Friday, June 29, 2012

Results and Recap from 6/28

Good Morning! Hope everyone has recovered from an intense day of heat! Some of us decided to brave the track last night and I'm really glad that we did. It was a pretty epic night of racing. At one point I was at the starting line and looked down to see my Garmin read 119 degrees.

I feel like we had a pretty damn good turn out considering that sweltering Sahara heat. We had 16 people. I being the only woman, and there being only one or two C's, forced us to combine races and run A and B groups only. This turned out to be a good thing. The night ended a bit earlier and many got to face the challenge of riding with some faster folks.

Steven returned for last night's races and showed up uber prepared to pamper us through the night. We had a water jug full of ice and water, a cooler of poweraid, and a huge tub with ice, water, and towels.

Okay so here are the results:


Round 1 - 3 Lap Sprint    From a standing start. No neutral.


A's 
1.      256     Hayden Warner
2.        16     Robert Mayfield
3.        11     Joe Walsh
4.        26     Kevin Weyman

B's 
1.        52     Zachary Slavens
2.        50     Matt Karnowski
3.       271    Frank Brummer
4.       239    Dave Stone


Round 2 -  Unknown Distance     Between 4 & 17 laps


A's 
1.        256    Hayden Warner
2.          11    Joe Walsh
3.          46    Chak Lattanand
4.          16    Robert Mayfield
5.          38    Rob Ollerman
6.          26    Kevin Weyman

B's 
1.        238    William Howells
2.          52    Zachary Slavens
3.          50    Matt Karnowski
4.            0    Molly Brady
5.        262    Kurt Schenk
6.          12    Brian Shelton
7.          40    Jim Smith
8.        270    Zak Hafner
9.        239    Dave Stone

Round 3 - Points Race    50 Laps    Combined A & B
1.       256     Hayden Warner            67 points
2.         11     Joe Walsh                     59 points
3.       271     Frank Brummer            29 points
4.       239     Dave Stone                     4 points
5.         12     Brian Shelton                  1 points
6.       262     Kurt Schenk
7.       238     William Howells
8.         50     Matt Karnowski
9.       270     Zak Hafner


Round 4 - Kayce's Crawl
1.         46     Chak Lattanand
2.         50     Matt Karnowski
3.         12     Brian Shelton
4.         52     Zachary Slavens
5.       239     Dave Stone
6.       271     Frank Brummer
7.       256     Hayden Warner


It's pretty obvious that Hayden Warner showed up and swept that track with his opponents. At the end of that insane 50 lap points race he sprinted to the finish with a gap on the field. Bill Howells flew off the front from the start in the unknown distance and we never managed to catch him, even when pacing with half lap pulls, and he took first.
There are a handful of guys that I have watched get better and better as the season progresses from last year, and a couple that have shown up and done very well for themselves. Zach Slavens just keeps improving and Dave Stone came back after suffering a broken leg at the track a few years ago and has held his own.

I want to wish Robert, Kevin, Zach, and Russ good luck up at Northbrook this weekend! They are going for a sprint competition being held on the 30th.

Also, there was mention that Eduardo (whose name I have repeatedly misspelled, my apologies) has sustained an injury. I wish him a speedy recovery and if there is anything us folks at Penrose can do, let us know.

See ya'll next week!

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Half Off Hundred

Looks like tomorrow will be a half off hundred night.
If Mother Nature intends to burn us up, as the forecast predicts, racing will be half price.

Friday, June 22, 2012

Results from 6/21

Holy Crap.  What a night of racing! It was hard, damn hard. But everyone did so well and we had a good time doing it, which counts the most. Steven is still doing his mechanical god thing, so we have been left to fend for ourselves once again. I thank everyone for being so helpful. Again in setting up, cleaning up, breaking down, encouraging, and officiating. It's awesome and we have a solid crew.

Seriously, great night of racing. The rain never came (woop!) and the night started cloudy. The cloud cover was gone by seven and turn one became incredibly bright. It got hot, yadda yadda.
Nights such as last are never easy. A flying 200 takes immense focus and a ton of energy. Going from that into a snowball, with a sprint every lap is kinda a double whammy. The evening's events continued that pattern. It's always so impressive to me to see the folks I race with maintain their strength and energy through such tough races. Nice work.

So here are the results, and I apologize for the weird set up of match sprint results. I tried my best to properly interpret last night's results as given to me by our officials, and they did their best to score a race that can be difficult even for those very familiar with track racing. If you find any error, please let me know and I will try to sort it out!






Flying 200 times by category


Women's 
1.  48        Emilie Flanigan             14:06
2.  27        Cristel Santiago               15:41
3.  0          Molly Brady                   15:44
4.  69       Mariasol Johannes           15:86
5.  269     Sarah Turner                   15:97
6.  241      Kate Hrubes                   16:41

Juniors
1. 240       Eva Berger                     23:99

Men's A
1.  7         Eduardo Niewenhuyzen   12:46
2.  43       Rubin Ayuerich                12:59
3.  268     Thomas Cuneio                12:60
4.  16       Robert Mayfield               12:64
5.  55       Russ Murphy                    12:73
6.  26       Kevin Weyman                13:10
7.  19       Tyler Bicknese                 13:41
8.   4        Todd Nowlin                    14:72

Men's B
1.  52       Zachary Slavens               13:49
2.  239     Dave Stone                       13:94
3.  46       Chak Lattanand                13:96
4.  50      Matthew Karnowski          13:98
5.  49      Dan Wenzelburger             14:36
6.  267    Matt Dal                             14:51
7.  12      Brian Shelton                     14:90
8.  35      Mark Hasler                       15:32
9.  66      Tony McCue                      15:38

Men's C
1.  9        Andrew Petty                     14:54
2.  32      Tom Petty                          14: 87
3.  251    Jeff Stein                            15:37
4.  244    Brad Gutting                      15:58


Event 2  -  Snowball

Women's   8 Laps
1.  48       Emilie Flanigan        30 points
2.  269     Sarah Turner              21 points
3.  241     Kate Hrubes               14 points
4.    0       Molly Brady                 5 points
5.   27      Cristel Santiago            2 points
6.   69      Mariasol Johannes      

Men's A    9 Laps
1.   55      Russ Murphy                     29 points
2.    7       Edwardo Niewenhuyzen   29 points
3.   268    Thomas Cuneio                 15 points
4.    43     Rubin Ayuerich                 11 points
5.    19     Tyler Bicknese                   11 points
6.    16     Robert Mayfield                  3  points
7.    26     Kevin Weyman                   3  points
8.    49     Dan Wenzelburger              2  points

Men's B     7 Laps
1.      9     Andrew Petty                35 points
2.    52     Zachary Slavens            14 points
3.    32     Tom Petty                      13 points
4.    46     Chak Lattanand               7 points
5.   239    Dave Stone                      3 points
6.    50     Matthew Karnowski        2 points
7.    12     Brian Shelton
8.     4      Todd Nowlin

Men's C     6 Laps
1.  267    Matt Dal                           26 points
2.  244    Brad Gutting                     19 points
3.   35     Mark Hasler                      11 points
4.  251    Jeff Stein                             3 points
5.    66    Tony McCue


Event 3  -  Unknown Distance


Women's      10 Laps
1.   48     Emilie Flanigan
2.   69     Mariasol Johannes
3.    0      Molly Brady
4.   27     Cristel Santiago
5.  269    Sarah Turner
6.  241    Kate Hrubes
7.  240    Eva Berger

Men's A & B    13 Laps
1.  7        Edwardo Niewenhuyzen
2.  9        Andrew Petty
3.  49      Dan Wenzelburger
4.  32      Tom Petty
5.  16      Robert Mayfield
6. 268     Thomas Cuneio

Match Sprints    Round 1


1.  7 & 4          - 7 Edwardo Niewenhuyzen
2.  19 & 43      - 43  Rubin Ayuerich
3.  16 & 55      - 55 Russ Murphy
4.  26 & 268    - 26 Kevin Weyman
5.  12 & 52      - 52 Zachary Slavens
6.  50 & 9        - 9 Andrew Petty
7.  32 & 46      - 46 Chak Lattanand
8.  48 & 239    - 48 Emilie Flanigan

Match Sprints  Round 2
1. 7 & 55         - 7 Edwardo Niewenhuyzen
2. 26 & 43       - 43 Rubin Ayuerich
2. 16 & 19       - 16 Robert Mayfield
3. 27 & 0         - 27 Cristel Santiago
4. 66 & 35       - 35 Mark Hasler
5. 244 & 251   - 251 Jeff Stein
6. 69 & 267     - 267 Matt Dal

Match Sprints  Round 3
1.  7 & 43        -  7 Edwardo Niewenhuyzen
2. 52 & 9         - 52 Zachary Slavens
3. 46 & 48       - 46 Chak Lattanand
4. 35 & 27     - 35 Mark Hasler
5. 267 & 66   - 267 Matt Dal
6. 52 & 46     -  52 Zachary Slavens
7. 9 & 48       - 48  Emilie Flanigan

Match Sprints  A Final
1.  7     Edwardo Niewenhuyzen
2. 43    Rubin Ayuerich
3. 55    Russ Murphy
4. 26    Kevin Weyman


16    Robert Mayfield
19    Tyler Bicknese
268  Thomas Cuneio

Match Sprints  B Final
1. 52  Zachary Slavens
2. 46  Chak Lattanand
3. 48  Emilie Flanigan
4.   9  Andrew Petty



So a few cool things happened, and I wish I could remember all of em. It was cool to see different people's strategies during the Snowball. In our women's race, Kate went off the front from the start to rack up as many opening points as possible. If I remember correctly, Andrew Petty did the same. Some will hold out for the final few laps when points are higher, the trick is hanging on or catching that person who went from the start.

In the Unknown Distance, Andrew again, took a chance in going off the front when he felt it might be close and did a fine job of holding his place, making Edwardo work to catch him and beat him at the line.

Match Sprinting is strategically one of the hardest races. It's super short (2 laps) and you flip for position for the first half lap. We have probably all seen video of track racers trying to out track stand one another before breaking into a full sprint, it's crazy.
Robert made a psych out on Russ during their Match Sprint, which was a cool tactic. I feel like Match Sprinting is epitome of track racing. Because track is not always about who is the strongest or fastest, so much relies on who has the best strategy, and can work the field. With that being said, I'm personally horrible at it, and love seeing my fellow racers out there doing their thing... we can learn so much by watching.

On a final note, I was super excited to see Todd Nowlin out there and to have Sarah Turner show up! We also had a few people come and scope things out. Hopefully we'll have more competition soon!

See you next week

Molly


    

Friday, June 15, 2012

Results from 06/14/2012

I have to admit, when I heard Steven was going to be out of town for a couple of weeks, I got a little nervous. Track night is a big deal for so many people and we all value it so much, so I wanted to make sure everyone got just as good an experience even with our main track resource gone.

Gotta say, we did a damn fine job. When I arrived, a few were already there and ready to get things swept, set up, and started. Russ, Adrienne, and Kacye took up some brooms to sweep while Matt used the blower he brought from home. It might have been the fastest we have ever cleaned ole Bumpy.

The tent got set, snacks were set out (thanks Steph!), and a steady stream of folks began arriving. We had a nice turn out, 29 in all, and were even able to run two separate juniors races!

Here are the results:

Round One                 Miss and Out

Place      Women     
1       18    Stephanie Nadeau  
2       241  Kate Hrubes
3       69    Mariasol Johannes
4       27    Cristel Santiago


Place      Mens A
1      7         Edwardo Niewenhuyzen
2      253     Thomas Cuneio
3      16       Robert Mayfield
4      265     Chris Miller
5      26       Kevin Weyman
6      87       Karl Stover
7      259     Tyler Bicknese
8      64       Russ Murphy
9      29       Scott Ogilvie
10    38       Rob Ollermann
11    256     Hayden Warner


Place         Mens B
1      256     Hayden Warner
2      46       Chak Lattenand
3      38       Rob Ollermann
4      9         Andrew Petty
5      43       Rubin Ayuerich
6      52       Zachary Slavens
7      29       Scott Ogilvie
8      49       Dan Wenzelburger
9      238     William Howells
10    12       Kayce Shelton


Place                    Mens C 
1       237      Jon Rinehart
2       50        Matthew Karnowski
3       41        Dennis Roberts
4       251      Jeff Stein
5       66        Tony McCue
6        2         Curtis Royston
7       244      Brad Gutting
8       267      Matt Dal

Junior's Unknown Distance

1     266    Jeremy Roberts
2     240    Eva Berger

Round 2          Split Scratch

Place                    Women's                 Points
1     69     Mariasol Johannes               14
2     27     Cristel Santiago                    9
3     258   Molly Brady                         8
4     18     Stephanie Nadeau                4
5     241   Kate Hrubes                         2


Place                    Men's A                  Points
1      253      Thomas Cuneio               12
2       16        Robert Mayfield              12
3      64        Chak Lattanand                6
4      43        Rubin Ayuerich                5
5      259      Tyler Bicknese                 2
6      38        Rob Ollermann                1
7      26        Kevin Weyman
8      7          Edwardo Niewenhuyzen
9      29        Scott Ogilvie
10    256      Hayden Warner


Place                    Men's B                   Points
1      9          Andrew Petty                   12
2      256      Hayden Warner                12
3      265      Chris Miller                       3
4      49        Dan Wenzelburger            3
5      29        Scott Ogilvie                     2
6      52        Zachary Slavens                2
7      237      Jon Rinehart                      1
8      46        Chak Lattanand
9      52        Zachary Slavens
10    50        Matthew Karnowski

Place                    Men's C                   Points
1      41        Dennis Roberts                11
2      50        Matthew Karnowski        10
3      267      Matt Dal                           7
4      251      Jeff Stein                          6
5      66        Tony McCue                    2
6      244      Brad Gutting                     1
7      2          Curtis Royston


Round 3        Unknown Distance and Points Race

Place           Women's              8 Laps
1      69    Soli Johannes
2     258   Molly Brady
3      27    Cristel Santiago
4     18     Stephanie Nadeau
5     241   Kate Hrubes
6     240   Eva Berger


Place          Men A           20 Laps            Points
1     253     Thomas Cuneio                      11
2     7         Edwardo Niewenhuyzen         9
3     259     Tyler Bicknese                        9
4     16       Robert Mayfield                      7
5     29       Scott Ogilvie                           5
6     256     Hayden Warner                      3
7     49       Dan Wenzelburger
8     43       Rubin Ayuerich
9     38       Rob Ollermann
10   46       Chak Lattanand


Place          Men's B           15 Laps          Points
1    9          Andrew Petty                          11
2    237      Jon Reinhart                             7
3    52        Zachary Slavens                       3
4    29        Scott Ogilvie
5    50        Matthew Karnowski
6    238      William Howells  
7    69        Mariasol Johannes
8    12        Kayce Shelton


Place         Men's C          9 Laps
1    66       Tony McCue
2    52       Zachary Slaves
3    267     Matt Dal
4    251     Jeff Stein
5    41       Dennis Roberts
6    244     Brad Gutting
7    50      Matthew Karnowski
8    2        Curtis Royston

Holy Crap that was a lot to type out. Seriously, if I ever hear another person complain about seeing results the day after, for any type of race (especially ones using hand scoring and relying on busy people to then post said results) again I will bear my teeth and growl. Referencing every bib number is a pain in the rump! With that being said, if there are any name typos, bib number mistakes, or even discrepancies in scoring, please send me a message and I will do my best to correct any mistakes that have been made.


Seriously a great night of racing everyone! I wish I were as attentive as Steven and could do a play by play of tactical stuff for the night of racing, but I tend to spend my time between races jabbering away and drinking as much water as possible.

We did have a scary moment that was handled very well. During the C unknown distance race, a fella (whose name I do not remember, apologies) dropped his chain. He did a nice job coasting it out while the field passed and then dropped down track and rolled into the infield where he was able to slow and come safely to a stop. Nice work guy!

Between her psych out noise making and strategizing, Cristel Santiago managed to spice up the women's races which is always fun.


At the end of the evening Scott O and I talked a little bit about Penrose's 50th birthday party that we plan to hold towards the end of the season. The few ideas we tossed around are sure to make for a good time! If anyone has suggestions, please post em in the comments here.

Once again, I want to thank our wonderful officials who provide encouragement and help keep up the easy going, friendly track environment. They still manage to keep in professional.

See ya'll next week!

    



Thursday, June 7, 2012

I'm Missin Out

I am feeling bummed that I missed last week and now this week.
Track nights are nights that no matter how weak I feel while racing (cause we all have those moments when we feel great all week and then go to the track and feel crushed) I always come out of it feeling stronger, faster, and euphoric.

Last week I was a little too skeptical of mother nature and counted on her dumping buckets of rain on our Mr. Bumpy all night long. So instead of arranging a ride to the track, I had my sister take me to run errands (read: go shopping?)

Tonight I had to work, because tomorrow I get to go to the doctor! If specialists gave lollipops in the shape of their specialty it might make office visits something to look forward to.

I will be in attendance from here on out. The Track Master Wilkes is making an awesome voyage to wrench for some cool ass races and I have been drawn from the lotto to take care of race registration in his stead. This I am excited about, however, after watching Joe and PJ try to juggle registration and attempting to race, I'm thinking those strong woman moments will be few.

1988 was the first year that the Olympics held events for women in track cycling.
Here is the women's Team Pursuit.

I hope everyone raced well tonight! It was gorgeous!

-Molly

Monday, June 4, 2012

I have yet to journey to other velodromes for racing, but I still drool when ogling them online.

If you haven't heard about what Chicago has going on, check this out:

Velo Campus


-Molly