FUEL RACING

2009-09-17T18:47:00.001-07:00

2009-09-17T18:42:00.000-07:00

First Cross race of the season was this past weekend....battled for the 4th place most of the race and was outsprinted in the end. 5th overall....not bad for the first race of the season. Way too hot for a cross race....when is fall going to get here.
Next race is Suckerbrook Cross.....week off...then Gloucester Gran Prix Oct 3rd & 4th

2009-04-13T16:13:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone.....Nothing much going on with me lately. Training as much as I can with the weather and work.....things look like they might be warming up a bit this week....maybe I'll be able to get out a few days in a row this week. Crazy!!

I will be racing for a new team this year.....Comprehensive Racing.....should be a lot of fun. New people ...new training rides... can't wait to start racing.

2009-01-14T16:58:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year everyone!!!!!
Time to get off the couch and on the trainer..... fun.
Have to update my netflix.

2008-11-25T09:26:00.000-08:00

Looks like the Lowell race will probably be my last Cross race of the season.....I've been fading fast lately.
The bike is up on the trainer for now and I'll just be doing some lite riding for a while.
The Lowell race was ok...placed 12th overall....also ended up getting 15th place the week before in Plymouth.
It's been a great year and I'm looking forward to do a little more mountain bike racing in the spring. We'll see what's going on.
Have a great Holiday Season...

2008-11-15T15:35:00.000-08:00

Just hangin' out and relaxin' for tomorrows race in Lowell....I missed this race last year so I'm pretty excited to do it this year.
Last weekend I did the Plymouth North Cross race on Sunday...(I was too sick to do Sat. race). I had a great start and just wanted to hang with the lead group. This was a very fast and Long course.....I just didn't have the power and started to fade after the 3rd or 4th lap. I think I was able to grab a top 10 finish....not really sure as they haven't posted the results online yet and I just went home after my race.

Hopefully tomorrow in Lowell will be better.....I think I've gotten rid of this cold. Should be a pretty muddy race as it has been raining for the last 2 days. Love the Mud!!

2008-10-14T16:20:00.000-07:00

2008-10-14T16:16:00.000-07:00

Had a rough day in Gloucester this weekend.....
I ended up starting in the nineth row.....the start was brutal....and the rest of the race was about the same.
I was able to fight my way up to a 38th Place finish out of 101 starters...I have had some better days.

2008-10-02T13:39:00.001-07:00

Well let's see here.... I ended up missing the Suckerbrook Cross race a couple of weeks ago because I had to work a little later than expected....drove out only to miss the start. Sucked!!

This past weekend though I made up for it with a 3rd Place finish out in Bedford MA at the Quad Cross race. Again in the Pouring Rain...I think I race pretty well in the rain....Let's pray for rain next week at the Gloucester Gran Prix.

This year I will only be able to Race on Sunday due to work....I took a couple days off the bike and hope to be all ready to kick ass next week in Gloucester.

After the Gran Prix I will be just focusing on the Crazy Halloween season in Salem and spending most of my time at the shop.
November will be here soon enough and I will be ready to hit a few more cross races. Hopefully head up to NH for the Porky Gulch Stage race November 7th & 8th.

2008-09-18T04:22:00.000-07:00

Well... Cross Season is off to a Great start.....I finished 6th Place in Amesbury on Sunday. In the pouring rain!! This was a fun race....with plenty of mud.
I should be off in Auburn NH this sunday for the Suckerbrook Cross......I usually do pretty well on this course so we'll see what happens. Later!!

2008-09-10T07:29:00.000-07:00

2008-09-10T07:21:00.000-07:00

Cross Season is finally here......I'll be racing in Amesbury Mass on this sunday and then Auburn NH next week.
Feeling pretty good... rested a bit this past few weeks. We'll see how this season goes.....Just need someone to run the store on Sundays!!!

2008-07-31T10:47:00.000-07:00

Headed over to Lynn Woods last night to do the Dualathlon.....ran 2.5 mile trail run, 6 mile mountain bike, 2.5 mile trail run. Felt pretty good....finished in 1:04. I think that was like 4th place??? Just for fun.....not much of a runner....Just getting ready for the triathlon any way I can these days.
Next Mountain Bike race this weekend in Exeter NH. Going to be a hot one!!

2008-07-20T07:26:00.000-07:00

Looks like August should be a busy month for me.....Next Mountain Race is the Fort Rock Revenge in Exeter on the Aug 3rd....after that I will go the Witchcity Triathlon on Aug 10th. Haven't done this for about three years.....but I think I'll give it another try.
The Witches Cup Crit in Salem is Aug 13th.....Not much of a road racer, but this race was fun last year.
Should be a good month... Later!!

2008-07-03T08:11:00.000-07:00

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2008-06-26T19:20:00.000-07:00

Hey All......sorry for the lack of posts. Been really busy with work, but I think we may have that all figured out now.
Hit the third race on the EFTA NECS Race this summer, the Clifford Park Assault...placed fourth! Not bad for my first race of the season...18 miles in 2:02...
Big ups to Dennis for being my water boy for the second year in a row....damn I was thirsty!!!! And thanks to Pat, Nikki <3, and Logan for coming out to support. I love you all. You too Franky!!

I'm in ogunquit right now with Nikki on a well deserved vacation...taking some leisurely rides with her (shes's slow and hates hills!), but I can't wait to hit the road when I get back to town...

Thanks to Tom at Michelin Footwear...the Michelin dry2 tires rocked!!! Fast as hell! Thanks so much, you guys rock!
Thanks to Dan and everyone else at Salem Cycle...the bike ran great as always....and can you order me a Felt Hurley beach cruiser? Thanks!

Oh, and Frank....everyone from the Front Porch says hi...?????

2008-05-02T04:41:00.000-07:00

First Mountain Bike Race of the Season is coming up May 18th..... the Glocester Grind in Glocester, RI.

2008-04-21T16:10:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone....spring is here and training has picked up a bit more with the nice weather.
Thanks to all the sponsors that have decided to stick with me again this year....should be a fun year. I think this year I will be doing only about 6 mountain bike races and then focus more on the cross season. We'll see.....right now I would like to do the first 6 races in the EFTA New England Championship Series and then finish that up with the Hampshire 100k mountain bike race in August....leaving some time to relax and prep for Cross.
Been a little busy at work this season so far......but I hope to step the training up a bit in the coming weeks....will keep you posted. Thanks for your support

2008-01-18T08:29:00.000-08:00

2008-01-09T08:15:00.001-08:00

Happy New Year everyone.....hope you all had a great Holiday Season.
Not much new happening with me....just starting to train again for the 2008 Season....just figuring out what I need to focus on this year. Life on the trainer is pretty boring.....been catching up on a lot of movies. Later...

2007-11-23T04:50:00.000-08:00

2007-11-03T11:39:00.000-07:00

The EFTA New England Championship Series points have been posted for the '07 Mountain Bike Season....I placed 4th in my division....Expert Senior II. Very happy with my results....Thanks to all my sponsors for their support.
Now that Halloween has passed I'm back for a couple more Cross races before the season is over....just have to get over a little cold. C ya

2007-11-03T11:37:00.000-07:00

2007-10-20T10:12:00.000-07:00

The Gloucester Gran Prix was a Blast!!!! I ended up finishing 31st on Sat. and 34th on Sun. Next couple of weeks I will be focusing on the Shop thru October.....then back to racing in November. See ya.

Gran Prix Gloucester

2007-10-01T04:35:00.000-07:00

Make sure you mark your calanders.....check out the site for info and details....www.gpgloucester.com
I will be racing both Sat & Sun at 1:00

2007-10-01T04:21:00.000-07:00

2nd Baby!!! Had a kick ass race yesterday in Amesbury....I think I went from 15th position to 5th in the first corner....was kind of weird. The course was totally a mountain biker's course with tons of bumps and roots. The top 4 guys (and girl Lynne Bassette) were just battling and trading positions the whole race. In the end Talbott ended up in 1st...just couldn't catch him again...Fellow Salem Cycle rider Jesse ended up in 3rd place.
October is here and now I have to take a couple of weeks to focus on the shop in preperation of Halloween....but will keep training as much as possible for the US Gran Prix in Gloucester Oct. 13 and 14. That will be the true test...let's hope I ride well that weekend.

2007-09-27T06:20:00.000-07:00

Next Cross race is this Sunday at Amesbury Pine Park in Amesbury MA......check it out!!! I go off at 1pm.

2007-09-21T16:16:00.000-07:00

Cross season is upon us now.....had a great race this past weekend at Suckerbrook. Felt great and had a blast......ended up placing 12th out of 62....not bad for my first B men race.
Big race this Oct 13 & 14th.... the US Gran Prix in Gloucester....Training continues.

2007-09-01T13:43:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of posts the past couple weeks....been hangin up in Maine training with a good buddy of mine. Let's see...last race was the Pinnacle in Newport NH. This was the hardest race of the season by far...they got a bunch of rain the night before so the course was very muddy and slick...tons of climbing and some killer downhill sections.
I felt pretty strong climbing but I decided to take it easy on the downhill sections because my front just kept slipping out on me thru the corners. Had 4th position in the last lap and crashed with about a mile to go.... dropped me back into 5th to finish.
Cyclocross season starts this month with my first race on Sept 16th in Auburn NH...the Suckerbrook classic. I placed 1st last year so I'm really looking forward to going back this year. Time to break out the cross bike and get that thing rollin'...later.

2007-08-23T04:38:00.000-07:00

Next Mtn Race is this weekend in Newport NH....The Pinnicle. Should be a pretty hardcore race with a lot of climbing.
The Mtn Bike season is coming to a close soon... currently in 4th place in my division....hopefully make it up into 3rd after this weeks race.

2007-08-16T04:29:00.000-07:00

The Witches Cup was a Blast!!! Ended up in 19th place overall.... not bad for my first road race. Made a few mistakes and my plan didn't end working in the end and I was stuck in the lead with 3 laps to go....(not the place you want to be).... then on the last lap someone clipped my rear wheel in one of the corners. Thanks to everyone that came out.

2007-08-05T16:50:00.000-07:00

Murphy's back in it...raced today in Exeter, NH. A very technical 18 mile course. I was just praying that I didn't fall today...I think if I went down on my leg I would have been done. I rode really well and finished in 4th place. Not bad for being off the bike for over a week. Next week is the Witches Cup here in Salem....road race....should be interesting.

2007-07-30T04:26:00.000-07:00

Bad new with Fuel Racing.... I took a bad fall training last sunday my knee is pretty messed up. Doctor told me to stay off the bike for at least a week. So I had to miss this weeks race ....will try getting back training this Thursday and catch the next race in Exeter on Sunday. Will keep you all posted...

2007-07-24T05:12:00.000-07:00

Next Race this weekend.... The Bradbury Mtn. Enduro in Pownal, ME... a 30 mile point to point race.....should be a blast.

2007-07-10T04:32:00.000-07:00

Official Results have been posted by EFTA for last race in Sunapee.... Actually Placed 3rd.

2007-07-08T14:42:00.000-07:00

Sunday in Sunapee, how nice. Todays race was the Harding Hill race.....20 mile course with a good mix of fast single track and fireroads....seemed like a lot of climbing as well. Felt pretty good from the start..... today was mass start so there was about 70 guys racing thru a field before you hit the trails....quite interesting.
I placed 4th today... kind of bummed because I took the 3rd position on the third lap... I thought I had lost the guy but he ended up passing me again on the fourth and final lap and I couldn't hang from there. Oh well...
I have the next week off..... Nice. Training hard...
Check out witchescup.com ...this will be my first road race. A Wed nite road crit around the Salem Commons Aug. 15th. Should be a good time.....

2007-07-02T05:25:00.000-07:00

Raced out in Claremont NH this weekend..... All Out in Moody Park. This course is pretty cool...pretty fast with a big climb and a great downhill section. Reached 34mph on that bad boy....
I ended up in 5th place.... pretty good. I think I could have ridden a little better. I was messed up a bit after hitting a tree and then another bad spill. I was able to pass two guys in the last lap but just couldn't catch the guys in front..... Oh well.
Next week I'll be in Sunapee, NH for the Harding Hill race...

2007-06-24T17:06:00.000-07:00

Hey All... Had a great race in Maine today. Felt really strong and fast...no tech problems. The course was four 4.5 mile loops of very technical terrain...a lot of people sidelined by this one. Thanks to all my friends and family that came out to support me today....Dad thanks sooo much for the bottles...you get the job buddy!!
Little bit of a problem in the end...the race officals put me down as not finishing the race. I guess the idiot offical at the finish didn't record my # correctly (5 is a tough one) so they recorded me as a DNF. But after some stupid discussion; they had a mystery person coming in at 1hr 54min.(2mins off from my computer)....so that placed me in about 8th place out of about 17 racers in my class. Not bad...but it was just frustrating to end the day this way.
We got some video from the race as well and I hope to have that up soon...

2007-06-22T04:45:00.000-07:00

Next Race is this weekend....the Clifford Park Assault in Biddeford Maine. Should be a great race if I don't have any tech problems. Last year I placed 1st so I'm looking forward to doing well again this year. Keep you posted

2007-06-15T06:13:00.000-07:00

Murphy wins the Thursday nite ECV Spank'om ride two weeks in a row.........I'm never letting go of the rooster trophy now!!

2007-06-10T17:16:00.000-07:00

2007-06-10T17:14:00.000-07:00

2007-06-10T17:02:00.000-07:00

Not a good day for Fuel Racing....3 miles into the race I blew my rear tire. Typically you can just throw in a tube and keep going...but for some reason we put rim strips in my rims when installing my tubeless system. (big mistake..??) So I was unable to get the valve out to throw in a tube.
I was having a great race otherwise... worked my way up to 3rd before the blow out...and I was feeling strong.
That's racing I guess.....will be in the shop this week making sure this problem doesn't happen again.

2007-06-10T16:57:00.000-07:00

2007-06-07T18:04:00.000-07:00

Murphy brings home a win at the Thursday nite ECV Spank'om ride......The Salem Cycle crew was Rockin' it all night. I think there was a group of about 15 or 20 riders tonight. Good to get the Rooster trophy out of the hands of ECV for the week. We'll see if we can hold onto it next week. ???

2nd Race of the EFTA NECS Series this weekend in Sterling, Conn. ...feeling pretty strong right now ...let's hope I can carry it into the weekend. From what I hear the course is suppose to be pretty technical...I'm ready.

2007-05-16T15:18:00.000-07:00

Next Race is June 10th in Sterling, CT.

Still training hard......Tuesday nights at the Marblehead ride have been killer....Thursday nights with the ECV spank'om ride have been great too. Headed out to Lynn Woods for a couple hours this past weekend....haven't ridden there in a while....was a blast. These next couple of weeks I'll just try to get a in a few more training rides on the mountain bike and work on the technical riding....got rained out today....Oh well. Feeling great....will keep you posted on anything new.

2007-05-06T13:31:00.000-07:00

First off....let me thank all the sponsors for their support. Stemtech Health....started taking them last week & feeling great. Thanks to Tom & all the guys at Michelin Footwear.....those tires Rock!! Can't wait for some driving shoes since I'll be doing a lot of driving this summer...about 4 hours today. Thanks to Dan & boys at Salem Cycle for getting my rear shock back from Fox on time for today's race....we were cutting it close....the bike ran great. Thanks to Shawn at McCarthy Restorations for all your support & help putting Fuel Racing together with me.
Today's race was Great!! I ended up with 4th Place.....missed the podium by about 30 seconds. Just couldn't seem to catch the guy in 3rd. Overall the course was pretty fast with a bunch of muddy sections & rock gardens....Not much climbing on this course. Had to do 4 five mile loops today....finished in 2 hours 13 minutes. Not bad for the first race of the season. No action photos this week as my photographers all decided to sleep in this week....Next time.

Start of the Season

2007-04-14T19:21:00.000-07:00

The First Mtn bike race is coming up on May 6th in Gloucester RI. It's the first of Nine in the EFTA New England Championship Series............the Training Continues.

2007-04-04T17:36:00.000-07:00