RAW Track 2009 Thread (Friday Night Winter Track Racing)

[jasco]

Bloody hell! How that didn't end very very badly is nigh on a miracle!!

I'll have to dust the track bike off sometime in the next month and get out there to see some of this action!

 

[alchemist]

Week 4

Come on out Jasco it's Derny night!

This week’s Races

• Round 1 Warm up Scratch ….(Hillbrick Series)
• Round 2 “no Wheel-Race This week”
• Round 3 Kierins
• Round 4 Miss’n’Out Point score ....Div 1 “Duelling Derny”
• Round 5 combines
• Round 6 Race video replays, Cyclists pasta and drinks in the HBT.

 

[jasco]

These were attached to the bottom of the latest email from RAW Track. I'm not sure if Paul wrote these, but damn they're funny:
(My Fav underlined)

• Scientists used to believe that diamond was the world’s hardest substance. But then they met Jens Voigt
• Jens Voigt doesn’t read books. He simply attacks until the books relent and tell him everything he wants to know.
• Jens doesn’t spin or mash the pedals… he kicks them into submission.
• Jens’ testicles are bald because hair does not grow on a mixture of titanium, brass, steel, and cold, hard granite.
• If Jens Voigt was a country, his principle exports would be Pain, Suffering, and Agony.
• If Jens Voigt was a planet, he’d be the World of Hurt.
• Jens Voigt doesn’t know where you live, but he knows exactly where you will die.
• Jens Voigt counted to infinity - twice.
• Jens Voigt doesn’t have a shadow because he dropped it repeatedly until it retired, climbing into the CSC team car and claiming a stomach ailment.
• Jens Voigt once challenged Lance Armstrong to a “who has more testicles” contest. Jens won… by five.
• When you open a can of whoop-ass, Jens Voigt jumps out and attacks.
  
• You are what you eat. Jens Voigt eats men’s souls, and downs it with a tall cool glass of The Milk of Human Suffering.
• The first time man split the atom was when the atom tried to hold Jens Voigt’s wheel, but cracked.
• Jens Voigt doesn’t complain about what suffering does to him… but suffering constantly complains about getting picked on by Jens Voigt.
• Jens Voigt rides so fast during attacks, that he could circle the globe, hold his own wheel, and ride in his own draft. At least as long as he didn’t try to drop himself.

 

[alchemist]

If you've ever wondered what RAW Track was like but couldn't be arsed getting out to Bass Hill on Friday nights, check it out streaming live now.\

http://www.viostream.com/rawtrack/

 

[røhvul]

Q: Is it a requirement to have a nutted front wheel on the track?

 

[alchemist]

Q: Is it a requirement to have a nutted front wheel on the track?

Yes.

General Cycling NSW Rules for track

67 - TRACK RACING RULES- GENERAL COMPETITION
a) The Event Promoter shall ensure all council permits, medical attendants etc, are in place at all track promotions.
b) At all open track promotions the event prize list shall be either listed on the event program or provided to the competitor prior to the event.
c) Approved helmets complying with Australian Standards (or its equivalent) must be worn at all times in warm up, competition and training etc.
d) At all cycling tracks where pedestrian traffic is allowed to cross the track an official must be placed at the entrance/exit at all times during warm-up and competition to administer / restrict this operation.
e) No form of transmitting or receiving device may be fitted on or under the helmet or carried.
f) "Quick Release" hubs, excessive long axles or any attachment likely to endanger the safety of competitors shall not be fitted to any competition machine in massed start or sprint events.
g) Handlebar and extension bar ends must be plugged.
h) A competitor overtaking another competitor must pass on the outside, unless the overtaken competitor is manifestly riding wide and the competitor must be a clear machine length in front before taking ground.
i) A competitor, who rides or acts in a manner considered to be dangerous to other competitors or the public, may be penalised.
j) A competitor who pushes or pulls another competitor may be penalised.
k) A recognised mishap shall include a puncture, a fall, breaking of a frame and/or any of its accessories, but it shall not include insufficient tightening of a wheel, a chain, handlebars, saddle, toe straps, or any other accessory. The Chief Commissaire will decide what constitutes a recognised mishap.
l) Competitors may take a spare pair of wheels and necessary tools with them to the starting line, in case of mechanical mishap. In championships events the above is compulsory.
m) At the start of a race, the front wheel shall be placed on the starting line as directed by the starting official. The competitor‟s attendant must not overlap the starting line.
n) The start of an event shall be affected by a single pistol shot or whistle blast. A false start or stoppage of an event shall be signalled by repeated pistol shots or whistle blasts. A competitor who causes a false start may be penalised.
o) When a competitor's machine is damaged or has suffered a mechanical mishap, the competitor may run with or carry the machine but must not interfere with other competitors.
p) On the commencement of the sprint proper all competitors must maintain a straight course with the measuring line. The Chief Commissaire will decide whether any infringement of this rule has affected the true and proper result.
q) Competitors shall refrain from any collusion, manoeuvre or movement likely to hinder or distort the result of an event.
r) A competitor who rides on or below the blue band on the inner edge of the track in order to gain an advantage may be penalised.
s) Any offence not specifically penalised and any unsporting behaviour shall be punished by a warning INDICATED BY A YELLOW FLAG or by disqualification from the race INDICATED BY A RED FLAG according to the gravity of the fault not withstanding the fine provided for in the scale of penalties.
t) The wearing of dark tinted eye glasses by competitors shall not be permitted on velodromes during competition and training under the following conditions: Indoor velodromes, at all times. Outdoor velodromes, after sunset or when velodrome lights are on

 

[røhvul]

Rightio. Thanks for the quick reply.

 

[alchemist]

Teams Night!

This week’s Races
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Round 1 warm up Scratch
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Round 2 RSTERN / Action Snaps FAT-MANS WHEEL-RACE
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Round 3 Kierins
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Round 4 Motor Pace, Div 1 Miss’n’Out Point Score
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Round 5 Round 5 Team colour Italian Pursuit.
·[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]Round 6 Race video replays, Cyclists pasta and Beer in the HBT.

 

[alchemist]

Week 10

Just 6 more rounds to go!

This week’s Races

• Round 1 warm up Scratch
• Round 2 no wheel –race this week
• Round 3 1 lap screamers (Hillbrick round)
• Round 4 Mystery race
• Round 5 Combines
• Round 6 Race video replays, Cyclists pasta and Beer in the HBT.

Explain these races
1 lap Drag race- Riders position 1-4 up the track. The riders start in a Time trial hold (No-Push) for whistle start. First one back wins. Easy
Mystery- This is a standard scratch race however the number of laps is predetermined by the organiser and concealed. The riders are given a bell with 1 lap to go.



I love a good mystery race, think of it as starting a XC mtb race but not knowing whether it's going to be a 20 minute XCC or a full lenght XCO until the bell rings.

 

[alchemist]

Week 11

This week’s Races
• Round 1 warm up Scratch
• Round 2 Wheel race?
• Round 3 ½ field sprints + 200m fly Div1
• Round 4 Madilead and Div 1 Madison Non Madison Div 1 Keirin
• Round 5 Combines + CNSW, Swerve Cafe Time Blaster
• Round 6 Race video replays, Cyclists pasta and Beer in the HBT.

Trailburner will be making his debut this week, should be interesting to watch. For those at home you can check out the action at www.viostream.com/rawtrack