Title: Week 1 16 June 2017 Post by: Artson on June 16, 2017, 08:34:42 AM RAW Track
Race All Winter Track Dunc Grey Velodrome, Sydney, Australia Week 1 June 16 2016 Week 1 of RAW was spectacular with fast paced racing throughout the program. As per normal for the first week of RAW, many competitors were trying to find there grade with several riders standing out as potential up-graders. None more so than David Try in div 2 who from the first race of the night stood out as a brand new Div 1 rider. The sprint round was not only fast on the track but also fast in the process I think we punched through the whole sprint program in about 25-30 minutes. In div 2 World Masters Sprint Champion had to dig deep to beat David Try. Although the Division 1 grade was light in numbers (only 8 ) it was strong in horsepower with Tirian McManus, Thomas Cornish and Rohan Hayden-Smith trading off wins surprisingly John Trovas was a consistent second to the rotating leaders on the majority of occasions. If tonight was an inkling into the series we will have a stupendous battle amongst those four protagonists. Div 3 rider Eliza Bennett showed she was in the right grade for 2017 with a gutsy attack in the Scratch Race although she didn't figure highly in the results she was impressive to her approach to RAW track racing and I think she may be one to watch for the season. Graham Cockerton also in div 3 is a rider who I know little about but shows impressive track knowledge. I look forward to seeing him being one of those riders who scores consistently through clever tactics. Is Graham Cockerton the new Geoff Baxter? Sandro Nava in div 5 may have dominated his division but he made the typical tragic Raw Track mistake of correcting my pronunciation of his name. Stay tuned to see how this pans out. Bring it for week 2 of RAW Results Round 1 Warm up scratch race Div 5 1 Sandro Nava 2 Colin Williamson 3 Safyan Saleem 4 Charlie Dale Div 4 1 Christopher McInnes 2 Deb Coulls 3 Scott Taylor 4 Elizabeth Huggins Div 3 1 Ian Grant 2 Batchan Yildirim 3 Selina Ho 4 Ben Fox Div 2 1 Dave Try 2 Geoff Wilson 3 Michal Kafka 4 Ondrej Slezak Div 1 1 Tirian McManus 2 John Trovas 3 Thomas Cornish 4 Rohan Hayden-Smith Round 2 Round 3 Sprint (6up 3laps) Div 5 Sprint Div 5 heat 1 1 Georgia Bonora 2 Tayisha Smith 3 Kaide Morrissey 4 Alyiah Jurd Sprint Div 5 heat 2 1 Sandro Nava 2 Charlie Dale 3 Colin Williamson 4 Safyan Saleem Div 4 Sprint Div 4 heat 1 1 Emmy Howe 2 Mia Wallace 3 Elizabeth Huggins 4 Caitlin Williamson Sprint Div 4 heat 2 1 Nigel Apps 2 Daniel Morressey 3 Christopher McInnes 4 Wayne Powell Sprint Div 4 heat 3 1 Phil Dobe 2 Deb Coulls 3 Renee Covington 4 Ben Robey Div 3 Sprint Div 3 heat 1 1 Jeff Morris 2 Ben Fox 3 Trevor Smith 4 John Caley Sprint Div 3 heat 2 1 Batchan Yildirim 2 Selina Ho 3 Eliza Bennett 4 Charlie Crockett Sprint Div 3 heat 3 1 Graham Cockerton 2 Matt Karal 3 Ian Grant 4 Tess Wallace Div 2 Sprint Div 2 heat 1 1 Richard Pettigrew 2 Brett Scruse 3 Nosh Mistry 4 Geoff Wilson Sprint Div 2 heat 2 1 Nathan McLachlan 2 David Browne 3 Adam Ingall 4 Darryl Thorncraft Sprint Div 2 heat 3 1 James Schneider 2 Max Cynerzks 3 Michal Kafter 4 Rodrigo Notaro Sprint Div 2 heat 4 1 Gary Mandy 2 Dave Try 3 Lawrence Santos 4 Ondrej Slezak Div 1 Sprint Div 1 heat 1 1 Matt Glanville 2 Alex Chubb 3 Scott Mills 4 Sprint Div 1 heat 2 1 Thomas Cornish 2 John Trovas 3 Rohan Hayden-Smith 4 Tirian McManus Round 4 Point'a'Lap Div 5 1 Sandro Nava 2 Colin Williamson 3 Charlie Dale 4 Point'a'Lap Div 4 1 Christopher McInnes 2 Michael Salmon 3 Bunch 4 Bunch Point'a'Lap Div 3 1 Ben Fox 2 Graham Cockerton 3 Selina Ho 4 Ian Grant Point'a'Lap Div 2 1 Dave Try 2 Rodrigo Notaro 2 Darren Cash 4 Nathan McLachlan Point'a'Lap Div 1 1 Rohan Haydon-Smith 2 Tirian McManus 3 Thomas Cornish 4 Bunch Round 5 Fast group Combine 1 Georgia Bonora 2 Alex Pappas 3 Aliyah Jurd Faster group Combine 1 Elizabeth Huggins 2 Mark Craig 3 Jeff Morris 4 Melanie Gibson Even Faster group Combine 1 Graham Cockerton 2 Gary Mandy 3 Adam Ingall 4 Nosh Mistry Fastest Group 1 Thomas Cornish 2 John Trovas 3 Rohan Hayden-Smith 4 David Browne |