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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

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 17^th.

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 31^st. 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 24^th 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)