The DLP Racing team raced the Cookeville Criterium on Sunday in Tennessee. The team went into the race highly motivated because the winner of the Cookesville race also earns the right to be crowned 2008 Tennessee Criterium Champion. The racing started out with a series of attacks. Soon a small group of 6 riders separated themselves from the field. The group contained Spencer Beamer, Thad Dulin, and Boyd Johnson from DLP racing. Also in the group were Brent Bookwalter (BMC), Eric Murphy, and Dirk Pohlmann. With three riders in the move, DLP Racing quickly took the initiative to drive the pace and build the gap. In the closing laps Thad Dulin took control of the race and kept the pace high to discourage any attacks. Shortly before the finish Brent Bookwalter attacked but Spencer was right on his wheel and easily came around for the win. Since Spencer is a Tennessee native he earned the title of Tenesseee Criterium Champion. This is the second state championship for DLP Racing as Boyd Johnson also won the South Carolina criterium championship in April.

Charlie Pendry took an impressive win at the 1^st ever NC Blueberry Fesitval Criterium. The race took place in downtown Burgaw, NC on Friday Night. The race drew a strong regional field of racers including some local NC standout riders. DLP had three riders in the race Chris Judy, Matthew Howe, and Charlie Pendry The racers were greeted with pouring rain that somehow cleared out right as the riders took to the starting line. From the gun a series of attacks were launched that were all immediately covered, yet somehow on only the third lap, Charlie Pendry covered a move from Jeremy Conn and the two riders immediately had a gap. Riders in the field just looked at each other as the pair rode off. Within a matter of moments the two had a 15 second gap on the field and quickly began working together. Many riders tried to bridge across from the field but Matt and Chris covered every single move. As the race went through the half way point the duo of Pendry and Conn had a 40 second lead on the field. The two worked well along the wet 7/10 of a mile circuit. As the lap board started counting down a few of the stronger riders including Inferno’s Rich Harper and Mercy Cycling’s David Leduc upped the pace to try to bring the pair of riders back. In the end the two stayed away and Charlie found himself taking the final corner in the perfect spot at second wheel. Charlie was able to maintain his speed through the final corner and came around Jeremy Conn for the win.

DLP Racing is pleased to announce that it has signed Tommy Nankervis for the duration of the 2008 season. Tommy is transferring to DLP Racing from the Toshiba Pro Cycling team. Tommy has also raced previously with the Jittery Joes team in 2007 and the Priority Health team in 2006. Tommy hails from Melbourne Australia but he is currently residing in Roswell, GA during the racing season. Tommy is a strong criterium rider and should be an excellent asset to the team in many of the large US criteriums this year. Everyone on the team is extremely excited to have Tommy on the team and we are looking forward to great things from him in the future.

DLP racing won two stages at the second annual Edgar Soto Memorial Stage Race. The race took place in Nashville, TN and drew an excellent field with a $19,000 pro mens purse. The race drew all of the top teams from the southeast including riders from Toshiba, Jittery Joes, and DLP Racing. Spencer Beamer won the opening prolouge with a blistering time of 1:12 over the course that was slightly over 1 kilometer. Later that evening Tommy Nankervis continued the winning streak by winning the sprint competition and taking home 1^st place in the finals. On Saturday the guys lined up for a $10,000 twilight criterium. Spencer got away early in the race with Bobby Sweeting (Toshiba) and another rider. The three stayed out for almost the entire race. While out on course Spencer grabbed the majority of the sprint points that were available every 5^th lap. Unfortunately the trio of riders were brought back in the closing laps of the race. In the sprint finish Tommy Nakervis placed 7^th in the sprint finish. On Sunday’s Criterium Spencer again went out on the attack and took more sprint points. In the end Spencer won the Points Jersey for the weekend and the team ended up with two stages.