2007
Xenia Ohio HPRA HPV Racing Pictures
Races held Oct 6th & 7th, 2007 at the Xenia, Ohio Kil-Kare Raceway.
Thanks to Jeff Hunn for the captions!
Pictures by Chris & Dora
Cortez
Pictures by Richard Meyers
Picture by Garrie Hill
Pictures by Dennis Grelk (on Google Picasa)
Pictures by Jim Iwaskow |
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Marge Branch on a Catrike |
| Doug Jacobs on a Velokraft
NoCom. |
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Steve Katterhenry on beautiful
homebuilt trike. |
| Phil Lewis on a
WizWheels. |
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Chris Cortez racing one of
Garrie Hill's GreenSpeed racers. |
| Frank Lindley on SuperStreet
Infinity FWD. |
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Doc Pearson on another
SuperStreet Infinity FWD. |
| Steve Hoeft on homebuilt
(very) highracer. |
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Dora Cortez on Baron
X-Low. |
| Trike racers line up at
the start/finish line. |
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Dennis Grelk rides his
mother's new Kettwiesel. |
| Bill Peters on a
GreenSpeed. |
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Phil Lewis (left) and Greg
Gross riding a Garrie Hill GreenSpeed SLR. |
| Bryan Katterhenry on
another beautiful homebuilt. |
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Phil Lewis again. |
| Chris Cortez again. |
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Bryan Katterhenry |
| Trikers practice their
cornering prowess |
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Chris Cortez |
| Dennis Grelk and his
homebuilt FWD. |
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Greg Gross riding Garrie
Hill's CF M5 highracer. |
| Rose-Hulman students
Ariel Young (left) and Nobutoshi Hiro. |
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Dora Cortez again. |
| Greg Gross again. |
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Ariel Young riding
university HPV project original bike. |
| Jane Hunn on Earth
Cycles Sunset lowracer. |
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Steve Hoeft again. |
| Luke Gilbert riding
Garrie Hill's Barcroft Virginia Ti. |
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Bill Hannon on a
Velokraft NoCom. |
| Dennis Grelk leads Bill
Hannon, Gary Toy, and Doug Jacobs. |
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Nobutoshi Hiro again. |
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Xenia 2007 Pictures by Chris & Dora Cortez |
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Garrie Hill talks to rally
participants on Friday morning.
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| Rick Wianecki installing
sport-specific footwear. |
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Gene Metcalf checks out
Barcroft Virginia Ti. |
| Dennis and Mary Grelk and Jane
Hunn wait for the ride to start. |
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Greg Gross tries out Garrie
Hill's CF M5 Highracer. |
| Rick Wianecki on homebuilt
leaning trike. |
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Trikers (& others) pose for
picture at the start of the ride. |
| Trikers (& others) pose for
picture at the start of the ride. |
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Rally participants enjoy the
beautiful paved Ohio bike paths on a gorgeous day! |
| Rally participants enjoy the
beautiful paved Ohio bike paths on a gorgeous day! |
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Greg and group stop for food &
visiting, before heading back to Xenia. |
| Richard Myers' vintage
Infinity square-tube LWB, built in Indiana. |
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Richard Myers gets around on
his kickbike making race preparations Saturday. |
| Racers wait their turn in line
for a flying-start 1-lap individual time trial. |
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Gary Toy races his Cobra CF
FWD lowracer. |
| Faired vehicles preparing to
start. From left: Dennis Grelk, rick Gritters, Richard Myers, Rose-Hulman
student, Jeff Hunn (#144). |
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Rick Gritters in homebuilt
streamliner. |
| Rick followed by Dennis Grelk,
passing Richard Myers. |
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Jeff Hunn in Ti-Cuda lowracer
w/homebuilt fairing. |
| Jim Iwaskow riding homebuilt
CF SWB. His CF tailbox is undergoing further development. |
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Frank Lindley leads Chris
Cortez. |
| Doc Pearson leads Richard
Myers and Danny Sing in the Rose-Hulman streamliner. |
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Chris Cortez (SuperStock)
drafts Jeff Hunn (SuperStreet). |
| Jeff Hunn about to be passed
by Danny Sing in the Rose-Hulman bike. |
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Rick Gritters. |
| Rick Gritters and Dennis Grelk
passing Danny Sing. |
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Richard Myers (Streamliner)
passing Doc Pearson (SuperStreet). |
| Chris Cortez about to pass Jim
Iwaskow (both racing SuperStock). |
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Richard Myers. |
| Dennis Grelk. |
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Chris Cortez.
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| Doc Pearson. |
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Jeff Hunn passing Frank
Lindley (both SuperStreet). |
| Richard Myers. |
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Jim Iwaskow. |
| Dennis Grelk. |
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Danny Sing in the Rose-Hulman
streamliner. |
| Chris Cortez |
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Steve Hoeft posing w/homebuilt
highracer. |
| Chris Cortez, Doc Pearson, and
Jim Iwaskow. |
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Rick Gritters removed
his canopy because of the heat. |
| Richard Myers. |
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Danny Sing races the
Rose-Hulman bike. |
| Garrie Hill gives trike
racers instructions. |
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Trikers await the start. |
| Trikers coming out of a
corner. |
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Trikers await the start
again. |
| Jeff Hunn on Catrike
Expedition. |
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Greg Gross leads Chris Cortez
and Steve Katterhenry into a corner. |
| Jeff Hunn. |
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Bill Peters. |
| Marge Branch. |
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Eventual winner Dennis
Grelk riding the only delta trike in the race. |
| Jeff Hunn. |
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Chris Cortez. |
| Bill Peters. |
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Ed Reynolds. |
| Phil Lewis |
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Greg Gross leads Ed Reynolds. |
| Greg takes the curve wide to
pass Jeff. |
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Dennis leads, followed
by Greg, Jeff, and Bill Peters. |
| Jeff tries to get a draft from
Greg on GreenSpeed SLR (Super Low Racer) |
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Trikers lean hard to
avoid lifting inside wheel on corner |
Steve Hoeft riding high,
Doug Jacobs riding low, Greg Gross in- between.
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Dora Cortez.
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| Gary Toy waits with his
Cobra. |
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Racers line up for the
stock race |
| Racers line up for the
stock race |
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Jeff holds the ti - Barcroft
while Luke finishes getting the timing system set up. |
| And they're off! |
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It's a carbon fest out
there. Carbon M5 followed by Carbon NoCom. |
| He's trying to find some clean
air up there... |
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More carbon following
the M5. This time it's a Cobra. |
| Nobutoshi Hiro rides past some
fellow Rose-Hulman students. |
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Racers taking the corner
3-wide. |
| Eventual winner Dennis
Grelk pushes humongous chainring |
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Dora Cortez. |
| Dennis leads the pack. |
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Doug can't attract
spectator interest... |
| Dennis Grelk's uncle, father,
aunt, and mother seek shade during the race. |
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Dora passes Luke, and is
about to get passed by Bill and Gary. |
| Dennis. |
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Ariel Young leads Dora Cortez. |
| Dennis again |
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Bill Hannon leads Gary
Toy. |
| Doug Jacobs. |
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Luke Gilbert |
| Gary drafts Bill. |
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A Katterhenry brothers
creation--a beautiful wooden trike! |
| Another Katterhenry
trike. |
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Steve Katterhenry sits
on his trailer by another of his trikes.
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| Recumbent veterans Richard
Myers, Frank Lindley, and Doc Pearson enjoy the shade. |
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Rear frame details of
Katterhenry wooden trike. |
Closeup showing the
transponder that keeps track of racers'
position, laps, speed, and time. |
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Gary is still drafting Bill. |
Luke Gilbert enjoying
the ride of the Barcroft Virgini-Ti.
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Ariel Young. |
| Bill and Gary again. |
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Dennis Again. |
| Gary by himself. |
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Dora almost done with
her 1-hour race. |
| Gary finishing the
1-hour race--curse you, Red Baron! |
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Nobu finishing 1-hour
race. |
| Ariel showing the
effects of gravity (and possibly some less- than-optimal design
engineering). |
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Jeff Hunn & Richard
Myers take middle corner on new kidney- shaped race course. |
| Chris corners well on
Gritters lowracer. |
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Dennis heads into middle
corner. |
| Rick Gritters follows Richard
Myers into middle corner. |
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Doc Pearson. |
| Richard Myers. |
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Rick Gritters |
| Richad Myers passing Doc
Pearson. |
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Chris Cortez. |
| Rick Gritters. |
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Frank Lindley. |
| Jeff Hunn. |
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Dennis Grelk. |
| Frank takes the middle
corner |
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Jeff leans hard in the
corner. |
| Rick leans to take the
corner wide, while Dennis heads straight to the apex |
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Rick leans hard. |
Rick, Dennis, and Jeff.
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Frank Lindley.
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| Chris Cortez. |
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Jeff Hunn. |
| Rick Gritters. |
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Richard Myers.
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Dennis follows Rick.
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Richard Myers. |
| Chris Cortez gets the
checkered flag from Garrie Hill. |
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Richard Myers gets the
checkered flag. |
| Frank Lindley gets the
checkered flag (I think). |
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Stock racers line up for
kidney-shaped short course race. |
| Racers start the race. |
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Luke Gilbert enjoying
the ride!
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| Thom Ollinger follows
Gary Toy to the middle corner. |
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Greg Gross corners. |
| Doug Jacobs follows Bill
Hannon through a corner. |
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Jane Hunn. |
Dora Cortez.
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Erik Greiffenhagen corners on
Challenge Jester. |
| Trikers go all out on
short-course 5-lap race. |
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Brian Katterhenry &
Chris Cortez corner during trike race. |
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Pictures by Rich Meyers
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Richard Myers. |
| Richard Myers and Dennis
Grelk pass Doc Pearson on the inside corner. |
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Dennis leans the
Barracuda way over--he went too far one time and took himself down, but
got back on and finished the race. |
| Richard, Dennis, and
Frank Lindley take the middle corner, pursued by Rick Gritters. |
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Jeff Hunn. |
| Dennis Grelk leads Richard
Myers, Danny Sing, and Rick Gritters around a corner. |

Picture by
Garrie Hill |