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For Series 6, For Week 5, July 13 2007

No Feature Wheel-Race

• No sponsor for this week means that there will be no wheel-race
• Don’t fret it will also mean that the warm up scratch races in round 1 will be extended.

This week’s Races

• Round 1 warm up Scratch
• Round 2 “No Round 2 “
• Round 3 Kierin’s
• Round 4 Div 5, Div 4 = Miss’N’Out (standard) Div 3, Div 2 and Div 1 Miss’N’Out Pointscore.
• Round 5 Round 5 Combines + Div1 /2 30 lapper “CNSW – Maersk Logistics Time Blaster” (Time Blaster time is 9:01 sec for $200) Ivan Colig Last man standing (div 2 = $80)
• Round 6 Race video replays, Cyclists pasta and Beer in the HBT.

Bold Blue= point-scoring rounds 3+4

Explain these races

Kierin- The keirin is a motorpaced event that is very popular in Japan where it originated. In that country, huge amounts of money are bet on races and professional keirin riders command impressive salaries. It is similar to the match sprint, but features 6-8 riders on the track. A derny motorbike paces the riders from 25 km/h up to 45 km/h for the first few laps. During this time, riders jostle each other for the best position and this is often the roughest part of the event. With two and a half laps to go, the derny bike pulls off and the sprint is on. Team tactics are important here, as the leadout is often quite long. If one team can get two of their riders in the final, then they are at a distinct advantage.

Reference: www.cyclingnews.com

Miss ‘N’ Out- the bike equivalent of musical chairs, sometimes called the elimination race or “Devil’s Race,” every lap the last rider across the finish line is pulled out of the race until only two riders remain.  The remaining two riders are given the bell and  maneuver themselves before the final all out sprint to the finish line.  Keep your eyes peeled to the back of the field that’s where all the excitement lies in this event.

Miss’N'Out Pointscore- This is a standard Miss’N'out however the derny (motorbike) follows the bunch at 100m. As the riders are eliminated they drop back to the derny and continue till all riders are behind the Derny. The Derny sets a controlled pace for 2 laps than pulls off to leave a Kierin style finish. 

• Scoring – in the Miss’N'Out phase, each rider receives the corresponding points to the position they are eliminated i.e. first out =1point 5th out= 5 points etc. The winner of the Miss’N'out receives his/her corresponding points plus a bonus of 2 points. Second gets a 1 point bonus.
• The Kierin phase is scored as 8, 5, 3 and 2 and 1.
• The winner of the race is the rider with the most points.

Maersk Logistics -CNSW Time Blaster

• This week is the third week for the “Maersk Logistics- CNSW Time Blaster”
• The Time Blaster is worth $200
• Ivan Colig Last man standing is worth $80
• The Time to beat this week is 9min 01 seconds

Junior Development

• This year again Lionel and Brad Cox 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 race starting at 7:05pm

Junior Development has control of track from 6 to 6:40pm

This will mean that you will not be able to use the track during this time.

Junior Development Rule

• Juniors wishing to ride the division races later must be capable of riding Div 4
• I wish to reserve Div 5 for first time trackies
• These juniors will be required to sign on (div 4 sheet + Jnr sheet) and collect number at beginning of night.

Wheelrace Video

• I am running 1 week behind on these video’s
• The Rocky point rd will be up soon.
• The Rebel sports is up
• Go to the FNWTR website
• East to remember www.fnwtr.tk
• But if you are adding it to your favorites use http://home.vtown.com.au/~pcraft/ it has no pop ups
• Go to the videos
• Click on the cam and watch

Handle Bar Tavern

• Don’t forget that again this year the HBT is supporting FNWTR by providing a special Cyclist Pasta at a special price
• This year when you arrive at the HBT we will have free Jugs of beer on the reserved tables.

Points for 2007 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 24 place getter points are doubled.

Point Score info

Last weeks top scorers

• Div 1 Gavin White 18 points
• Div 2 Alex Frame 18 points
• Div 3 Dean Benedetti 20 points
• Div 4 Stephan Joyce + William Loxton 18 points

Divison leaders

• Div 1 Alex Frame 68 points (promoted) 2^nd Jason Roberts 59pts
• Div 2 Nathan Saunders 58 points
• Div 3 Michael Hawkes 66 points
• Div 4 Stephen Joyce 59 points

Teams/Clubs Challenge

• Bicicsport 721
• Lidcombe/Auburn 717
• Central Coast 610
• Waratah Vets 582
• Canberra 524

Sign on’s and Licences

• If this is your first FNWTR for 2007 you will need to show your license
• I record your license as sighted and you are fine for the season.
• Sign on’s are in Pointscore order.

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Added to the prize pool

• Terry Freshwater from Rocky Pt Rd Cycles has Presented FNWTR with $200 worth of store vouchers.

· These vouchers will be added to the end of season prize pool       

Your race number

• Guys please remember to return your Race numbers at the end of the night.
• The Race numbers are also used for ATTA.
• ATTA is on the First Sunday of each month at Calga.
• Thank you to the competitor who emailed me late Friday apologizing for taking a number home.
• #73 Paul Regattieri could you please return your number

You can miss 2 nights and still be in the hunt

• In the 2007 series everyone is eligible for 2 x bye weeks
• In these weeks you receive the basic 10 points
• This will mean that you will not fall out of contention because of your Cousins Wedding in Brisbane.
• Bye weeks are Red on the point score

FNWTR Photo’s

• Dave lane from Action snaps has been taking some wicked photo’s at our meets.
• Check out the photo’s which can be ordered through Dave on the website
• www.actionsnaps.com.au

The Twe Wheels 2km wheel-race

Week 9 August 9

o The top 5 of each division on the FNWTR point-score (week will qualify for this mega Wheel-Race

o This is a way of rewarding those who have committed to being at FNWTR almost every week.

o Div1 = 0m Div 2 = 90m, Div3 = 160m and Div 4 = 225m

o 1^st in division = + 20m, 2^nd =+15m, 3^rd =+10m, 4^th=+5m and 5^th=+0m

Kids at the DGV

· As always I encourage spectators and kids to be apart of the FNWTR experience

· However last year on three occasions, DGV management found Kids in places they shouldn’t have been.

· One of these occasions directly resulted in the break-down of the elevator.

· My 2007 contract stipulates that “Children must be supervised”

· Penalties apply if this is not adhered too.

· Please help out in this area by making sure your Children know the do’s and don’ts of the venue and be extra vigilant.

· Please ensure that kids are aware that the Gymnasium equipment is out of bounds.

Corrections

• A few changes in 1 lap Screamer please refer to website for the changes.
• Point-score is correct
• Club Point-score has not been updated to reflect changes to results. (will not change much)
• The club Point-score will be up to date and correct next week

My Tour Predictions so far

• Vino for GC ….. Too early, can not tell yet!
•  Hincapie for prologue …….. 3^rd not to bad
• McEwen for the sprints ……… Too bloody right
•  Cancellara for the TT’s ……… 100%
• Rasmussen to go for Mountains and throw away GC ….. Too early, can not tell yet!
• CSC in the TTT (or my personal favourite, the team that wins the team Category of the Prologue) ….. Too early can not tell yet!
• and Millar to go positive after first TT ….. Too early, can not tell yet!
• Oscar Periero will be a GC contender….. Too early, can not tell yet!
• Cavendish will not feature ….. So far so good unless you call crashing featuring
• Rogers will not place in top 3 of any TT ……Prologue 20^th looking good
• Jens Voigt will get in a breakaway …… Plenty of stages to go yet

So how am I batting?

o 4 correct

o 6 Too early to tell

o 1 almost correct

o 0 wrong

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