October 21, 2007 – Night 2 of the Forest City Velodrome’s 6 Day Racing was again fast and had our spectators on the edge of their seats. The Black team continued to dominate the “B” division and the rest of the teams are very closely matched with only a few points separating the other four squads.

A spill in the Elite race wiped away the advantage the local London team had built up in the final Madison. Throop and Lundy were within 15 metres of lapping the rest of the teams only to have Throop crash during the exchange that would have put them up by a lap. Instead, they lost the $100 for taking the lap and during the final stages of the Madison they required one of the Alternates to fill in to keep the team on even ground.

The evening was very fast and competitive, the spectators loved the energetic pace and the fact that no team seemed to dominate, a big change from the opening night….. it seems that Team Ontario is going to have to be attacked one by one on Night 3. The other teams are going to have to chip away at the points lead they have built up. Team Quebec, Delhi and the Can-Am teams will have to use strategy to gain laps and points.

A special thanks to all the officials who are volunteering their services for the event, and to the spectators who have so generously donated over $1,000 in the first two nights of racing preems for the riders….. for this reason alone the racing will be even more intense on Day 3.

Day 3 starts at 1pm on Sunday afternoon, you still have time to come out and watch the skill of our track riders.

More information about racing and recreational riding at the FCV is available at www.ForestCityVelodrome.ca.

Results

‘A’ Teams

Ontario – Daniele Defranceschi (Windsor), Vince DeJong (Brantford) 5
Can-Am – Brian Crosby (Minnesota), Garnett Abbey (Burlington) 1 lap down, 80
Delhi – Mike Renneboog (Delhi), Dave Byer (LaSalette / Toronto) 1 lap down, 73
Quebec – Martin Rooseboom (Montreal), Phillipe Raymond (Montreal) 1 lap down, 70
London – Brandon Throop (London), Scott Lundy (London) 1 lap down, 50

‘B’ Teams

Team Black – Lorne Falkenstein (London), Ivan Cernigoy (London), Sarah McKenzie-Picot (London) 99
Team Red – Rob Good (Waterloo), Ryan Aitcheson (Kitchener), Stephanie Bester (London) 90
Team Purple – Joe Brennan (New Jersey), Taylor Martin (Hamilton), Kyle Rupay (Peterborough) 79
Team Orange – Chris Vlemmix (London), Jean-Luc Bertrand, (Bermuda/London), Emily McKenzie-Picot (London) 20
Team Blue – Ray Gubala (Oshawa), Rod Olliver (Oakville), Brian Kelly (London) 2 laps down, 57