Title: Week 4 News 20 July Post by: Artson on July 18, 2012, 11:55:29 AM (http://www.rawtrack.com.au/RAW_Track_Logo.jpg) News and Information For Series 10 2012 For Week 4 July 20 2012 RAW Track Newsletter 2012 sponsored by: WWW.Bicisport.com.au (http://www.rawtrack.com.au/sponsors/BiciSport.jpg) Week 4 Bring it! Feature Race The Kirrawee Cycles 1.5km Wheel Race • This week’s feature race will be the Kirrawee Cycles 1.5km wheel-race in Round 2 • Riders finishing in the top 4 of the warm up scratch race from Div 1-4 will qualify • In the event of a division being split, the top two of each heat will qualify Handicaps: • Div 1 = 0m • Div 2 = 75m-85m • Div 3 = 120m-130m • Div 4 = 180-190m The Kirrawee Cycles 1.5km Wheel RacePrize List (http://2009.fujibikes.com/CMSTemplates/ASIASPX/ResizeImage.aspx?nodeID=225184&w=180&b=false) Fuji Winter Gloves (http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTmg9ne3xctQAwuw1QRi8zmjkyX3aRmmKHWAXJkd-eI6jcGvrNzDTpHZ2BG) BBK Track Chain ring (http://img.skatewarehouse.com/new_product/MDCBR-1.jpg) Ceremic Bearings on sale now at www.kirraweecycles.com.au for less This week’s Races • Round 1 warm up Scratch • Round 2 The Kirrawee Cycles 1.5km Wheel-Race • Round 3 Win'n'Out • Round 4 winners race • Round 5 Combines + CNSW Time Blaster (8:48 for $100) Explain these races Win’N’ Out This is the opposite of a Miss’N’Out race. After a designated number of laps a whistle is blown for the first sprint. The winner of the first sprint is deemed the winner of the race and allowed to carefully withdraw from the race. Each proceeding lap sprint will produce the consecutive places from 2nd to 4th. Tip if you go for a sprint make sure you win it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28iqHThZspM&feature=channel Winners Race- The race is over 16 laps. There is a sprint with 13laps to-go, the winner of this sprint qualifies for the final sprint, however he/she must continue to race, keeping a close eye on the winners of the sprints with 10, 7 and 4 Laps to go. Each of these riders also qualify for the final sprint. With 4 laps to go all non-qualifying riders must withdraw from the race. leaving a 4 up sprint to decide the final placing. You can work out all the tactics on this one. Point Score info Last week’s top scorers • Div 1 Jack Edwards 18 points • Div 2 Scott Mills + Geoff Baxter 18 points • Div 3 Daniel Van der Laan 20 points • Div 4 Trevor Smith 18 points • Div 5 Terrance Hatton 20 points TWE Wheels Division leaders • Div 1 Ben Harvey 50 points • Div 2 Geoff Baxter + Scott Mills 53 points • Div 3 Tom Bolton 49 points • Div 4 Stelio Pappas + Nic Holton 49 points • Div 5 Eleri Morgan –Thomas 43 points Teams/Clubs Challenge (http://www.rawtrack.com.au/sponsors/Hillbrick.jpg) 1 Dulwich Hill 1045 2 Lidcombe 549 3 Penrith 547 4 St George 515 5 Illawarra 302 6 Hunter Districts 291 7 Central Coast 283 8 Sutherland 279 9 Bankstown Sports 278 10 Parramatta 233 Points for 2012 series • For every week you attend you receive 10 points • In rounds 3,and 4 top 4 place getters receive 5,3,2 and 1point respectively • From August 26 place getter points are doubled Canteen @ the DGV • Our good friends from Bankstown Sports Cycling club will again be running a canteen this Friday • They provide a range of foods and drinks and well worth supporting. • To allow for a prompt pack up please order you food before the last race of the night. Wednesday training @ the DGV • Our good friends from Bankstown Sports Cycling club will again be running track training this Wednesday. • This is a great opportunity to advance your track skills or just learn some. • Training starts at 6pm for the beginners and after 7pm there is a 160 lapper above the blue. About this Friday’s Sponsor • Kirrawee Cycles is a specialist retailer of cycling products with a large range of bicycles and accessories. • They are located in Kirrawee, Sydney, Australia, about 5 minutes ride to the Royal National Park with some of the best trails in the Sydney area (and we make frequent use of it !) (http://www.kirraweecycles.com.au/ccdata/images/imageThumbCat_42.jpg) Again in 2011- No series prize for winners of Div 5 • Div 5 was introduced to be a stepping stone to riding in a higher grade • In the past, some riders have not progressed to a higher grade because they were highly ranked for the point series. Even though they had progressed in speed and ability. • To return Div 5 to its intended purpose and encourage riders to step up, there will be no series prize for Div 5 in 2010 • Riders will continue to score points in Div 5 and can take them up to Div 4 (as per RAW Track Constitution) • As with 2010 Trophies are still awarded to the top place getters, along with the season DVD, however they receive no money or tickets for the prize pool. 6 month Licence available • The Cycling Australia 6 month licences are available from July 1 • If you wish to join ATTA-nsw, they have a representative at RAW track that can assist you. (http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/4118/attanswlogo.jpg) |