Originally Posted by ypsetihw

so I'm signed up for a local club race tomorrow night. it'll be my only race start this year, outside of the training events held back in April which included a crit. our club puts on a variety of races throughout the year including a lot of circuit road races, but this series is very unique . . . they have rented out the local paved oval car track. it's a 3/8 mile oval with slight banking (much less than a velodrome) and wide sweeping corners.

- it'll be like a circuit in that the races will be around 25-30 laps and there will be time for things to develop and plenty of time to read the road.
- it'll be like a crit in that there is no climbing, and the pace is more than likely going to be very high and knowing these guys there will be A LOT of attacks.
- it'll be like a road race in that there will be long flowing stretches of time for the paceline to really get moving, and there is a good chance there will be some teamwork going on, and there will be little if any hard cornering as the track is very wide and the corners are all sweeping.
- it'll be like a track race in that there will be several shorter events, under 30 laps or so (about 10 miles, or 30 minute races) with varying formats including kilo, team pursuit, a straightforward scratch format, and so on with multiple primes each races. they also play games like miss and out.

I don't really know what to expect as I will have to line up for multiple race starts at the same event. I'm just looking for some strategy so that I don't burn out to early in the evening, but at the same time be able to capitalize on the races that will play to my strengths. I'm a sprinter, and I would prefer to force every race to end this way, because I'm simply too big and don't have the FTP to chase down long breaks if they get away . . .