Off the sport, Massie also attended the Faith Christian Academy in Sellersville, Pennsylvania, where he enrolled on a music scholarship from the U.S. National Band Association for his talent in clarinet, an instrument that had been inherited by his father.

[8][9] In the men's team sprint, held on the first day of the program, Massie helped his teammates Duvendeck and Michael Blatchford set an eighth-place time in 45.346 (an average speed of 59.542 km/h) on the morning prelims before losing out to the Brits (led by Olympic legend Chris Hoy) in the first round.

[10] The following day, in the men's keirin, Massie narrowly missed the second spot taken by the Netherlands' Theo Bos in his opening heat and finished fourth in the repechage against five other cyclists, thus eliminating him from the competition with a twenty-first place overall.

[11][12] In 2009, Massie recovered from his second Olympic setback by achieving three more track cycling titles in Keirin, the 250 m standing start, and the now-defunct kilometre time trial at the U.S. Championships in Carson, California.

This campaign had been truly inspired by Massie's surprising triumphs at the Pan American Games, following an immediate call of Barbadian sprinter Barry Forde to further strip off his medals for failing the doping test.