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This past Friday the Valley Preferred Cycling Center hosted an exciting evening of racing at the UCI sanctioned Hilton Garden Inn Allentown West Fastest Man on Wheels and Hall of Fame Awards. Some of the world's hardest hitting sprinters took to the track to find out who are the fastest man and fastest woman of 2008.
The night started out with the 2km Dash for Cash heats where several riders collided on the back straight causing rider Ben Fetterman of Emmaus, PA to go over the wall. This is only the second time in 32 years that a rider has actually gone over the boards and fortunately Fetterman made it out of the crash with no broken bones. The racing continued on and Stephen Hill of Atlanta, Georgia took the win in the 2km Dash for Cash finals.
In the Fastest Man Keirin events, the competition was fierce between Australian national team member Jason Niblett and New Zealand's Simon VanVelthooven. After several rounds of racing, it was Niblett who took the title for 2008 of the Fastest Man on Wheels. For the women it was Niblett's team-mate Kaarle McCulloch who earned herself the title of the Fastest Woman on Wheels with up and coming junior rider Dana Feiss in a very close second.
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Friday night also played host to the induction of two distinguished cyclists into the Lehigh Valley Track Cycling Hall of Fame, Mark Whitehead and Patrick Gellineau. It was an emotional evening for both men as they relived some of the best experiences in their careers at T-Town. Whitehead gave a speech thanking everyone from his family to the fans for supporting his career. Gellineau stated that along with being named to the 1972 Trinidad and Tobago Olympic team, this was the greatest moment in his career as a cyclist.
The night of racing finished out with the Artie Greenburg Memorial 10 Mile where Chile's Jose Medina stomped the competition after 48 grueling laps on the track. Local rider Chris Ruhl kept up with Medina right until the end capturing second place with Andrew Armstrong of Plano Texas in third. The excitement lasted right up until the last lap of the evening making for a great night of racing at the 2008 Hilton Garden Inn Allentown West Fastest Man on Wheels.
The Cycling Center will hold the next World Series of Bicycling event this Friday, August 8 with the Golden Wheel Race featuring the Ondra Huyett Corporate Challenge. For more information please go to www.valleypreferredcycling.com.
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- Kaarle McCulloch earned the title of fastest woman on wheels with a storming performance in the women's keirin.
- Jason Niblett completed the Aussie domination by taking the fastest man title in the men's keirin.
- Hall of Famers Mark Whitehead, Patrick Gellineau, and Jack Simes
- Jose Medina took the win in the Artie Greenburg Memorial ten mile.
- Sara Vasko, Jose Medina, Erin Hartwell , the track CEO.
- Jason Niblett, Simon VanVelthooven, Leandro Botasso follow the motorbike.
- Full concentration is key during the fast and furious events.
- Shane Kline is out of the saddle and sprinting hard.
- Kim Geist powers along
- Colleen Hayduk collected a string of second places.
- Ray Ignosh tucked in in the field.
- Shane Kline ahead in the Super Sprint.
- Erin Hartwell, Sara Vasko, Mark Whitehead, Marty Nothstein from left to right.
- David Short in the Keirin
- Epes Harris out of the saddle
- The points race in full swing
Results
Junior Men 2km Scratch Final
1 Lanell Rockmore (USA) Gotham Cyclists
2 Espes Harris (USA) FCS Cycling Club
3 Roberto Torres (PuR)
Junior Women 3km Scratch Final
1 Colleen Gulick (USA) Colivata 5.32.00 (32.53 km/h)
2 Colleen Hayduk (USA) Kutztown Inn
3 Morgan Farnsworth (USA)
4 Kate Potylychy (USA) JVR Sports
Elite Women One-Mile Track Record Attempt
1 Kaarle Mc Culloch (Aus) St George CC 1.58.97 (48.687 km/h)
2 Colleen Hayduk (USA) Kutztown Inn
3 Davina Summers (Aus) Northern Districts
4 Veronica Martinez (Arg) JVR Sports
5 Kim Geist (USA) Metro Volkswagon
6 Elizabeth Carlson (USA) Verducci/Breakaway
7 Dana Feiss (USA) Tri State Velo
8 Mary Costelloe (USA) South Mountain
9 Kate Veroneau (Aus) Budget
10 Colleen Gulick (USA) Colivata
11 Joanna Wiersma (Can) PDQ
12 Shelbe Eck (USA) Alliance Environment
Elite Men 2km Dash for Cash Finals
1 Stephen Hill (USA) East Point Track 2.24.60 (49.797 km/h)
2 Simon Van Velthooven (NZl) Palmerston North
3 Lanell Rockmore (USA) Gotham Cyclists
4 Espes Harris (USA) FCS Cycling Club
5 Leandro Bottaso (Arg) Cordobesa
6 Peter Fitzpatrick (Aus) Team Australia
7 Taylor Brown (USA) PA Lightning
8 Rodney Santiago (USA) Colavita/Sutterhome
9 Barry Miller (USA) American Cycling
10 Doug Repacholi (Aus) Melville Fremantle
11 Andrew Armstrong (USA) Matrix/RBM
12 Larry Detris (USA) Cycledrome
13 Daniel Walker (USA) NWCC
14 Randy Smargiassi (USA) Gotham Cycles
15 David Espinoza (USA) Herbal Life
16 Ray Ignosh (USA) Gotham Cyclists
17 Stephen Meyer (Can) Coach Chris
18 Giovanni Rey (USA) Moalano Velo
DNS David Short (Aus) St. George
DNF Bruce Donaghy (USA) Morgan Stanley
DNF Matt Deifenbach (USA) Team Alliance
DNF Jorge Romero (USA) JVR Sports
DNF Shane Kline (USA) Lateral Street Velo
DNF Nicholas Reinert (USA) Gotham Cyclists
Elite Women Five Mile Record Attempt
1 Kim Geist (USA) Metro Volkswagon
2 Colleen Hayduk (USA) Kutztown Inn Jim Thorpe PA
3 Elizabeth Carlson (USA) Verducci/Breakaway
4 Mary Costelloe (USA) South Mountain Allentown PA
5 Veronica Martinez (Arg) JVR Sports Perth AUS
6 Davina Summers (Aus) Northern Districts Spring City PA
7 Colleen Gulick (USA) Colivata
8 Kate Veroneau (Aus) AustraliaBudget
DNF Shelbe Eck (USA) Alliance Environment
DNS Kaarle Mc Culloch (Aus) St George CC
Elite Men Super Sprint
1 Shane Kline (USA) Lateral Street Velo
2 David Espinoza (USA) Herbal Life
3 Peter Fitzpatrick (Aus) Team Australia
4 Doug Repacholi (Aus) Melville Fremantle
5 Rodney Santiago (USA) Colavita/Sutterhome
6 Espes Harris (USA) FCS Cycling Club
7 Fernandez Gerardo (Arg) Frayssee Sports
8 Andrew Kuklis (USA) Gotham Cyclist
9 Taylor Brown (USA) PA Lightning
10 Stephen Meyer (Can) Coach Chris
11 Chris Ruhl (USA) PA Lightning
12 Pete Muto (USA) Gotham
13 Nicholas Reinert (USA) Gotham Cyclists
14 Brett Jacoby (USA) Penn State Hersey
15 Andrew Armstrong (USA) Matrix/RBM
16 Ray Ignosh (USA) Gotham Cyclists
17 Matt Deifenbach (USA) Team Alliance
18 Randy Smargiassi (USA) Gotham Cycles
19 Barry Miller (USA) American Cycling
20 Michael 0Chauner (USA) PA Lightning
21 Jorge Romero (USA)
22 Larry Detris (USA) Cycledrome
23 Tynan Farley (USA) Young Medalists
24 Giovanni Rey (USA) Moalano Velo
25 Simon Van Velthooven (NZl) Palmerston North
26 Daniel Walker (USA) NWCC
27 Stephen Shiselko (USA) Liberty Cycle
28 Leandro Bottaso (Arg) Cordobesa
29 Jose Medina (Chi)
30 Jamie Russell (Can) Independent
31 Stephen Hill (USA) East Point Track
Elite Women Keirin Finals 1-6
1 Kaarle Mc Culloch (Aus) St George CC 0.12.36 (58.252 km/h)
2 Dana Feiss (USA) Tri State Velo
3 Elizabeth Carlson (USA) Verducci/Breakaway
4 Colleen Hayduk (USA) Kutztown Inn
5 Veronica Martinez (Arg) JVR Sports
6 Joanna Wiersma (Can) PDQ
Elite Women Keirin Minor Final 7-12
1 Kim Geist (USA) Metro Volkswagon 0.13.49 (53.373 km/h)
2 Davina Summers (Aus) Northern Districts
3 Shelbe Eck (USA) Alliance Environment
4 Colleen Gulick (USA) Colivata
5 Mary Costelloe (USA) South Mountain
DNS Karine Cote (Can) Piste
Elite Men Keirin Finals 1-8
1 Jason Niblett (Aus) Horsham Cycling 0.11.14 (64.649 km/h)
2 Simon Van Velthooven (NZl) Palmerston
3 Lanell Rockmore (USA) Gotham Cyclists
4 Leandro Bottaso (Arg) Cordobesa
5 Peter Fitzpatrick (Aus) Team Australia
6 Shane Kline (USA) Lateral Street Velo
7 Daniel Walker (USA) NWCC
8 Jamie Russell (Can) Independent
Elite Men Keirin Minor Final 9-16
1 Stephen Hill (USA) East Point Track
2 David Espinoza (USA) Herbal Life
3 Espes Harris (USA) FCS Cycling Club
4 Giovanni Rey (USA) Moalano Velo
5 David Short (Aus) St. George
6 Jude Codrington (Tri) TrindadRig
7 Joseph Veloce (Can) Acuila
Artie Greenburg Memorial 10 Mile Final
1 Jose Medina (Chi) Mike Frayssee Sports
2 Chris Ruhl (USA) PA Lightning
3 Andrew Armstrong (USA) Matrix/RBM
4 Stephen Meyer (Can) Coach Chris
One lap behind
5 Simon Van Velthooven (NZl) Palmerston North
6 Doug Repacholi (Aus) Melville Fremantle
7 Espes Harris (USA) FCS Cycling Club
8 Peter Fitzpatrick (Aus) Team Australia
9 Bruce Donaghy (USA) Morgan Stanley
10 Taylor Brown (USA) PA Lightning
11 Michael Chauner (USA) PA Lightning
12 David Espinoza (USA) Herbal Life
13 Jamie Russell (Can) Independent
14 Shane Kline (USA) Lateral Street Velo
15 Andrew Kuklis (USA) Gotham Cyclist
16 Larry Detris (USA) Cycledrome
17 Barry Miller (USA) American Cycling
18 Randy Smargiassi (USA) Gotham Cycles
19 Nicholas Reinert (USA) Gotham Cyclists
20 Pete Muto (USA) FogelsvilleGotham
21 Brett Jacoby (USA) Penn State Hersey
22 Fernandez Gerardo (Arg) Frayssee Sports
DNF Leandro Bottaso (Arg) Cordobesa
DNF Lanell Rockmore (USA) Gotham Cyclists
DNS Ben Fetterman (USA) Cycledrome
DNF Matt Deifenbach (USA) Team Alliance
DNS William Lampe (Can) Independent
DNF Jorge Romero (USA)
DNF Tynan Farley (USA) Young Medalists
DNF Stephen Hill (USA) East Point Track
DNF Giovanni Rey (USA) Moalano Velo
DNS Daniel Walker (USA) NWCC
DNS Kurt Begemann (USA) T-Town Express
DNS David Short (Aus) St. George
DNF Ray Ignosh (USA) Gotham Cyclists
DNS Stephen Shiselko (USA) Liberty Cycle
DNF Rodney Santiago (USA) Colavita/Sutterhome
