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Friday Night Winter Track Racing
Dunc Gray Velodrome, Sydney, August 12, 2005
By Paul Craft
Friday night was a night of records; firstly it was the record coldest night in 20 years. Secondly it was the record lowest turn out of riders for 2005 with 65 entrants. Were the two records related?
The feature race of the night was the Veloflex Tyres 1km wheel race for div 1. Even before this race had begun all interest was directed towards Canberra's Kial Stewart who had the prestigious starting mark of -30m. That's 30m behind scratch. This is the equivalent to a Hors category climb. Hors meaning outside categorisation
The race itself turned into the Kial Stewart show. From the start Kial quickly
crossed the 40m gap to Patty Bolan and then he found his position in the long
train of riders that by the end of lap two were almost all together. On the
bell lap Kial had positioned himself within striking distance of the lead and
with 150m to go he hit the front turning on the speed that we have come to expect
from the ACT flash to take a clear victory. Current duel Master's World champion
David Willmott came home for second with Grant Fraser third.
Felice from Cycling Projects is the Australian distributor for Veloflex Tyres,
ZeroRh+ sunglasses and Campagnolo componantry. Cycling Projects is the major
sponsor of FNWTR. Cycling Projects Veloflex makes the best tubulars and clincher
tyres for competitive racing. Veloflex tyres are handmade with selected raw
materials, one by one. Visit Veloflex at www.veloflex.it
Along with the Veloflex prizes Kial was also presented with an A4 portrait of
the winning moment, presented to him by David Birss from Epson Rd Studios. Check
out the excellent photos of the night David has on the website. www.epsomrdstudios.com.au
Kierins are always exciting and FNWTR's didn't disappoint. Many thanks to Kevin
Young, who did a fantastic job riding the derny for the rider's enjoyment.
Enjoyment was not a word that Laura Meisel-Dennis was keen to use after she
took a nasty fall in the final lap of her Kierin heat. In fact she did use a
lot of interesting words to describe her thoughts but enjoyment was not one
of them. Poor Laura actually landed on her chest and slid a good 40m collecting
Walter Marchado along the way. Walter seemed ok however, his front wheel was
not (see photo)
The other great race of the night was the round 4 Miss'n'out point score, which is a race that combines endurance, speed and calculative tactics. This race starts as a Miss'n'Out but as the riders are eliminated they actually drop behind the motor bike which is riding 100m behind. When all riders are eliminated the motor bike sets the pace for 3 more laps before pulling off, leaving a mass Kierin style finish. The winner is determined by the amount of accumulated points over the two sections. The smartest rider of the night was clearly James Schneider who placed high in the elimination section than won the Kierin to take first place.
A big reminder to all patrons, that next FNWTR will not run due to a DGV prior booking. FNWTR will recommence in a fortnights time August 26.
Results
Junior Development Handicap 1 Princess 2 Cass 3 Brett 4 Nick 5 Cutie Round 1 Warm up scratch Div 4b 1 Tony Unicomb 2 Maichael Wilson 3 Thomas Pritchard 4 Justin Meindertsma Div 4a 1 Cass Kell 2 Graham Tierney 3 Glenn Samuals 4 Paul Ragattieri Div 3 1 Matt Brown 2 Walter Marchado 3 Bruce Wyllie 4 Michael Leach Div 2 1 Julian Yuen 2 Joel Chant 3 Stephen Chapman 4 Bruce Masson Div 1 1 Kial Stewart 2 Brad Scarfe 3 Alex Bird 4 Justin Tomlinson Round 2 The Veloflex Tyres 1km Wheelrace For Div 1 1 Kial Stewart 2 David Wilmott 3 Grant Fraser 4 Peter Spencer Round 3 Kierins Div 4b Heat 1 1 Tony Unicomb 2 Thomas Prictchard 3 Alec Laszich 4 Sandra Beamont Div 4b Heat 2 1 Gordon Bradshaw 2 Tyson Oakley 3 Royce Martin 4 Brian Hopkins Div 4a Heat 1 1 Paul Meehan 2 Glenn Samuaels 3 Liam Mellvile 4 Teagan Hines Div 4a Heat 2 1 Cass Kell 2 Paul Regattiei 3 Alex Tomlinson 4 Donna Meehan Div 3 Heat 1 - (Re-run due to fall) 1 Chloe Hoskins 2 Gary Buckley 3 Kevin Donevon 4 Brett Hanson Div 3 Heat 2 1 Bruce Wyllie 2 Matt Brown 3 Niel Davis 4 Geoff Worthington Div 2 Heat 1 1 Stephan Chapman 2 Bruce Masson 3 Julien Yuen 4 Mathew Meisel Dennis Div 2 Heat 2 1 Joel Chant 2 Allan Townsend 3 Carl Holleman 4 Peter Harvey Div 1 Heat 1 1 Alex Bird 2 Grant Fraser 3 Brad Scarfe 4 David Willmott Div 1 Heat 2 "Hitters Race" 1 Kial Stewart 2 Patrick Bolan 3 James Schneider 4 Justin Tomlinson Round 4 Group Handicaps Div 4b 1 Tony Unicomb 2 Sandra Beaumont 3 Thomas Prictchard 4 Alex Lazich Div 4a 1 Alex Tomlinson 2 Liam Melville 3 Paul Regattieri 4 Cass Kell Miss'n'Out Point Scores Div 3 1 Matt Brown 17 pts 2 Kevin Donovon 12 3 Peter Holly 10 4 Muir Matherson 10 Div 2 1 Peter Harvey 12 pts 2 Joel Chant 10 3 Mathew M-Dennis 10 4 Carl Holleman 9 Div 1 1 James Scheider 19 pts 2 Patrick Bolan 16 3 Justin Tomlinson 12 4 Brad Scarfe 12 Round 5 Combine "Fast Group" 1 Bruce Wyllie 2 Jason Fraser 3 Micheal Leach 4 Niel Davies Combine "Faster Group" 1 Kial Stewart 2 Justin Tomlinson 3 James Scheider 4 Grant Fraser
