Sunday, May 27, 2012

Results AND Recap from May 24th


What another great night of racing it was. I have a little more of a recap from the last track night so here it goes. All results are at the bottom of this post (all that I have anyway).

There were a total of 31 riders, eleven of which was their first time out at the track this season. There were two new juniors but Eva Berger was absent because her school was singing the National Anthem at the ballpark that evening. We did have two junior-only races during the evening. There were four women racing.

Hey, During the time before we race the track always needs at least some sweeping and remember I offer $5.00 off of registration fee to those willing to work a broom for about fifteen minutes. There is no requirement to sweep but if the track is not sweep before each night then there will be more mishaps (flat, etc.). Please help out with the sweeping and more importantly if there is someone on the track with a broom please give him or her some courtesy and safety and do not ride hard or fast right by them. I really need some improvement with this issue, the alternative is that the track will be closed to all riders until all of the sweeping is done. Warning, I might just employ this at some time especially if the track is such a mess as it was on the 17th.

The highlights of the evening were mainly in round two. In the A snowball race Kevin Weyman took a flyer and quickly collected the first three sprints and held on for second place on the next sprint. That effort awarded him enough points (9) to hold on to fifth place overall in the race. Zachery Slavens followed Kevin’s example in the B’s snowball and did the same but one better, he took all four of the first sprints (10) and he too held onto fifth overall. Both were edged out of fourth place in the round due to placing on the final lap. Good job gentlemen!

The Women’s points race was together for all of the sprints. No rider went up or down a lap. It was quite a different story in the Men’s A points race. That event blew wide apart and was a bit of a challenge to score. I apologize to my officials; I should have given you more assistance in judging that race. I will do so in the future any time we run another points race.

There was not enough time to run points races for the B’s and the C’s and each deserve their own event so combining them was not fair either. So we came to a decision to run Miss & Out races for the last two groups. In the B event Dave Stone took the flyer but the group worked to chase him down while still trying not to get eliminated them. In the C Miss & Out Kurt Schenk showed four riders exactly how to do it. He was well behind in each of the first four laps only to make sure he was not boxed in and accelerated just enough not to be the last rear wheel to cross the line. Textbook execution!

We did get a little scare during the junior chariot race. Maddie was riding faster and faster as the night went on. She had the save of the night in turn three when she lost her footing on the flat pedals but she did not crash. She stayed upright, finished the race and handled the incident like a seasoned track rider. Good job girl.

That is about it for my recap. Keep posted about next week though, the extended forecast states there is a chance of thunderstorms on the 31st. As always I will broadcast track conditions when the weather threatens through the usual outlets (stlbiking forum and twitter). Also I need to be in Chicago mid-day on Friday for three days of racing up north. Thanks as always to everyone who is involved, to all of those who lend a hand with running things, to my officials doing their best to score, and to everyone else interested no matter how little that is.

@swikles


Mr. Bumpy Results   for Thursday 24th May 2012       
                       
            Round One             Scratch Race                     
Place   Women           5 Laps             (and junior)              
1          69       Mariasol Johannes
2          258     Molly Brady
3          241     Kate Hrubes
4          250     Allison Braddock
5          252     Ashton Braddock
                       
            Men A's          5 Laps
1          19       Tyler Bicknese
2          1          Devin Clark
3          253     Thomas Cuneio        
4          23       Luke Bligh
5          26       Kevin Weyman
6          16       Robert Mayfield
7          38       Rob Ollermann
                       
            Men B's          5 Laps
1          256     Hayden Warner
2         38       Rob Ollermann
3         9          Andrew Petty
4         49       Dan Wenzelburger
5         32       Tom Petty
6         52       Zachery Slavens
7         46       Chak Lattanand
8         238     Bill Howells
9         255     Frank Brummer
10       53       Josh Picker
11       239     Dave Stone
12       12       Kayce Shelton
13       262     Kurt Schenk
                       
            Men C's          5 Laps
1          255     Frank Brummer
2          50       Matt Karnowski
3          40       Jim Smith
4          41       Dennis Roberts
5          262     Kurt Schenk
6          54       Alex Mellion
7          257     Oscar Sangulnette
8          249     Samuel Hall

Junior Round        Scratch Race
Place                           4 Laps
1          252     Ashton Braddock
2          254     Maddie Ollermann

            Round Two            Snowball
Place   Women           9 Laps                                    
1          69       Mariasol Johannes (54)
2          258     Molly Brady (35)
3          241     Kate Hrubes (19)
4          50       Allison Braddock (0)
                       
            Men A's          9 Laps
1          1          Devin Clark (47)
2          16       Robert Mayfield (20)
3          256     Hayden Warner (17)
4          253     Thomas Cuneio (11)
5          26       Kevin Weyman (9)
6          38       Rob Ollermann (4)
7          19       Tyler Bicknese (2)
8          23       Luke Bligh (0)
                       
            Men B's          9 Laps
1          49       Dan Wenzelburger (28)
2          256     Hayden Wagner (27)
3          32       Tom Petty (16)
4          9          Andrew Petty (10)
5          52       Zachery Slavens (10)
6          238     Bill Howells (3)

           
            Men C's          9 Laps
1          255     Frank Brummer (51)
2          32       Tom Petty (27)
3          50       Matt Karnowski (24)
4          41       Dennis Roberts (6)
5          262     Kurt Schenk (3)

Junior Round        Chariot Race
Place                           1 Lap
1          252     Ashton Braddock
2          254     Maddie Ollermann

            Round Three                    
Place   Women           20 Laps Points Race                                     
1          69       Mariasol Johannes (20)
2          258     Molly Brady (11)
3          241     Kate Hrubes (8)
4          250     Allison Braddock (5)
                       
            Men A's          30 Laps Points Race
1          1          Devin Clark (30)
2          253     Tom Cuneio (21)
3          16       Robert Mayfield (1)
4          9          Andrew Petty (-1)
5          19       Tyler Bicknese (-1)
6          38       Rob Ollermann (-3)
7          32       Tom Petty (-8)
                       
            Men B's          “Devil Takes the Hindmost” (Miss & Out)
1          256     Hayden Warner
2          53       Josh Picker
3          46       Chak Lattanand
4          239     Dave Stone
5          238     Bill Howells
6          12       Kayce Shelton
7          32       Tom Petty
8          52       Zachery Slavens
9          9          Andrew Petty
                       
            Men C's          Devil Takes the Hindmost” (Miss & Out)
1          255     Frank Brummer
2          50       Matt Karnowski
3          52       Zachery Slavens
4          262     Kurt Schenk
5          40       Jim Smith
6          54       Alex Mellion
7          257     Oscar Sangulnette
8          41       Dennis Roberts

P.S. the formatting does not jive well when coming from a word doc, I'll try to work on that in my spare time ;)

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