Important notice: Fat-Mans Wheel Race has been Postponed 2 weeks to Aug 31
News and Information
For Series 10
2012
For Week 8
Aug 17 2012
RAW Track Newsletter 2012 sponsored by:
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Week 8 Bring it!
The ZeroFive 1.5km Wheel Race • This week’s feature race will be the ZeroFive 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 = 80m-90m
• Div 3 = 135m-145m
• Div 4 = 200- 210m
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This week’s Races• Round 1 warm up Scratch
• Round 2 The Zerofive 1.5km Wheel race
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Round 3 Div 1 – 4 Italian Pursuit (Div 5= ½ field sprint)
• Round 4 Group Handicaps • Round 5 Round 5 Combines + “CNSW Time Blaster”
Explain these races
Italian Pursuit- this team event combines riders of all standards to form two teams at opposite sides of the track. Team captains organise their team so as the slowest riders are at the front of the train. After the end of each lap, the leading rider pulls off completely, leaving the next to fight the wind. Therefore, the first rider has to do one lap, the second, two laps, and the last rider completes as many laps as in his team. Hence, the last rider typically has the best endurance. The pace of this race is continuously building and lead often changes hands between the opposing teams, until the final two riders are left to decide the race. If the handicapper does a good job this can be without a doubt one of the most exciting races as the excitement builds with the pace.
Group Handicap- This is a scratch race over 10 -15 laps however your starting position will be allocated by the race organiser. You will either start on the front straight or the back straight dependent on my belief of your ability (and maybe other factors). The race will be started with a whistle and the riders on the back straight will need to catch the lead riders in order to secure a place. Video’s to watch
• Example Italian Pursuit :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNGKZewm2c• Example Italian Pursuit from 2nd last wheel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZt4GawuJV8 Italian Pursuit Procedure • The Italian pursuits will be for div 4 to div 1
• The teams will be allocated at the sign on desk.
• As you sign on you will be allocated a team name (you can not choose your team)
• Make sure you know your team # name when signing on.
• In the event of uneven riders the 2nd lead rider of the smaller team will do two laps
• The team captain will be the rider highest on point-score
• It will be a fence start on the whistle
• The lead rider will do two laps, all other riders will do one lap.
• Members of the wining team receive 3 points
• Don’t forget to cheer on your team after you have finished your turn.
Italian Team# - Name - Captains • Team 1 = Wiggins = Ben Harvey
• Team 2 = Vinokourov = Josh Cornish
• Team 3 = Evans = David Browne
• Team 4 = Voeckler = Popplewell
• Team 5 = Froome = John Nguyen
• Team 6 = Sanchez = Harrison Jones
• Team 7 = Sagen = Daren Cash
• Team 8 = Cavendish = Alex Chubb
• Reserve Team captain = next available highest on Point Score
• Team captains do not have to ride anchor
• First Race is off is Team Cav (Chubb) Vs Team Sagan (Cash)
The no catch rule. • At RAW track we have a no catch rule in Italian Pursuits.
• That is that; no team is to close within 50m of the opposing team.
• Instead the lead rider should maintain a tempo equal to that of the other team @ a 50m gap
• This rule is void when we get to 4 riders per team remaining at this point a catch is allowed.
CNSW Time Blaster 
• This week is the third week for the “CNSW Time Blaster”
• The Time Blaster is worth $200
• The Time to beat this week is 8min 39 seconds
Point Score info
Last week’s top scorers Team Blue =20 points
Team Red = 18 points
Team Yellow = 16 points
Team Orange = 14 points
Team Purple = 12 points
Team Green = 11 points
TWE Wheels Division leaders 
• Div 1 Ben Harvey 100 points
• Div 2 Scott Mills 110 points
• Div 3 Nathan Garard 105 points
• Div 4 Nigel Apps 108 points
• Div 5 Ian Docherty 105 points
Teams/Clubs Challenge
1 Dulwich Hill 2137
2 Lidcombe 1232
3 Penrith 1186
4 St George 1128
5 Hunter Districts 871
6 Central Coast 711
7 Illawarra 659
8 Sutherland 619
9 ATTA nsw 518
10 Bankstown Sports 514
