Kenosha
2006 HPRA HPV Racing pictures
Races held Sunday July 9th at the
Kenosha, WI velodrome. Thanks to race director Dan Glatch and the
volunteers for making this event a success.
Pictures by staff photographers Chris Cortex, Dan Glatch, and Mike
Mowett. Verbiage by senior editor Warren Beauchamp. |
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The HPRA In-Tent-City moves to the
infield of the Kenosha velodrome for the races on Sunday! |
| First races of the day are the
1 kilometer flying sprints. Here, Len starts Warren. |
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Warren sprints for the finish
line on the NoCom lowracer. |
| Jeff Hunn sprints
around the corner on the Ti-Cuda lowracer. |
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Barb Pendergast sprints by on
a very laid back Gritters lowracer. |
| Mountain biker Dennis Grelk
does his 1 K sprint on another Gritters lowracer.
Interestingly, Barb who is about 5 feet
tall fits on the same bike as Dennis, who is well over 6 feet tall.
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Wendy "ManEater" Toy sprints
around the corner on her Brick lowracer. |
| Sean Costin and Jeff Hunn warm
up before their 200m sprints, on the inner track. |
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Sean "factory racer" Costin
uncorks another winning 1 K TT with a time of 1:10.10 on the Challenge
NME lowracer. |
| A happy Dora Cortez runs her 1K TT on
her Lightning SWB. |
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Dave "that's not a fairing,
that's my windshield" Balfour runs his 1K TT in his Gritters
chassis-ed Coro-Liner. |
| Chris "Grasshopper" Cortez
nukes the pedals during his 1K TT. |
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The second event was
Harry's Bling Fling, where participating racers all raced a 1K TT on the same
Bacchetta bike. Fastest time wins $200 cash money from Wheel and
Sprocket. Here Dennis lays down a
fast run. |
| Next Sean Costin pumped the
bike up to speed for what looked like it would be the fastest time.
That was not to be the case as Rick
Gritters (pictured here) beat Sean by 0.22 seconds. |
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Next, Warren races by,
astounding everyone by...
Well ok so I went slow. My excuse this time is that I intentionally went
slow to prevent blowing out my knees as the seat did
not go back far enough. Yeah, that's the ticket... |
| The last racer was roadie
HPVer Mike Mowett, looking splendiferous in his speed suit and aero
helmet. Here, Mike's highly trained crew adjusts the bike to fit him. |
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Mike got up to speed quickly,
and astounds Harry Wozniak as he buzzes by. |
| Mike takes the checked flag,
while the high tech manual dual stop watch timing system team in the
background stops their timing. |
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Mike takes the checkered flag,
and the Bling (the money!) from Harry by beating Rick's time by almost 3
seconds. |
| The final two races were
separate 50 lap races for unfaired and faired class racers. First
the unfaired racers took the track.
Here flagmeister L. Brunkalla signals
racers with the "GO FAST" flag.
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Racers blast past and begin to
sort themselves out into roughly the same groupings as in the previous
day. |
| Here's a spectators-eye view
from inside the tent city. |
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4 teenage roadie bikers showed
up at the track in the morning for a workout, and decided to stay for
the races. Here, Barbie puts the hurt on them during the lap races. |
| Warren "missed the
boat" by not being able to sprint fast enough to hang with the lead
pack off the starting grid, but grabbed onto Alan's wheel and drafted
for practically the entire race. |
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Ed Gin (in yellow) rode his
MTB 60 miles to the Northbrook event from Chicago.
In the background, Jane Hunn drafts Dora
Cortez.
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| Alan "Zippy" Ariail
puts another lap under his belt during the 50 lap stock race an his
NoCom 2. |
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Alan cruises out front,
followed by Gary "Silo Boy" Toy and Sean "Fast
Twitch" Costin. |
| Gary Toy makes a pass on his
Cobra carbon fiber lowracer. |
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Sean Costin drafts Dennis
Grelk during the 50 lap race. |
| Roadies Authur Was, Robert
Laurence, Phil Brokla, and Chris Solvaka showed great resilience during
the 50 lap stock event. |
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NoCom AA Passes Jeff Hunn on
the Ti-Cuda. |
| Jeff passes Barb and Wendy on
the inside. |
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Chicago area recumbent riders
Ed Gin, Larry Zenger, Chris Cortez, and Earl Russell (L-R) chat during
the stock 50 lap race. |
| Dennis pulls Sean and Gary
around Wendy. |
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Jane and Dora are very well
matched. |
| The last race of the day was
the faired class 50 lap race. Here Chris Cortez cruises during the 50
lapper. |
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Richard Meyers races the
Mini-Moby during the 50 lap faired race. |
| Due to the heat and wind, Rick
Gritters opted to race his stock bike in the faired race race. Gary Toy
apparently hadn't had enough fun, so he joined Rick, racing in
Superstock. |
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Mike Mowett races his socked
Cervello TT bike. |
