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
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