Jon Nigbor
Scott,
I had nearly the same exact experience with him a year or two later in the
same Crawfish Crit. He was quite an ambassador to the sport.
Jon Nigbor
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Goldstein" <sgold-@mail.bit-by-bit.com>
To: <ob-@topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 4:11 PM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Joe Hailey Story
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Hey All:
I, like everyone, was greatly saddened to hear of the loss of Joe Hailey.
I didn't really know him, but like many, I raced against him and found him
to be really special person on the bike. Here is my little "Joe Hailey
Anecdote":
I was racing as a CAT IV at the Tualitin (Crawfish Festival) Criterium in
1995. I was feeling good and the course suited my pitiful crit skills (it
has a hill) I was absolutely sure I was going to win. Well, when we come
out of the final turn at the base of the hill, I was amazed to see that I
had completely blown it and two guys had a big gap on me and the rest. I
blew by one of them but didn't get the other guy and thus I lost. I was
just crushed. I went back to my car sulking and who happens to be parked
right next to me but this white haired dude who informs me that he was the
guy that I blew by to take second. Well, I didn't want to talk to anybody
about the race, least of all some old dude who wanted to give me advice
about racing a crit.
The next day was the District Crit. So here I am racing away to the best
of my limited critability in the last few laps of the race. I think I'm
hearing things but I keep getting what seems like an Obi-Wan Kenobi voice
talking to me in my ear. I soon realize that it was this Joe Hailey guy
giving me pointers as to where to go, what wheel to get on, etc...during
the flippin race! Of course, I didn't win cuz I can't sprint, but I came
away from the race thinking about this amazing Joe Hailey dude. Here was
a
guy who had the right perspective on bike racing. To help out a
competitor
(during a race) to his own detriment really showed class. On top of that,
I am fairly sure that he won the race as well.
Everytime I saw Joe Hailey race, he would never be the fastest guy out
there (being 20-30 years older than most of the field), but he always
seemed to be at the right place at the right time. That's how I'll
remember him.
Scott
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