Wow!!!

Wow! What a fantastic night of racing.

Although we had about the same number of riders or slightly less, each and everyone came to race. I cannot remember a night when there were more contested sprints needing to be called at the line. I remember calling at least four or five sprints by a little more than the width of a tire or two and I did not help score every race. All of the groups seemed to remian together longer, those that did break up did not give up, there were a lot of lead changes and nobody truly dominated racing tonight.

I know it was a difficult night by how light you all made the cooler, and tops to everyone who grabbed something to wet their whistle; both my beers were still there after the car was packed. You all rock, thanks for coming out and racing. I want to especially thank Aaro for driving so far to officiate for basically gas money and a Snickers bar for reimbursement, for Vicky Wilhite who is becoming one of the best scorers I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with, and to everyone who asks to help out or just does. All of you make this worthwhile and enjoyable.

swikles



Oh and Yes Molly, we missed you tonight.




Reminds me how much I miss racing

Proposed Schedule for June 16th

After all of that and because of the reverse order the A’s were too spent for the add-on race of the night. For the six riders on the far rail we split them up and ran a short pursuit of four laps (I think it was four, hell it was just for grins anyway). I believe it was Emilie’s group that took 20 or 30 seconds out of Soli’s group. It was great seeing those with less experience learning how to use the banks better.

For June 16^th I have been getting an earful desiring longer races. Well I’m here to make your wishes come true. We will be returning to the typical order instead of the experiment of last week (I just didn’t like it all that well)

Round One

Unknown Distance 7 to 15 Laps all

Women

A’s

B’s

C’s

Round Two

Tempo Races (number of laps may be changed at the line)

Women 11 Laps

A’s 17 Laps

B’s 15 Laps

C’s 13 Laps

Round Three

Points Races (again, number of laps may be changed at the line)

Women 20 Laps

A’s 30 Laps

B’s 20 Laps

C’s 20 Laps

If there’s light and interest

Mystery Make-Up Race

As always I’m receptive to all racers and the kinds of races they prefer. If there is a race you are fond of or just kick butt at and I am not running them then let me know by all means. Thanks again to all who help, to those who help sweep before we race, to those who help set up and especially to those who help me pack up each night. This week I do not have any request for loaner bikes so I might not bring any for once. If you do need one of the demo’s then get in touch with me and I will bring it along. See you on the bumps, swikles

Riding in a Wok

Another great turnout at the track tonight. It was hot, it has been so with record breaking temperatures in the area for almost a week. There were 32 competitors again although there were less women this evening. One missing from the banks is poor Kate. Kate broke her collar bone just a little bit. She still seemed to be enjoying her self like the rest of those I noticed just there to spectate.

Molly used my camera to snap a few shots for the blog. I'm posting this one to the right because I like the shot. I'll let her decide which of the rest to post later.

I did work on some of the results tonight, mainly the flying 200 times. Below are the raw times sorted in order. I'll do my best to have the rest of the results posted during the weekend.

Don't forget about KSDK up at the track on Monday morning about 9 am. As I said elsewhere anyone who wants to ride track bikes during that time is welcome. We will try to mimic a race night so bring your best kit and helmet.

Flying 200		Last Name	First Name	Bib #
12.78		Nieuwenhuyzen	Edwardo	7
12.98		Cuneio	Tom	98
13.07		Bicknese	Tyler	19
13.17		Aymerich	Rubin	211
13.31		Mayfield	Robert	16
13.33		Mc Donough	Devlin	15
13.43		Weyman	Kevin	26
13.47		Sanders	Casey	205
13.47		Gaidis	Tim	208
13.58		Bligh	Luke	23
13.92		Kloha	Jeff	27
13.95		Flanigan	Emilie	229
14.02		Flanigan	Michael	176
14.08		Lattanend	Chak	213
14.14		Howells	William	201
14.20		McKee	Michael	94
14.38		Mullins	Andrew	175
14.42		James	Bryce	174
14.45		Grehn	Tom	14
14.48		Gray	David	212
14.79		Jarden	Justin	28
14.88		Petty	Andrew	9
14.89		Oellermann	Rob	165
14.94		Shelton	Brain	12
15.10		Smith	Jim	2
15.19		Johannes	Mariasol	3
15.35		Allen	Justin	169
15.65		Nadeau	Stephanie	18
15.68		Maisenhelder	Joel	168
15.78		Brady	Molly	0
16.00		Jepsen	Connor	173
16.53		Schenk	Kurt	210

That is about it for now. I will leave you with a shot of Molly on the track.

track daddy swikles

Results, (finally)

Apologies to everyone for taking my sweet time in getting these first produced and second actually posted. They were up on a thread at our beloved local cycling site stlbiking.com but since Molly and Soli have gone to the trouble of this blog I would like to add what I can here too.

Here are the results from the last two nights of racing. I believe that they are in the order of how the nights were run.

First Chariot Race
1st 216 Devin Clark
2nd 5 Eric Seaver
3rd 16 Robet Mayfield
4th 12 Kayce Shelton

Round One Scratch Races

Women
1st 218 Kate Hrubes
2nd 3 Mariasol Johannes
3rd 0 Molly Brady
4th 221 Cory Redmond
5th 20 Amanda Hassner

Men A’s
1st 216 Devin Clark
2nd 7 Edwardo Nieuwenhuyzen
3rd 16 Robert Mayfield
4th 13 Jason Ferguson
5th 215 Joe Fuller
6th 19 Tyler Bicknese
7th 94 Michael McKee
8th 217 Jay Strothman
9th 5 Eric Seaver

Men B’s
1st 214 Frank Brummer
2nd 197 Tom Gutmen
3rd 212 David Gray
4th 21 Gus Miller
5th 94 Michael McKee
6th 201 Bill Howells
7th 12 Kayce Shelton

Men C’s
1st 99 Ben Tiefenbrun
2nd 219 Bryce James
3rd 21 Gus Miller
4th 213 Clark Lattanend
5th 220 Chris Saxton

Second Chariot Race
1st 7 Edwardo Nieuwenhuyzen
2nd 94 Michael McKee
3rd 217 Jay Strothman
4th 13 Jason Fergurson
5th 214 Frank Brummer

Round Two, Miss-and-Out (Devil take the Hind-Most)

Women
1st 218 Kate Hrubes
2nd 3 Mariasol Johannes
3rd 0 Molly Brady
4th 221 Cory Redmond
5th 20 Amanda Hassner

Men A’s
1st 216 Devin Clark
2nd 16 Robert Mayfield
3rd 217 Jay Strothman
4th 7 Edwardo Nieuwenhuyzen
5th 212 David Gray
6th 19 Tyler Bicknese
7th 5 Eric Seaver
8th 215 Joe Fuller
9th 13 Jason Fergurson
10th 197 Tom Gutman

Men B’s
1st 19 Tyler Bicknese
2nd 215 Joe Fuller
3rd 5 Eric Seaver
4th 201 Bill Howells
5th 212 David Gray
6th 94 Michael McKee
7th 197 Tom Gutman
8th 99 Ben Tiefenbrun
9th 21 Gus Miller
10th 12 Kayce Shelton
11th 2 Jim Smith

Men C’s
1st 21 Gus Miller
2nd 219 Bryce James
3rd 12 Kayce Shelton
4th 213 Clark Lattanend
5th 99 Ben Tiefenbrun
6th 214 Frank Brummer
7th 2 Jim Smith
8th 20 Amanda Hassner
9th 220 Chris Saxton

Round Three, Combined Points Races

Men A’s and B’s
20 Laps
1st 216 Devin Clark 21 pts.
2nd 7 Edwardo Nieuwenhuyzen 12 pts.
3rd 16 Robert Mayfield 8 pts.
4th 212 David Gray 4 pts.
5th 217 Jay Strothman 3 pts.
6th 215 Joe Fuller 2 pts.
7th 94 Michael McKee -9 pts.

Men B’s and C’s
20 Laps
1st 217 Jay Strothman 20 pts
2nd 99 Ben Tiefenbrun 10 pts.
3rd 214 Frank Brummer 8 pts.
4th 201 Bill Howells 5 pts.
5th 197 Tom Gutman 1 pt.
6th 5 Eric Seaver 0 pts.
7th 12 Kayce Shelton 0 pts.

Encore Handicap Scratch Race
4.5 and 5 Laps
1st 216 Devin Clark
2nd 7 Edwardo Nieuwenhuyzen
3rd 12 Kayce Shelton
4th 21 Gus Miller
5th 5 Eric Seaver
6th 217 Jay Strothman
7th 99 Ben Tiefenbrun
8th 201 Bill Howells
9th 197 Tom Gutman

One week riders are shivering, the next they’re sweating just standing around between events. Damn the weather, we have a track to race. And what a great night of racing it was. There was an outstanding showing of women racing tonight, many if not all went to the line in a few of the men’s events. This was the first night that I did little of the scoring so there were a few mistakes recording final results. Hopefully I have them all straightened out. The racing went as follows:


Round One, Unknown Distance

Women and Juniors (combined)
7 Laps
1st 229 Emilie Flannigan
2nd 223 Ashley Rethemeyer
3rd 3 Mariasol Johannes
4th 0 Molly Brady
5th 218 Kate Hrubes
6th 18 Stephanie Nardeu
7th 227 Allison Braddock
8th 228 Tara Flaig
9th 226 Ashton Braddock

Men A’s
7Laps
1st 205 Casey Saunders
2nd 7 Edwardo Nieuwenhuyzen
3rd 1 Devin Clark
4th 16 Robert Mayfield
5th 225 Chris Miller
6th 202 Michael Flanigan
7th 23 Luke Bligh
8th 15 Devlin Mc Donough
9th 26 Kevin Weyman
10th 215 Joe Fuller

Men B’s
4 Laps
1st 202 Michael Flanigan
2nd 23 Luke Bligh
3rd 229 Emilie Flanigan
4th 27 Jeff Kloha
5th 222 Frank Brummer
6th 207 Josh Rider
7th 201 William Howells
8th 212 David Gray
9th 224 Walker Diebel
10th 4 Todd Nowlin
11th 21 Gus Miller
12th 6 Phil Nadeau
13th 12 Kayce Shelton

Men C’s
4 Laps
1st 21 Gus Miller
2nd 14 Tom Grehn
3rd 224 Walker Deibel
4th 223 Ashley Rethemeyer
5th 213 Clark Lattanend
6th 210 Kurt Schenk
7th 2 Jim Smith
8th 218 Kate Hrubes


Round Two, Snowball

Women and Juniors (combined)
1st 229 Emilie Flanigan 46 pts.
2nd 228 Tara Flaig 24 pts.
3rd 3 Mariasol Johannes 17 pts.
4th 218 Kate Hrubes 8 pts.
5th 223 Ashley Rethemeyer 7 pts
6th 227 Allison Braddock 6 pts.
7th 0 Molly Brady 1 pt.
8th 18 Stephnie Nadeau 0 pt.
9th 226 Ashton Braddock 0 pt.

Men A’s
1st 1 Devin Clark 44 pts.
2nd 7 Edwardo Nieuwenhuyzen 27 pts.
3rd 202 Michael Flanigan 14 pts.
4th 16 Robert Mayfield 6 pts.
5th 23 Luke Bligh 6 pts.
6th 205 Casey Sanders 6 pts.
7th 215 Joe Fuller 5 pts.
8th 15 Devlin Mc Donough 4 pts

Men B’s
1st 27 Jeff Kloha 49 pts.
2nd 21 Gus Miller 34 pts.
3rd 23 Luke Bligh 12 pts.
4th 212 David Gray 6 pts.
5th 15 Devlin Mc Donough 5 pts.
6th 224 Walker Deibel 4 pts.

Men C’s
1st 14 Tom Grehn 53 pts.
2nd 213 Clark Lattanend 30 pts.
3rd 210 Kurt Schenk 15 pts.
4th 218 Kate Hrubes 2 pts.
5th 18 Stephanie Nadeau 0 pts.

Round Three, Danish of Win-and-Out

Women and Junior (combined)
1st 229 Emilie Flanigan
2nd 223 Ashley Rethemeyer
3rd 0 Molly Brady
4th 218 Kate Hrubes
5th 18 Stephanie Nadeau
6th 3 Mariasol Johannes
7th 227 Allison Braddock
8th 226 Ashton Braddock
9th 228 Tara Flaig

Men A’s
1st 7 Edwardo Nieuwenhuyzen
2nd 205 Casey Sanders
3rd 1 Devin Clark
4th 202 Michael Flanigan
5th 215 Joe Fuller
6th 26 Kevin Weyman
7th 224 Walker Deibel
8th 16 Robert Mayfield

Men B’s
1st 27 Jeff Kloha
2nd 16 Robert Mayfield
3rd 212 David Gray
4th 21 Gus Miller
5th 14 Tom Grehn
6th 229 Emilie Flanigan
7th 207 Josh Rider
8th 12 Kayce Sheldon
9th 224 Walker Deibel
10th 6 Phol Nadeau
11th 4 Todd Nowlin
12th 201 Bill Howells

Men C’s
1st 213 Clark Lattanend
2nd 14 Tom Grehn
3rd 223 Ashley Rethemeyer
4th 9 Andrew Petty (do I have the right rider name for #9?)
5th 210 Kurt Schenk
6th 2 Jim Smith
7th 3 Mariasol Johannes
8th 218 Kate Hrubes
9th 227 Allison Braddock
10th 18 Stephanie Nadeau
11th 226 Ashton Braddock
12th 229 Tara Flaig


That's it. Now I need to build those two new demos before the usual track prep for tonight's festivities.

See y'all soon, swikles