January 4, 2008 – After an exciting night of racing involving two Madisons and two individual rider races, Symmetrics Cycling still maintains their 2-lap lead over Slipstream Sports. Both Health Net and Successful Living have fallen another lap down, now four and six laps off the leaders.

The first Madison of the night was taken by Symmetrics. Both Symmetrics and Slipstream were able to put one lap on Health Net and Successful Living during this race. The second race saw Friedman of Slipstream ride to victory in the 1-rider Elimination to Scratch race. The next race was a full Elimination race, with O’Bee of Health Net taking the win.

The big performers of the night were the US National team of Holloway and Silva. This motivated duo was able to put a lap on the entire field during the 200-lap Madison. This was a very important move for them, as it brought them on even laps with Team dEVo, and moves them into 5th place overall, displacing dEVo on points.

The extended Friday night schedule has three Madisons and two one-rider races. Sprinters will also take to the boards, and will be duking it out in the Elite Keirin rounds.

Overall Omnium After Night Four
Place Team Riders Laps Points
1. Tuft/Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 0 Laps, 237 pts
2. Pearce/Friedman (Slipstream Sports) 2 Laps, 232 pts
3. Williams/O’Bee (Healthnet) 4 Laps, 168 pts
4. Meier/O’Reilly (Successful Living) 6 Laps, 109 pts
5. Holloway/Silva (US National) 16 Laps, 107 pts
6. Campbell/MacDonald (dEVo) 16 Laps, 28 pts
7. Mackenzie/Chater (Team Orange (06)) 25 Laps, 70 pts
8. McCook/Kilun (Proman Cycling) 25 Laps, 67 pts
9. Suhr/Luttrell (Cody Racing) 25 Laps, 28 pts
10. Crosby/Huff (Los Angeles Lightning) 33 Laps, 70 pts
11. Goodfellow/Norton (Calyon/Martin Swiss) 53 Laps, 18 pts
12. Vives/Vives (Calyon) 69 Laps, 29 pts

100 lap 10 x 10 Madison
The first Madison of the night saw Symmetrics and Slipstream Sports take a lap on Healthnet, Successful Living, US National and dEVo.

1. Tuft/Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 0 Laps, 25 pts
2. Pearce/Friedman (Slipstream Sports) 0 Laps, 25 pts
3. Williams/O’Bee (Healthnet) 1 Laps, 17 pts
4. Holloway/Silva (US National) 1 Laps, 12 pts
5. Meier/O’Reilly (Successful Living) 1 Laps, 6 pts
6. Campbell/MacDonald (dEVo) 1 Laps, 0 pts
7. Mackenzie/Chater (Team Orange (06)) 2 Laps, 11 pts
8. McCook/Kilun (Proman Cycling) 2 Laps, 4 pts
9. Suhr/Luttrell (Cody Racing) 2 Laps, 3 pts
10. Crosby/Huff (Los Angeles Lightning) 3 Laps, 2 pts
11. Goodfellow/Norton (Calyon/Martin Swiss) 6 Laps, 0 pts
12. Vives/Vives (Calyon) 8 Laps, 5 pts

Elimination to Scratch
The first 1-rider race was a 50% Elimination to Scratch. 6 riders were eliminated in the standard miss & out format, and then the final six riders completed a 20 lap scratch race. Friedman (Slipstream) was relentless in his attacks, forcing Healthnet and Successful Living to chase for the entire 20 laps. Friedman took the win, with O’Reilly of Successful Living in second.

1. Friedman (Slipstream Sports)
2. O’Reilly (Successful Living)
3. Kilun (Proman Cycling)
4. Williams (Healthnet)
5. Chater (Team Orange)
6. Holloway (US National)
7. Tuft (Symmetrics Cycling)
8. MacDonald (dEVo)
9. Luttrell (Cody Racing)
10. Crosby (Los Angeles Lightning)
11. Norton (Calyon/Martin Swiss)
12. Vives (Calyon)

Elimination
The second 1-rider race was a standard Elimination race, pulling down to 3 riders. O’Bee of Healthnet rode a strong race, taking victory of Huff of LA Lightning and Silva of US National.

1. O’Bee (Healthnet)
2. Huff (Los Angeles Lightning)
3. Silva (US National)
4. McCook (Proman Cycling)
5. Bell (Symmetrics Cycling)
6. Meier (Successful Living)
7. Campbell (dEVo)
8. Pearce (Slipstream Sports)
9. Goodfellow (Calyon/Martin Swiss)
10. Suhr (Cody Racing)
11. Mackenzie (Team Orange (06))
12. Vives (Calyon)

200 lap 10 x 20 Madison
The final race of the night was a long 200 lap 10 x 20 madison. Four nights of racing seems to have mellowed the group a little, with 5 teams staying together for the entire race. The Team of Holloway and Silva were tenacious in their pursuit of gaining a lap on the field, and were successful in this after a long effort of about 40 laps. Team dEVo, trying to preserve their 5th place standing, made a valiant attempt to defend against this attack by US National, but to no avail. The lap by US National moves them into 5th place overall over dEVo.

1. Holloway/Silva (US National) 0 Laps, 15 pts
2. Pearce/Friedman (Slipstream Sports) 1 Laps, 29 pts
3. Tuft/Bell (Symmetrics Cycling) 1 Laps, 26 pts
4. Williams/O’Bee (Healthnet) 1 Laps, 13 pts
5. Meier/O’Reilly (Successful Living) 1 Laps, 6 pts
6. Campbell/MacDonald (dEVo) 1 Laps, 0 pts
7. Suhr/Luttrell (Cody Racing) 2 Laps, 2 pts
8. Mackenzie/Chater (Team Orange (06)) 3 Laps, 2 pts
9. Crosby/Huff (Los Angeles Lightning) 4 Laps, 8 pts
10. McCook/Kilun (Proman Cycling) 4 Laps, 5 pts
11. Goodfellow/Norton (Calyon/Martin Swiss) 8 Laps, 1 pts
12. Vives/Vives (Calyon) 10 Laps, 0 pts