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Friday Night Winter Track Racing Week 9
Dunc Gray Velodrome, Sydney, August 11, 2006
Close racing
By Paul Craft
FNWTR which most people know stands for Friday Night Winter Track Racing could easily stand for Fun Night With Top Racing, which really does encapsulate the whole FNWTR ethos.
The night started with its usual warm up scratch races. With big fields in all grades the first race in every instance was superb which gave us all a taste of what was to come later in the night.
The Feature race of the night was “The ORBEA 1.25km Wheelrace” for Div 2. With the maximum number field allowed of 24 riders spread over a mere 105m many where expecting a scratch race however my safety officer for the start correctly spread the riders out a little to prevent the inevitable overlapping on the starters whistle. Would the couple of extra yards for the limit riders give them edge? Most doubted it.
On the whistle Mark Scribens off 45m miss judged the speed of the slower rider immediately in front of him and politely laid his bike down on the track. All the riders behind Mark where hindered slightly however capable of riding around the fallen rider. Considering that all riders where now racing and that Mark was quickly off the track the Commissaire correctly called “play on”. However, for those riders behind who already had a tough task, the moments delay virtually ruled them out of contention barring a Floyd Landis Stage 17 effort.
Attention now drew to the limit riders who powered on oblivious to the incident behind. After the first lap the divisions had become clear with a lead group of five, chased by a second group of four and the rest of the field looking ragged and seemingly out of contention. In the lead group were Jack Bennet, Aaron Donley, Chris Chapman, Adam Lambert and Anthony Cole. They all had a great shot at the big prize.
On the last lap the chase group of four made contact however, they where unable to come around the now sprinting lead group. In the wash up, Goulburn riders Adam Lambert and Anthony Cole went 1 and 2 with young Illawarra rider Aaron Donnelly placing third.
On this night the main sponsor Orbea also had an impressive display of their 2007 new release models. FNWTR riders where drooling over the quality of the Orbea merchandise. Orbea are the manufacturers of world class racing frames. Check out their web site to find your nearest dealer.
Round 3
The Kierins as always where awesome. Many thanks to our derny rider for the night, 2002 World Sprint Champion Sean Eadie. Sean actually got a bit of a work out as he pedaled the motorised derny for all up 15 races.
In division 2 the series leader Keith Oliver simply defies any feasible description. Keith is a former world champion and the current World Record holder of the 500m Time Trial for his age group. How old is he you ask? Well Keith is 64 years of age but to look at him you would swear he was not a day over 63.
In this Kierin, the majority of the riders knew that Keith lacked the top end speed to win this race and unwisely ruled him out of contention. However the World record holder has an uncanny knack of seeking out the correct wheel. In this instance it was Paul Conner. Paul’s top end speed is impressive and he opened up to win the race, with the crafty Keith Oliver glued to his wheel. Everybody else was left scratching their heads, questioning the error they had just made.
Round 4
J-L Rathbone and Alex Carver where both simply superb in this round, however, my favourite race was in fact the division 4’s event. Still quite new to the sport, Peleton Sports CC rider Chris Hunt went on the attack 1 lap into the 15 lap race. He immediately opened a significant advantage which he maintained for the majority of the race. The field behind knew that Chris is a powerful rider and promptly gave chase. As the laps counted down so did the number of riders able to keep contact with the chasing field. The depleted bunch began to draw closer to Chris in the final 5 laps. Sensing that the chase bunch where going to fail, Brenton Anthony wisely launched a last ditch effort to bridge across to the Peloton Sports rider. Brenton was successful in his attempt making contact with Chris just before the bell. Coming into the final bend Brenton made his move around the big rider however, Chris knowing that he was about to be beat practically turned left in an attempt to prevent the young rider from coming around him. This action nearly sent Brenton into the fence. Left with no other choice, the Commissaire relegated Chris Hunt to last of the field. So after nearly 15 laps at near maximum heart rate at the front of the field Chris finished last. You have to love this sport!
Round 5
Well, after racing a massive amount of Kierins, which many people consider the most aggressive and dangerous races of all, with no falls followed by a round of Miss’n’Out races, which are notorious for mishaps, again with no falls, you would be excused to think that the night was destined to finish as smoothly as it started. This was not to be the case.
In the third last race, which is a scratch race, a rider who shall remain nameless decided he could fit through a gap that his front stem would have trouble squeezing through. The end result was six riders sliding along the track. I wish all the riders involved in this crash a speedy recovery. I will be sending out an email to you to check on how you are fairing. Consequently this race was called a non event.
The very next event was also a scratch race. In almost the exact same spot, a rider, who again shall remain nameless, had over a metre circular clearance of any other rider but simply dropped the bike on the track. The end result was another six riders sliding along the track. I wish all the riders involved in this crash a speedy recovery. I will be sending out an email to you to check on how you are fairing. Consequently this race was called a non event. You are excused if you think this paragraph is a carbon copy of the above paragraph.
The final Race the CNSW+ Maersk Logistics TIME BLASTER had a slightly depleted field with many superstitious riders stating accidents happen in threes. The time to beat was the impressive time set by J-L Rathbone two weeks ago of 8 minutes and 58 seconds (50.2km)
In the early parts of the race current World Masters Champion Peter Barnard complete with on bike computer set a steady pace of 49.9km/h for the first five laps. This equated to the bunch passing the time check after 10 laps a mere 3 seconds down on the schedule to beat 8:58. The next ten laps saw the entire field swapping off either full lap or ½ lap turns as the now significantly smaller bunch came through the 20 lap time check only 1.5 seconds down on schedule.
With only ten laps and 5 riders left Philip Stokes hit the front for a 5 lap turn that must have exceeded 55km/hr by the time he swung up the group was actually down to 3 riders. Volebreght hit the front to do his bit and swung up and out of the race leaving only J-L Rathbone and Graham Allborn to fight out the final two laps. On the final lap Graham simply could not hold on to the pace of the young Penrith rider and J-L consequently finished alone.
After a quick confirmation between the three time keepers it was clarified that J-L had just set a new record for 2006 of 8 minutes and 52 seconds to earn a cool $100 cash. To beat this time you will now need to ride in excess of 50.8km/h. That’s got fun written all over it, NOT!
$100 cash for J-L
Next weeks will be our second team’s night. I have learnt a lesson from the last time I implemented a team’s night and I think I have it down pat this time. When you sign on you will be allocated 1 of six coloured ribbons which will be attached via safety pin to your left sleeve and recorded on the sign on sheet. Racing will include a scratch race, 4 up sprints and the tactically difficult Winners race. The night will end with a team Italian Pursuit
Next week’s racing will be sponsored by VeloCraft. Although there will be no wheelrace, the top three pointscores of the winning team will receive a significant prize.
Results
Junior Development Demonstration 1 Brendon 2 Will 3 Princess 4 Bonnie Round 1 Warm up scratch race Div 5A 1 Mark Falcon 2 Alf Picello 3 Nosh Mistry 4 Peter Christensen Div 4A 1 Scott Harding 2 Manny Cachia 3 Chris Hunt 4 Pete McCrystal Div 4B 1 Simon Walsh 2 Andrew Glenn 3 Mark Anthony 4 Stephan Sanders Div 3 1 Jackson Law 2 Joshun Ewan 3 Tony Unicomb 4 Ross harding Div 2 1 Alex Carver 2 Joseph Northey 3 Sky Armstrong 4 Mark Scribins Div 1 1 Shaun Hopkins 2 Scott Law 3 Patrick Bolan 4 Phil Stokes Round 2 The Orbea 1.25km wheelrace for div 2 1 Adam Lambert (75m) 2 Anthony Cole (95m) 3 Aaron Donnelly (100m) 4 Chris Chapman (90m) Round 3 Kierins Scatch Handicap Div 5 1 Mark Falcon (0m) 2 Jacyn Mellish (60m) 3 Ben Grant (90m) 4 Nosh Minstry (30m) Kierins Div 4 Heat 1 1 Simon Walsh 2 Brenton Anthony 3 Greg O Brien 4 Marika Kahle Kierins Div 4 heat 2 1 Andrew Glen 2 Mark Anthony 3 Scott Harding 4 Chris Hunt Kierins Div4 heat 3 1 Daryl Molan 2 Stephan Sanders 3 Manny Cachia 4 Brian Hopkins Kierins Div3 heat 1 1 Ross Harding 2 Adriano Maradini 3 Josh Ewan 4 Donna Meehan Kierins Div 3 heat 2 1 Hugh Gray 2 Andrew Grant 3 Tony Unicomb 4 Bede Kelly Kierins Div 3 heat 3 1 Jackson Law 2 Simon Ball 3 Tirian M cmanus 4 Tim Mararik Kierins Div 2 heat 1 1 Joseph Northey 2 Chris Chapman 3 Anthony Cole 4 Aaron Donnelley Kierins Div 2 heat 2 1 Alex Carver 2 Gary Mandy 3 Liam Melville 4 Jim Gray Kierins Div 2 heat 3 1 Paul Connor 2 Keith Oliver 3 Ben Elliott 4 Neil Leifels Kierins Div 1 heat 1 1 Grant Law 2 David Nelson 3 Alan townsend 4 Grant Fraser Kierins Div 1 heat 2 1 JL Rathbone 2 Gavin White 3 Scott Law 4 Phil Stokes Kierins Div 1 heat 3 1 Shaun Hopkins 2 Pat Bolan 3 Michael Mellish 4 Geoff Hopkins Round 4 Miss'n'Out Miss'N'Out handicap Div 5 1 Peter Christensen 2 Jacyn Mellish 3 Ben Grant 4 Pierre Grandjeon Scratch Div 4 1 Brenton Anthony 2 Stephan Sanders 3 Greg O'brien 4 Michael Krebs Miss'n' out pointscore Div3 1 Jackson Law 24 pts 2 Joshua Ewan 21 3 Tony Unicomb 19 4 Neil Land 18 Miss'nout pointscore Div 2 1 Alex Carver 31 pts 2 Paul Connor 23 3 Sky Armstrong 21 4 Keith Oliver 21 Miss'nout pointscore Div 1 1 JL Rathbone 29 pts 2 Phil Stokes 19 3 Jason Roberts 18 4 Hopkins Shaun 17 The CNSW Maersk Logistics Time Blaster Challenge Target time 8min 52 sec for Prize $100 Div 1 +Div 2 Sratch 30lapper 1 JL Rathbone 8.52 2 Graham Allbon 3 Phil Stokes 4 Richard Vollegbredt
Updated points
Div 1 riders 1 Patrick Bolan (Bicisport) 117 pts 2 Jason Roberts (Marconi) 104 3 Brent Dawson (Dubbo) 99 4 Andrew Herrmann (Lidcombe ) 93 5 Martin Millwood (Randwick) 91 6 Stuart Lane (Bicisport) 90 7 Anthony Bennett (Lidcombe) 90 8 Geoff Hopkins (Bicisport) 88 9 Michael Mellish (Bicisport) 87 10 Peter Barnard (Bicisport) 85 11 Matt Loupis (St George) 84 12 Shaun Hopkins (Marconi) 80 13 Ben Simonelli (Broncos) 75 14 Alex Simmons (Sydney) 75 15 Alex Bird (Canberra) 72 16 Gavin White (Marconi) 71 17 Gary Ryan (Canberra) 60 18 Scott Law (Illawarra ) 60 19 J-L Rathbone (Penrith) 60 20 Justin Tomlinson (Southern Highlands) 58 21 James Schneider (Bicisport) 57 22 David Willmott (Bicisport) 56 23 Phil Stokes (Penrith) 56 24 Kial Stewart (Canberra) 51 25 Daniel Ellis (Canberra) 51 26 Luke Davidson (Randwick) 50 27 David Browne (Bicisport ) 50 28 David Nelson (Central Coast) 48 29 Michael Hickman (Waratah Vets) 46 30 Mark Copeland (St George) 41 31 Michael Popplewell (Waratah Vets) 38 32 Michael Lewis (Hunter District) 37 33 Joel Stewart (Canberra) 35 34 Grant Law (Illawarra) 32 35 Paul Bayly (Bankstown Sports) 30 36 Josh Wall (Illawarra) 30 37 Matt Pettit (Parramatta) 28 38 Stuart Vaughan (Hawthorn) 25 39 Simon Claringbold (Tugguranong) 21 40 Peter Spencer (Sutherland) 21 41 Richard Vollebregt (Southern Highlands) 20 Div2 riders 1 Kieth Oliver (Parramatta) 114 pts 2 Alan Townsend (Bicisport) 95 3 Neville Scott (St George) 90 4 Damien McGarry (Marconi) 89 5 Neil Leifels (Macarthur) 88 6 Andrew Burne (Peloton Sports ) 85 7 Ben Elliott (Randwick Botany) 82 8 Jock Murray (Central Coast) 80 9 Ben Harvey (Bankstown Sports) 72 10 Paul Connor (Penrith) 72 11 Simon Llewellyin (Dulwich Hill ) 69 12 Jack Bennett (Southern cross ) 67 13 Liam Melville (Peloton Sports) 64 14 Duncan Miller (Waratah) 57 15 Mark Scribins (Southern Cross) 55 16 Alex Carver (Lidcome) 54 17 David South (Waratah Vets) 51 18 Jason Webb (Randwick) 50 19 Gary Mandy (Illawarra ) 49 20 Matthew M-Dennis (Canberra) 47 21 Brad Craft (Central Coast) 47 22 Joel Chant (Parramatta) 44 23 Brad Hooker (Marconi) 43 24 Nathan Germaine (Peloton Sports ) 42 25 Jim Gray (Waratah Vets) 41 26 Bruce Masson (Hunter Districts ) 41 27 Sarah White (Clarence St) 40 28 Richard Mulberry (Bicisport ) 40 29 Cameron Irwin (Peloton Sports ) 39 30 Sky Armstrong (Parramatta) 36 31 David McMaster (Illawarra ) 33 32 Tim Dawson (Dubbo) 33 33 Julian Yuen (Lidcome) 32 34 Aaron Donnelley (Illawarra ) 32 35 Alex Tomlinson (Southern Highlands) 31 36 David Stallan (Albury) 28 37 Brendon Fehon (St George) 23 38 Sam Lee (St George) 23 39 Grant Fraser (Central Coast) 22 40 Jim Burke (Bathurst) 21 41 Garry O'sullivan (St George) 20 42 Paddy Kilmurray (Dulich Hill ) 20 43 Matt Brown (Central Coast ) 20 44 Anthony Cole (Goulburn) 20 45 Joseph Northey (Goulburn) 20 46 Steve Chapman (Central Coast) 20 47 Greg Haydon (Parramatta) 20 48 Jenny Loutit (Canberra) 20 Div 3 riders 1 Andrew Herlehen (Sutherland) 107 pts 2 Tom Harvey (Bankstown Sports ) 107 3 Simon Ball (Peloton Sports) 105 4 Neil Land (Lidcombe) 99 5 Tirian McManus (Southern Cross) 91 6 Timothy Mararik (Lidcombe) 90 7 Tony Unicomb (Sutherland) 85 8 Michael Leach (Bankstown Sports ) 84 9 Ross Harding (Central Coast) 81 10 Graham Tierney (Central Coast) 79 11 Adriano Maradini (Randwick Botany) 78 12 Darren Kelly (ADFCC) 78 13 Michael Stokes (Penrith Panthers) 77 14 Paul Meehan (Waratah Vets ) 77 15 Jackson Law (Illawara ) 75 16 Terry Freshwater (Waratah) 75 17 Donna Meehan (Waratah Vets ) 73 18 Warren Porteous (Southern Cross) 72 19 Bruce Wyllie (Lidcombe ) 68 20 Trevor Wait (Parramatta) 64 21 Richard Pettigrew (Central Coast) 62 22 Terry Scarr (Parramatta) 60 23 Peter Holly (Central Coast) 58 24 Cass Kell (Central Coast ) 57 25 Grant Fahey (Lidcombe) 56 26 Ben Trojko (Penrith) 51 27 Bill Laing (Tuggeranong) 48 28 Laura Meisel Dennis (Canberra) 46 29 Evan Smith (Penrith) 43 30 Bede Kelly (Southern cross ) 42 31 Michael Smith (Central Coast) 38 32 Andrew Grant (Southern cross) 34 33 Mark Glenn (Southern Highlands) 33 34 Hugh Gray (Waratah Vets) 33 35 David McLeod (Marcarthur) 33 36 Richard Easter (Southern Highlands) 32 37 Tim Fehon (St George) 30 38 Anthony Scott (St George) 30 39 Joshun Ewan (Southern Highlands) 30 40 Will Gray (Peloton) 25 41 Tremain Permewa (Peloton Sports) 23 42 Chris Chapman (Central Coast) 23 43 Nick Both (Peleton Sports) 22 44 Michelle Crawford (Goulburn) 21 45 Brenton Anthony (Marcarthur) 20 Div 4 riders 1 Graeme Heap (Northern Sydney) 119 pts 2 Pete McCrystal (Lidcombe) 97 3 Brian Hopkins (Bicisport) 92 4 Daryl Moylan (Sutherland) 90 5 Mathew Hynes (Randwick Botany) 90 6 Howard Gallaway (Canberra) 86 7 Stephan Sanders (Waratah Vets ) 84 8 Phill Hutt (St George) 72 9 Scott Harding (Central Coast) 71 10 Marika Kahle (Bicisport) 70 11 Manny Cachia (Marconi) 65 12 Mike Pugh (Waratah Vets ) 63 13 Jamie Paris (Penrith Panthers ) 60 14 Chris Hunt (Peloton Sports) 59 15 Andrea Beer (Penrith Panthers ) 55 16 Scott Carver (Lidcombe) 55 17 Mark Anthony (Marcarthur) 54 18 Jacyn Mellish (Central Coast) 52 19 Edaward Daniel (Marconi) 50 20 Paul Miller (Tuggeranong) 49 21 Glenn Samuel (Central Coast) 48 22 Chad Doering (Penrith Panthers ) 41 23 Zara Doering (Penrith Panthers ) 41 24 Briannon Meloney (Lidcombe) 40 25 Ben Grant (Southern Cross) 40 26 Gary Hines (Waratah Vets ) 35 27 Steve Swain (Peloton Sports) 33 28 Lindsay Munks (Dulwich Hill) 30 29 Diorne Lia (Marconi) 30 30 Mike Axton (Central Coast) 30 31 Grace Meisel Dennis (Canberra) 30 32 Sharon Hughes (Lidcombe) 30 33 Andrew Glenn (Southern Highlands) 30 34 Michael Krebs (Southern Highlands) 30 35 David Macefield (Macarthur) 30 36 Robert Brooks (Penrith Panthers ) 30 37 Myfanny Gallaway (Canberra) 24 38 Peter Christensen (Penrith Panthers ) 23 39 Kim Macleod (Victor Broncos) 23 40 Paris Chelin (Macarthur) 22 41 Col Goldie (Hunter District) 22 42 David Russel (Illawarra) 22 43 Kayla Salopek (Lidcombe) 20 44 Gary Buckland (Sutherland) 20 45 Ray Van Shie (Central Coast) 20 46 Matt Hou (Peloton Sports) 20 47 Andrew Green (Peloton Sports) 20 48 Victoria Meadth (Bicisport) 20 49 Caitlin Todd (Canberra) 20 50 Caleb Ewan (Southern Highlands) 20 51 Craig Sainsbury (Macarthur) 20 52 Alistair McCausland (Central Coast) 20 53 Paul Ragattieri (Waratah Vets ) 20 54 Ben Creber (Dulwich Hill) 20 55 Caraline Smale (Parramatta) 20 56 Greg O'Brien (St George) 20 57 Netasha Pearce (Wagga) 20 58 Clayton Berg (Victor Broncos) 20 59 Alf Picello (Waratah Vets ) 20 60 Peter Coulson (Peleton Sports) 20 61 Simon Walsh (Peleton Sports) 20 62 Stephan Joyce (Waratah Vets ) 20 Teams Pointscore Challenge 1 Bicisport 947 pts 2 Central Coast 876 3 Lidcombe 824 4 Waratah Vets 733 5 Penrith 609 6 Peloton Sports 576 7 Canberra 532 7 Marconi 532 9 Ranwick Botany 441 10 St George 410 11 Southern cross 401 12 Parramatta 386 13 Illawarra 333 14 Sutherland 323 15 Bankstown Sports 293 16 Southern Highlands 284 17 Macarthur 267 18 Dulwich Hill 139 19 Dubbo 132 20 Northern Sydney 119 21 Tuggeranong 118 22 Hunter District 100 23 ADFCC 78 24 Broncos 75 25 Sydney 75 26 Goulburn 61 27 Victor Broncos 43 28 Clarence St. CC 40 29 Alubury 28 30 Hawthorn 25 31 Bathurst 21 32 Wagga Wagga 20 33 Carovelo 33 Eastern Suburbs 33 Eurobodalla 33 Gold Coast 33 Hunter Valley Vets 33 STEAM 33 TVCC
