News and Information
For Week 6
Friday, July, 25 2014
RAW TRACK
2014
first race 7:05pm
• Round 1 Warm up Scratch
• Round 2 no race this week
• Round 3 BBK Wheel-Races (8 laps 2000m)
• Round 4 Madi-leads and Div 1 Madison • Round 5 Combines + Time Blaster $50 for 8:43 (Robby Cater)
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www.kirraweecycles.com.auExplain these races Wheel-Race- - A Wheelrace is a handicap event open to a wide range of riders. The race distance is typically 1000-2000 metres. Riders start from a variety of positions around the track, with their handicap (or position) based on current grading and past performances. The top riders start from the 'scratch mark' - which is the absolute race distance - but they are sometimes over 200 metres behind the first riders who have that much less distance to travel. The scratch riders - normally top professionals - are the only competitors who have to cover the entire race distance. reference www.cyclingnews.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epn2EAFZCLY&feature=channel
This week’s Wheel-races will be graded with a max of 24 riders per heat, so please listen in to how I split it up (should your division need to be split).
Your handicap will be posted below.
Madilead- The pace in this race is set by a Madison team (see Madison). The bunch follows the Madison team for ??laps until, with 5 laps remaining the Madison leaders take off leaving the bunch to sought out the winner in scratch race style finish. The Idea of this race is to allow the lower grades to experience following a Madison change (which is a key skill in learning to ride a madison). The pace of this race can often change with the experienced leaders putting in a few hard attacks to stir up the bunch.
Madison- A high speed, two person continuous race relay. Think of tag team wrestling meets track cycling - while one partner is racing the other is resting at the top of the track. This race is named after Madison Square Garden in New York where the event was first held. Two man teams contest the event, which is typically an endurance event. Only one rider from each team is allowed in the race at a given time, meaning that teams must take it in turn each lap (or more) to have a rider in the race. Changeovers are quite dangerous, but impressive to watch when done well - one rider circles around waiting for his teammate, who joins hands and imparts his momentum to the slower rider. At RAW Track we usually ride this on a scratch race format reference www.cyclingnews.com
Point Score info
Last week’s top scorers • Div 1 Tirian McManus 20 points
• Div 2 Gary Mandy 18 points
• Div 3 Phil Dobe 17 points
• Div 4 Troy Martin 20 points
• Div 5 Nat Earl 20 points
series • Div 1 Josh Cornish 81 points
• Div 2 Gary Mandy 86 points
• Div 3 Nosh Mistry 83 points
• Div 4 Troy Martin + Luke Britten 71 points
• Div 5 Ian Grant 73 points
Teams/Clubs Challenge
1 Dulwich Hill 1836
2 Lidcombe 1396
3 Illawarra 695
4 Hunter Districts 623
5 St George 559
6 SUVelo 442
7 Northern Sydney 409
8 Central Coast 398
9 Parramatta 370
10 Southern Cross 348
A message from LACC to DHBC. BFV from LACC loves to take shots at DHBC at any opportunity. Last year he posted a gif each week and looks like doing the same this year.
1 Dulwich Hill 1836
2 Lidcombe 1396
Note $50 for time blaster. (No sponsor) • The time blaster prize and jack-pot in 2014 is only $50
• In the past it has always been $100 but this year we have no sponsor.
• If a sponsor wants to pop in $300 we can go back to $100 per Time Blaster
• The (insert name) Time Blaster
Non Madison • Div 1 riders who are not riding the madison are
invited to ride the Div 2 Madi-Lead • Whilst results will be recorded, only the top 4 div 2 riders will receive points towards the overall series.
