Tucker 100 HPRA HPV Racing Pictures
Races held July 8th at the Northbrook velodrome, Northbrook, IL.
Thanks to race director Sean Costin, and all the volunteers for making
the event another sucess. Thanks to the Spencer's, the Cortez's, Mike
Mowett, and Dan Glatch for all the pictures. Words by Warren.
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pictures by Dave Balfour
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| While the racers filter into
the velodrome and get signed up and tech inspected, there is always a
lot of interesting stuff to see. Tyger Johnson is selling this
nice Lightning U2 lowracer. You can contact Tygers Bikes and Music at (815) 449-2203. |
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Steve Spencer and his father
Laverne pose in front of their tent. Looks too professional! Steve raced
this highly modified BikeE. |
| Todd brought this PA system,
pulling it behind his E-bike. It was used throughout the event to play
background music and to announce the races. |
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Eric Ware poses with his
Microbike lowracer. Microbikes are built by Minnesotan Jeff Caswell.
Eric raced the "Orange" Varna
trike streamliner last year at Battle Mountain.
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| Alan Ariails NoCom stock class
bike hold up the brick wall. |
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Bruce Gordon arrives with his nicely shaped SuperStreet class Coroplast streamliner. This
Sunset Lowracer chassis'ed vehicle is currently for sale. |
| Here's Todd's E-bike. It's a
standard full suspension MTB with a hub motor on the back wheel. The
yellow boxes are for the NiMH batteries. It's a 36 volt motor which he
is running at 72 (?) volts to allow it to run at higher speeds. |
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A highly decorated LWB
recumbent belonging to one of the race spectators. |
| Jane Hunn leads off the
Ladies, who are lined up for the flying 200K sprint. Racers had 1.5 laps
to get up to speed, then were timed for the 200 meter time trial. |
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Wendy Toy gets ready to do the TT on her Ray Brick built custom lowracer. |
| Jane powers past the TT finish line.
The first couple of racers were timed
electronically using the timing tape system, but then the tapes got too
hot and started sticking and the remainder of the racers were timed
manually. |
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Dave Balfour gets ready
to race his Windwrap nosed Coroplast mini-liner in the TT. |
| Jeff and Jane Hunn race their
Vision tandem during the TT. Their Ollinger racing tandem is currently
"in the shop", being fitted with Garrie Hill seats. |
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Dave Balfour gets a good run
in the TT. Dave had to abort his first run as the Coroplast panel in
front of his head came loose, blocking his view. |
| Steve Spencer shows us his
race face as he pushes hard toward the finish during the TT. |
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Steve Golber on his Mike
Burroughs built RatRacer, races in the TT. |
| Chris Cortez races his M5
tailboxed Sunset lowracer during the TT event. |
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Richard Nicodemus (L) and
Tyger Johnson (R) get ready to race their Lightning F-40s. |
| Faired class races get lined
up in preparation for the Tucker 100 lap event. Earl Russell on his Ti-Rush
(L) starts in front of Steve Spencer. |
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Maria gets ready to race on
the SpinØ LWB with fabric tail fairing. This vehicle was built by Tony
Levand. |
| Chris Cortez and Steve Golber
appear to have well matched vehicles. They raced in the SuperStock
class. |
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The Reverend Bruce Gordon
folds himself into the Coroplast "PopCycle". This bike is for sale. |
| Dave Balfour and Tony Levand
button themselves into their Coro-Liners. |
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Len waves the green flag, and
the racers are off! Rick Gritters gets a holeshot and takes off fast.
Meanwhile, in the back of the starting lineup, Warren gets a bad start
and has to be up righted and restarted. |
| Rick passes Warren while
Warren gets up to speed, but within a few laps, Warren catches up to
Rick, and then un-laps himself and takes the lead. |
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Maria cruises around the
banked corner. |
| Jane and Jeff cruise through
the banked corner. |
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Steve Golber on the banked
corner. |
| Rich Meyers comes around the
corner in the newly refinished and reframed Mini-Moby. |
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Rick leads Dan Glatch in the
Piranha. |
| Tony Levand cruises around the
corner in his "Carp" streetliner. |
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Earl Russell races without the
body sock on this hot day. |
| Warren Passes Rich.
Racers speeds range from 16MPH to 40MPH
in this event. Slower racers hold an inside line, but the faster racers
must be very careful to look for traffic and be ready to slam on the
brakes. HPRA rules specify that all racers must have 2 independent
brakes. |
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Steve Spencer cruises by the
start/finish line, while Tyger Johnson prepares to pass him. |
| Richard Nicodemus cruises by
on his Lightning F40.
Richard, Tyger and another F40 racer have
been tearing up the Northwestern Illinois TT circuits.
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Dan Glatch, in his Piranha
streamliner, is followed by Mike Mowett on his socked Cervelo wedgie TT
bike. |
| Tyger Johnson, at speed,
blasts around the corner in his much patched F40. |
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Warren hangs out behind Rick,
trying to figure out whether to pass or just hang out comfortably 1 lap
ahead. |
| Warren's animal hindbrain
takes over and he passes Rick again. Rick sticks like glue to Warren's
tail. |
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'Liners pass Superstock racers
in front of the stands. |
| Dan passes Tony. Tony is
working on a new racer, yet to be unveiled. |
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Rick and Warren Collide in the
East corner, and crash spectacularly. Neither are hurt. The 'liners are
scraped up a bit. Warren and Rick both hop back in, but Warren's back
tire and wheel were trashed after striking on of the poles visible
between the wall and track in this photo. Rick goes on to win the race. |
| Here's a shot of the paint
left on the velodrome after Rick and Warren collided and crashed during
the 100 lap faired class race. Warren's yellow streak, goes up to the
wall (which has a nice gap under it, allowing his tire to be trashed by
a support pole), and then down again, for a total of a 50 meter
slide. |
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Stock class racers on ultra-lowracers
line up for the 50 lap unfaired race. |
| Sean Costin prepares to race
on the Challenge NME. |
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Dora Cortez and Jane Hunn line
up to race. |
| Barb Pendergast takes a little
nap while waiting for the stragglers (like that dang timing guy) to get
on their bikes and ready to race. |
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Len Brunkalla drops the green
flag, and the racers are off! |
| Dennis Grelk sprints away from
the line, and the rest of the stock racers attempt to catch him. |
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Warren latches onto Alan, and
Sean catches a little draft behind Gary as they struggle to catch
up to Dennis. |
| Wendy drafts Barb, and they
both pass Dora and Jane. |
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Alan, Gary, Warren, and Sean
blast by in a disorganized paceline during the 50 lap race.
That's two NoComs, a Cobra, and an NME...
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| Becky Aulenbach cruises by on
a 20x20 Reynolds Wishbone lowracer. |
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High and Low red bikes. Wendy
Toy is down low and Jim Woodburn is up high on his Bacchetta. |
| Eric Ware cruises by the
start/finish line on his microbike. |
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The lowracer boys pass the
lowracer girls. |
| Jeff Hunn on the Reynolds
ti-Cuda drafts Eric Ware on his Microbike. |
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Dora and Jane zip past the
start/finish line. |
| Dennis Grelk was hard to catch
on his Gritters lowracer. |
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The paceline worked hard to
catch him. |
| Dennis finally dropped back
and drafted. |
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Warren races his NoCom in a
skinsuit made by Aussie Tim Marquardt. Very colorful... |
| Becky Aulenbach rides the
inside line, while Harvey Hanig on an Earthcycles Sunset takes the outside. |
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A longshot of Barb,
Jeff, Wendy, and Eric |
Racers racing.
Zoom Zoom Zoom.
Hearts are pumping.
Looks of concentration.
Arg. |
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From the looks on their (and
my!) faces, this race is about done. This is what we do for fun? |
| Dennis books in on by again.
Dennis is mostly an MTB racer, but that doesn't seem to hurt his
recumbent racing one bit.
Well, except when he runs into a tree and
his ribs are still hurting...
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Sean Costin recovers from the grueling
50 lap race, while his son Jonathan and wife Lisa look on.
Alternate title - Woman and child pummel
biker, while he begs for mercy...
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| Jane Hunn, Jeff Hunn, and Eric
Ware rest on their bikes after the 50 lap race. |
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Warren drags himself back to
the timing system after the 50 lap stock race to print out the results. |
| Gary Toy extricates himself
from his bike after the tough 50 lap race. |
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Sean presents the $$CASH$$
prize for 1st place in streamliner to Rick Gritters. |
| Todd shows how to go 40 MPH on
the velodrome - the easy way. Todd's mountain bike is equipped with a
over-volted electric hub motor, custom voltage controllers, and a couple
of high power battery packs. |
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Jeff Hunn tries out Jane's new
trike. Jeff got a good deal on the trike from the event sponsors, Amlings
Cycle. |
| Richard Myers Moby
streamliner, under wraps at the hotel parking lot. |
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