Raw Track

This week’s Races
•   Round 1   Warm up Scratch
•   Round 2   “No – Race this week”
•   Round 3  1 Lap Screamers (drag race)
•   Round 4  Snowball     
•   Round 5 Combines + CNSW Time Blaster” (Time Blaster time is 8:55 sec for $100)

Explain these races
1 lap Drag race- Riders draw lots to start in position 1-4 up the track. The riders start in a Time trial hold (No-Push) for whistle start. First one back wins. Easy
1 lap screamer record   
•   19.27 seconds set by Alex Bird on 4th June 2008
Snowball- Sometimes called a progressive point-score. The race is run similar to a point score-however each lap is a sprint for first place only with the points earned corresponding to the laps completed i.e. the winner of the first sprint gets 1 point winner of the 10th sprint gets 10points. The overall winner is the rider with the most points.
 

1 lap screamer procedure 
•   Groups of 4 will be selected as you come up ramp 
•   Riders will assemble at top of ramp before race
•   Holders will select a rider which will allocate a starting position 1 bottom 4 top
•   Riders are held for a time trial start on the pursuit line 
•   The starter will say ready, Whistle.
•   Holders will release with no push!
•   Holders required
•   Please be prompt to your start.

Junior Development Starts this week   
•   This year Michelle Ferris will be hosting Junior development
•   coaching starts at 6pm
•   Cost is $5
•   Again this year the first race of the night will be a Junior development demonstration starting at 7:05pm

Junior Development has control of track from 6 to 6:35pm

 



Point Score info
Last week’s top scorers
•   Div 1 David Stevens  20 points 
•   Div 2  Nick Yallouris  20 points
•   Div 3 M. Chidgey and S. Lewis  20 points
•   Div 4 H. Baird and J. Mills 18 points   
•   Div 5 3 x Riders   15 points 
 
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Teams/Clubs Challenge
•   Dulwich Hill 253 points
•   Illawarra  151 points
•   Bicisport 143 points
•   Lidcombe 117 Points
•   Sutherland 111 points

Points for 2010 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 27 place getter points are doubled.

Sign on’s and Licences
•   If this is your first RAW Track for 2010 you will need to show you licence
•   I record your licence as sighted and you are fine for the season.
•   Sign on’s are in Point score order.


The famous TWE mid-season Wheel-Race will be held week 6 (July 30 2010)•   The wheel-race rewards those who start the season strongly.
•   The top 4 of each grade (div4-div1) at the completion of week 5 will qualify for the wheel-race
•   each rider will be individually handicapped; any rider who I perceive to be sandbagging will be severely disadvantaged.
•   First prize is a set of custom built TWE wheels.
These wheels will be professionally built by Greg Ryan to meet your specific requirements


In 2010- No series prize for winner 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)