News and Information
For Week 7
Friday, July, 31 2015
RAW TRACK
2015 first race 7:05pm
• Round 1 Warm up Scratch
• Round 2 no race this week
• Round 3 Wheel-Races (7 laps 1750m)
• Round 4 Madi-leads and Div 1 Madison • Round 5 Combines
Explain these races Wheel-Race- - A Wheelrace is a handicap event open to a wide range of riders. The race distance is typically 1000-2000 metres. Riders start from a variety of positions around the track, with their handicap (or position) based on current grading and past performances. The top riders start from the 'scratch mark' - which is the absolute race distance - but they are sometimes over 200 metres behind the first riders who have that much less distance to travel. The scratch riders - normally top professionals - are the only competitors who have to cover the entire race distance. reference www.cyclingnews.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epn2EAFZCLY&feature=channel
This week’s Wheel-races will be graded with a max of 24 riders per heat, so please listen in to how I split it up (should your division need to be split).
Your handicap will be posted below.
Madilead- The pace in this race is set by a Madison team (see Madison). The bunch follows the Madison team for ??laps until, with 5 laps remaining the Madison leaders take off leaving the bunch to sought out the winner in scratch race style finish. The Idea of this race is to allow the lower grades to experience following a Madison change (which is a key skill in learning to ride a madison). The pace of this race can often change with the experienced leaders putting in a few hard attacks to stir up the bunch.
Madison- A high speed, two person continuous race relay. Think of tag team wrestling meets track cycling - while one partner is racing the other is resting at the top of the track. This race is named after Madison Square Garden in New York where the event was first held. Two man teams contest the event, which is typically an endurance event. Only one rider from each team is allowed in the race at a given time, meaning that teams must take it in turn each lap (or more) to have a rider in the race. Changeovers are quite dangerous, but impressive to watch when done well - one rider circles around waiting for his teammate, who joins hands and imparts his momentum to the slower rider. At RAW Track we usually ride this on a scratch race format reference www.cyclingnews.com
Point Score info
Last week’s top scorers • Div 1 Tirian McManus 20 points
• Div 2 Lochie Rose 17 points
• Div 3 Ian Grant 16 points
• Div 4 Simon Huggins 20 points
• Div 5 Chris Moutter18 points
series • Div 1 Cam Scott 96 points
• Div 2 Garth Heron 93 points
• Div 3 Ian Grant 90 points
• Div 4 Frank Arraiza 96 points
• Div 5 Jessica Biddle 82 points
Teams/Clubs Challenge
1 Dulwich Hill 2206
2 St George 977
3 Hunter Districts 846
4 Lidcombe 742
5 Penrith 607
6 Bicisport 458
7 Illawarra 454
8 SUVelo 424
9 Bankstown 420
10 Central Coast 402
11 Sutherland 380
12 Northern Sydney 349
13 Marconi 283
14 Parramatta 278
15 Manly 262
16 Southern Cross 254
17 Vikings 237
18 Randwick Botany 199
19 Canberra 124
20 ANU 122
21 ATTA-NSW 120
22 BMX Aus. 102
23 Wagga 102
24 Waratah Masters 86
25 Peloton Sports 75
26 Port Adelaide 75
27 Bathurst 72
28 Audax 69
29 Muswellbrook 68
30 North Western Syd 58
31 Southern Highlands 43
32 Brunswick 38
33 Australian DF 35
34 Mudgee 35
35 Goulburn 33
36 Townsville 31
37 Macarthur 30
38 HVMCC 30
39 Tamworth 30
40 All other Clubs 0
Wow Hunter Districts move to third. Nice work guys!
Going up a grade
It is time for the 10 Point Rule to be activated. • Promoted riders will take points with them but will not exceed 10pts below leader of grade. This rule will be activated on August 24 @ 7:05pm.
Non Madison • Div 1 riders who are not riding the madison are
invited to ride the Div 2 Madi-Lead • Whilst results will be recorded, only the top 4 div 2 riders will receive points towards the overall series.
RAW TRACK 2015 ….Bring It! 
