Hellyer Velodrome Thursday Night Results

I am so thankful for the good rider turnout. Sure, it could be better but we have Wednesday and Friday track racing as well as the Cal Cup events on the road. Hopefully in the remaining five nights of Thursday Night racing we will see even greater numbers? With racing like last night we can only hope so.

Seventy degrees at nine oclock only felt chilly because we had ninety degree weather as the riders warmed up. There are so many things you could all be doing in our golden state so that makes me doubly happy that you chose to come out to the track and race. The racing was hot too as riders attacked each other and pushed themselves to forge ahead or seek out a good draft. That is the beauty of Thursday Night track racing in that you can get what you want out of the racing.

Thanks again to Joe Fineman for rounding up the Peets and Clif Bar prizes. Thanks to everyone for coming out to race!

C Group Results- 12 starters, 70 laps in 39:17 averaging 22.4mph

Highlights- Seven riders staying in contention during this slugfest. The race was up for grabs going into the final sprint. Ryan Williams came out on top after earning 4 sprint victories including the final sprint to seal the deal. Amanda came on strong at the end and is looking to be in fine form for collegiate track nationals next month.

1st - 22 points- Ryan Williams (FresnOakland) 4 victories
2nd- 14 points- Amanda Seigle (UC Davis 1 victory
3rd- 13 points- Mark Robertson (Trumer Pils) (points on last sprint)
4th- 13 points- Beth Newell (unattached)
5th- 9 points- Tom Luttrell (ZTeam) 1 victory
6th- 3 points- Bill Fallis (Pen Velo)
7th- 1 point- Anna Erickson (UCSB)
Also- Sabine Dukes (Velobella-Kona), Jonathan Racine (SJBC), Neil Bliss, Gaelan Murdoff (Pillar), Justin Morgan

B Group Results- 15 starters, 70 laps with no recorded time or average

Highlights- Speaking of collegiate track nationals, Brian Percival (Stanford) has won the last three weeks and looks ready to race with the A group. The field shattered during the night and made for one confusing race, but I think I have the scoring correct.
1st - 30 points- Brian Percival (Stanford) - 5 victories
2nd - 10 points- Bob Parker (Alto Velo)- 1 victory
3rd- 8 points- Chris Miller (RHVilla)- 1 victory
4th - -10 points- Paul DeBacker
5th - -15 points- Mark Patten (VOS)
6th - -17 points- Kelly Silbenberg (Spine) (points on last sprint)
7th - -17 points- Dan Adkins (Metromint)
8th- -19 points- Julie Granshaw (Morgan Stanley) (finish placing)
9th- -19 points- Derick Crass (Mako)
Also- Nole Studley (Roaring Mouse)- flat tire, Eugene Beyer (ICCC), Rob Weinstock (ICCC), Tim Bisson (FFBC), Garry Birch (FFBC), Marc Franklin (Chico)

A Group Results- 12 starters, 80 laps in 39:28 minutes is a 25.2 mile per hour average

Highlights- Congratulations to all the riders that put up a good fight against Priority Healths Ben Jacques Maynes. We (including his wife and two kids who cam out to cheer) are all rooting for Ben to go far with track cycling, but I mostly appreciate the focus that the other riders have to go to battle with Ben. That takes courage!

1st - 55 points- Ben Jacques-Maynes (Priority Health)- 7 sprints
2nd - 15 points- Tyler Dibble (DBC)- 2 sprints
3rd - 12 points- Don Langley (Morgan Stanley)
4th - 10 points- Jesse-Andy Mendonca (BPG)
5th- 9 points- Joel Robertson (Trumer Pils)
Also- Mary Maroon, Elliot Logan (Alto Velo), Sean McBride (BPG), Rich Del Valle (Morgan Stanley), Keith Miller (Giant Strawberry), Giovanni Rey (BPG), and Shelley Olds (Proman)

August 30, September 6, 13, 20 and 27 that is five more Thursday Night Races in 2007! Larry Nolan, AMD-Discovery Channel Masters Cycling Team