, with no sign of slowing down.

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