Thanks everyone for your kindness and look forward to seeing you all Saturday.
I think my biggest set back was finding tires that could hold up to the racing. My first race was The Death Race last year, jeff, baird, Piston Crew was there I think Scott was there also and others that I can't remember. it was a great turn out and I wore through my back tire during practice. You could see the stars through the thing. My pedal fell off during one of the heats also. Raced Willow with michelins and they got real slippery, i won the race but real slippery. Then we found the maxxis hookworms and the have been the tire of choice, I think I have 4 races on them and they still look great.
Biggest innovation, making it all work, also i would say the telescoping forks that I built. This bike is my favorite and it only gets ridden on the track. see you in the pits..