Robert McAndrew has his best night so far in Derby Track League.

This was his fourth night of the track league, and though the first weeks session had been marred by a serious crash, Robert showed his resilience to return to the track and has progressed well, with Tuesday nights event being best so far.

First up was the 20 lap scratch race, unfortunately due to arriving late because of heavy traffic, Robert didn’t get the best warm up, but still managed a creditable 9th out of 25 riders.

Next was the 8 lap gallop, this is a very fast race, basically an 8 lap sprint.  Robert attacked with 2 laps to go, with one rider on his wheel he managed to gap the bunch by 4 bike lengths, holding the sprinters line, he attacked again on the last bend coming out of the corner the clear winner.

The elimination race was next, with a rider being pulled out every lap.  Robert rode tactically for the first half of the race, sitting in the middle of the bunch, then when numbers were reduced to 8 riders, he used his fast turn of speed to stay out of trouble near the front.  Once down to just 2 riders on the last lap he pushed to the finish, outsprinting his rival for the win.

The last race of the night was the 40 lap scratch race. So with tired legs from his previous wins, Robert dug deep and stayed out of trouble in the front half of the bunch, covering any attacks. With 3 laps to go Robert went on the attack with another rider, gapping the field by quite a few bike lengths, unfortunately the efforts from his previous wins told on his legs, and in the final sprint for the finish they were caught by another rider, but still managing to hold onto a creditable 3rd.

All in all a good nights racing, resulting in a top 5 place in the league, which is incredible for a 16 year old rider racing against many more experienced riders.