This week-end was a “fun” adventure…for all of us.  NO, *I* did not race a UCI PRO race, but some of our Artemis Elite guys did.  Five Artemis/IMI guys (Ramon, David Oh!, Nate, Mike, Mark) and Rick Norton (who was riding pick-up for IMI) decided that they would give UNIVEST Grand Prix a try against the pros.  Although Mark Warno did the pre-event entry work, I was kind of the race-day Director Sportif/Caravan driver for the 100-mile road race on Saturday.  As a driver, I was required to arrive in Friday afternoon for the Manager/Driver’s meeting.  Admittedly, I was a bit nervous thinking about sitting there in a room with big team directors like Ed Beamon of Team Type 1, Jittery Joe’s, and Chipotle.  I was relieved when I saw all of the familiar faces of the event Officials (Kirk Leidy, Lew Strader, Judy Miller, Stephen, Kevin Long, and others, plus my old pals from SRAM support) when I entered the room.  After all logistics were in order, they did the draw for car placement in the caravan.  We got 17 out of 20.  Good.  Hanging out near the back was OK with me, as I did not want to get in any pro team’s way!

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