News and Information
For Week 9
Friday, August 15 2014
RAW TRACK
2014 first race 7:05pm
• This week will be one of RAW Tracks famous Team Challenge Night
• How does this work?
• As you sign on you will be allocated and assigned one of six team colours.
• Your team colour will be attached to your left sleeve.
• Teams will be
Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Orange and Purple •
Every round will score 5 , 3 , 2 and 1 point towards your team score.
• The point scouring rounds will be 1 -4 (that’s every round)
• Round 5 will be an Italian Pursuit using your colour team
• Team Points will determine the Ride Off order (1 v 2 for 1st, 3 v 4 for 3rd and 5 V 6 for 5th)
• The Italian Pursuit will determine the final results.
What is the reward? • Members of the teams individually will receive a bonus 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point respectively towards the TWE series point-score.
• Again this year riders will not earn individual points for placing in races.
Why are we doing this?• Because it is a heap of fun.
• It is a great opportunity to
socialise with people you normally wouldn’t • A Div 1 rider will intently watch how his Div 5 team mate is going and may offer a tip or two
Team’s night procedure • Please ensure that when you sign on you receive a colour strip and a safety pin
• Record your colour on sign on sheet (in the correct column)
• Please pin your colour to your left sleave
Team’s night seating • Again this year I will set up 6 flagged areas. One for each team colour.
• It is encouraged/ compulsory that riders from each team sit in designated area.
• At the conclusion of the warm up, all riders will be asked to relocate to their respective colour camps.
What if there is a draw on points • Should two teams be equal on points after round 4 and potentially be in different ride off’s (e.g. 2nd and 3rd tied)
• In RAW Track style, Scissor Paper Rock between team captains will determine the higher position.
This week’s Races• Round 1 Warm up Scratch
• Round 2 no race this week
• Round 3 Sprint (max 10 up@ 4laps) Div 1 200m fly
• Round 4 Points race
• Round 5 Super Italian
Explain these races
Explain these races Sprint- – at RAW Track, sprints are usually run as 4-10 ups over 3-4 laps the first few laps are usually spent sizing your opponents up and positioning yourself for the optimum explosion to the finish. It is not uncommon for a sneaky rider to attack early in the hope of holding a lead to the finish. The sprint is a test of power, speed and above all, tactics.
Point score- - Riders must score points by sprinting for intermittent sprints every ?? Laps for bonuses (5, 3, 2, 1 points). Lapping the field scores a bonus 20 points, consequently losing a lap to the field scores -20points. Winner of the race is the rider with the most points
Sub-note: generally at RAW Track we do not allow loss of laps, rather call this a forced withdrawall
Point Score info
Last week’s top scorers • Div 1 4 x riders 15 points
• Div 2 Nosh Mistry 16 points
• Div 3 Ben Lehner 20 points ….
Second week in a row! Dude, go up. • Div 4 Luke Brittan 18 points
• Div 5 Maximillian Santos 18 points
series • Div 1 Josh Cornish and Tirian McManus 123 points
• Div 2 Nosh Mistry 131 points
• Div 3 Ben Lehner 119 points
• Div 4 Luke Britten and Ian Grant 121 points
• Div 5 Sarah Harvey 109 points
Going up a grade
It is time for the 10 Point Rule to be activated. • Promoted riders will take points with them but will not exceed 10pts below leader of grade. This rule will be activated on August 15 @ 7:05pm.
Teams/Clubs Challenge
1 Dulwich Hill 2678
2 Lidcombe 2047
3 Illawarra 1029
4 St George 840
5 Hunter Districts 722
6 SUVelo 614
7 Parramatta 602
8 Northern Sydney 585
9 Bicisport 575
10 Penrith 491
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.
Battle a-brewing in Division 2 
• Whilst Baxter and Mandy were busy marking each other, they neglected Nosh Mistry
• Nosh used his handicap over Baxter and Mandy to win round 2 and placed in the endurance scratch race to take top scorer for the night
• with these points he has also taken the Div 2 lead overall
• Sit back and watch this one and is going to be a melodrama
Some great photo's by Joshua Nicholson can be found here
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