2008 Burnaby Reports & Results
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Night #6: Saturday January 5, 2008
Symmetrics Cycling Team Victorious at 2008 Burnaby Six Day
The 2008 Burnaby Six Day wrapped up on Saturday night, with an even larger crowd than on Friday night. In front of at least 400 excited race fans, Symmetrics defended their 2 lap lead over Slipstream Sports, and claimed the 2008 Burnaby Six Day champion jerseys.
Final 2008 Burnaby Six Day Standings 1 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 0 408 2 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 2 389 3 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 5 282 4 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 8 175 5 Holloway / Silva US National 16 183 6 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 19 55 7 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 29 50 8 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange 35 118 9 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 70 33 10 Vives / Vives Calyon 92 42 11 Crosby / Huff * Los Angeles Lightning DNF DNF 12 McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling DNF DNF * - Andrew Armstrong replaced Crosby for the final night due to injuries sustained earlier in week
Elite women racers also took to the boards, with National Champion Steph Roorda laying claim to the Burnaby Six Day Elite Womens Omnium.
The last day of the 2008 Burnaby Six Day also featured the Kiddie Kilo, with 25 kids under 10 racing around the warm up track to the cheers of parents and racers.
During the evening, spectators were entertained by a four piece rock band in the infield and by the antics of urban fixed gear cyclists as they ran several competitions including a running start scratch race and a foot-down challenge.
Great race photos are available at www.descantes.com/2008/BurnabySixDay/ and http://flickr.com/photos/nothingissimple/sets/72157603634496880/.
The Burnaby Velodrome Club would like to thank all our sponsors and many volunteers for helping to make this one of our best events ever.
100 Lap 10 x 10 Madison
The first race of the final night was a fast 100 lap Madison. Symmetrics and Slipstream both took one lap on the tired field. US National rode a strong race, and were able to cushion their lead over Team dEVo by another lap.
1 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 0 28 2 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 0 23 3 Holloway / Silva US National 1 21 4 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 1 11 5 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 1 7 6 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 1 0 7 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 2 5 8 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06) 3 8 9 Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning 3 4 10 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 5 0 11 Vives / Vives Calyon 7 3 DNS McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling DNS DNS
Full Field Individual Elimination
Next up was a 22 rider miss & out. Riding was very tight, as riders were eliminated every 2 laps. Slipstream was able to take victory in this race, with Healthnet coming in second and US National coming in third.
1 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 2 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 3 Holloway / Silva US National 4 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 5 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06) 6 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 7 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 8 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 9 Vives / Vives Calyon 10 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 11 Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning DNS McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling
140 Lap 7 x 20 Madison
The final race of the night and of the 2008 Burnaby Six Day was a 140 lap Madison. US National took a lap on the group in this race, securing their 5th place in the overall standings. A mid-race crowd prime sprint worth $260 was won by Team Orange, with Chater putting in a sprint lap speed of over 66 kph!
1 Holloway / Silva US National 0 6 2 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 1 22 3 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 1 20 4 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 1 15 5 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 1 8 6 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 1 1 7 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 1 0 8 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06) 4 2 9 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 5 3 10 Vives / Vives Calyon 7 0 DNF Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning DNF DNF DNS McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling DNS DNS
Night #5: Friday January 4, 2008
Symmetrics Protecting 2 Lap Lead over Slipstream Sports
The Burnaby Velodrome was a full house on Friday night. The bleachers and the infield were filled to capacity with cheering, excited race fans as Symmetrics and Slipstream battled through the evening. At the end of the night, Symmetrics still maintained their two lap lead on Slipstream Sports and their four lap lead on Healthnet, and extended their lead on Successful Living by one lap, after an early crash by O’Reilly forced the team to lose a lap before O’Reilly was able to return to action.
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Racing will finish up tomorrow night, with three Madison races on the cards, giving Slipstream one last chance to challenge Symmetrics for the 2008 Burnaby Six Day Champion title.
Overall Omnium After Night Five
1 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 0 349 2 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 2 321 3 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 4 243 4 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 7 154 5 Holloway / Silva US National 16 145 6 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 17 47 7 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 28 47 8 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06) 29 99 9 McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling 36 99 10 Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning 37 100 11 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 61 28 12 Vives / Vives Calyon 79 37
60 lap 5 x 12 Supersprint Madison
The first Madison of the night had an escalating amount of cash available at each sprint. Healthnet picked up 2 sprint prizes, while LA Lightning, Slipstream, and Symmetrics each picked up one. Slipstream won the event on final sprint placing over Healthnet, as both teams were tied on points.
Place Team Riders Team 1 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 2 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 3 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 4 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 5 Holloway / Silva US National 6 Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning 7 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 8 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06) 9 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 10 McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling 11 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 12 Vives / Vives Calyon
Scratch Race
The first 1-rider race was a 40 lap Scratch. Several early attacks were reeled in, but an attack by McCook of Proman with 4 laps remaining caught the group sleeping and he put almost a half lap on the field before they responded. McCook was able to hold off the charging group, with Successful Living out-sprinting the bunch to take second.
Place Rider Team 1 McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling 2 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 3 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 4 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 5 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 6 Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning 7 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 8 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06) 9 Vives / Vives Calyon 10 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 11 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 12 Holloway / Silva US National
Tempo Race
The second 1-rider race was a Tempo race, with 2 and 1 points for 1st and 2nd rider each lap. Both Slipstream and Healthnet took a lap on the field, putting them in first and second, with Symmetrics Cycling placing third.
Place Rider Team 1 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 2 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 3 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 4 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 5 McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling 6 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 7 Holloway / Silva US National 8 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 9 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 10 Vives / Vives Calyon 11 Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning 12 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06)
Team Elimination to Scratch Madison
The next race of the night was a Team Elimination down to six teams, followed by a 20 lap scratch Madison for the remaining teams. All the top teams avoided elimination, with Symmetrics coming out on top after Bell stormed the group in the last lap.
Place Team Riders Team 1 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 2 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 3 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 4 Holloway / Silva US National 5 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 6 McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling 7 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 8 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06) 9 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 10 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 11 Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning 12 Vives / Vives Calyon
160 Lap 8 x 20 Madison
The final race of the night was a 160 lap Madison. Slipstream attacked Symmetrics hard during the race, trying to regain one of their lost laps. For a time, it looked like the attack had worked, as Bell and Tuft seemed to go through a ‘spot of bother’ and Slipstream was putting distance on them. Rallied by the cheers of the capacity crowd, Tuft stormed around the track in chase of Slipstream, and was able to catch the Americans. Symmetrics took the race win on points, with 1st place finishes in 4 of 8 sprints. Slipstream and Healthnet stayed on the same lap, and took 2nd and 3rd.
US National put another lap on the dEVo youngsters and look to be riding better with each passing day. The team almost took a lap on the entire field, making it three-quarters of the way around the track, before Slipstream and Symmetrics ratcheted up the pace and brought them back.
LA Lightning received a replacement rider today, as Brian Crosby retired from the race after Thursday nights racing with an injured elbow. Texan Andrew Armstrong has taken Crosby’s place for Friday and Saturday nights racing action.
Proman’s McCook was forced to abandon tonight due to an injury sustained earlier in the week. McCook’s partner, Kilun, was forced to ride solo for the majority of the Madison, which resulted in a loss of 11 laps to the leaders.
1 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 0 62 2 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 0 38 3 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 0 28 4 Holloway / Silva US National 0 14 5 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 1 8 6 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 1 0 7 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 3 2 8 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06) 4 14 9 Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning 4 14 10 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 8 0 11 Vives / Vives Calyon 10 0 12 McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling 11 0
Night #4: Thursday January 3, 2008
Symmetrics Still Holds 2 Lap Lead Over Slipstream Sports after Night 4
After an exciting night of racing involving 2 madisons and 2 individual rider races, Symmetrics Cycling still maintains their 2 lap lead over Slipstream Sports. Both Healthnet and Successful Living has fallen another lap down, now showing 4 and 6 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 Healthnet 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 Healthnet 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.
Save of the Day goes to Cody Campbell of Team dEVo, for unclipping from his pedals, landing hard on the top tube, riding his bike off the track into the infield while still on the top tube, dealing with his pain quickly, and getting back on the track. Nice work Cody!
The extended Friday night schedule has 3 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
1 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 0 237 2 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 2 232 3 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 4 168 4 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 6 109 5 Holloway / Silva US National 16 107 6 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 16 28 7 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06) 25 70 8 McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling 25 67 9 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 25 28 10 Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning 33 70 11 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 53 18 12 Vives / Vives Calyon 69 29
Night #3: Wednesday January 2, 2008
The third night of racing saw Symmetrics hold onto their 2 lap lead over Slipstream Sports, maintain their 3 lap lead over Healthnet, and extend their lead to 5 laps over Successful Living.
There is also a fight for 5th and 6th position, with local Team Devo losing one lap of their two lap lead over US National.
Healthnet scored two wins tonight, with a win in the first madison and in the 1-rider Pt-a-Lap race. Symmetrics won the 1-rider Points race, and Slipstream came out on top in the second madison of the night.
Thursday night will feature a 100 lap madison and a 200 lap madison, as well as two 1-rider races. The long 200 lap madison should provide an opportunity for an extended attack on Symmetrics lead, going into the final nights of racing.
Overall Burnaby Six Day Omnium After Day Three (Unofficial)
1 Tuft / Bell (Symmetrics Cycling), 0 laps, 178 pts 2 Pearce / Friedman (Slipstream Sports), 2 laps, 166 pts 3 Williams / O'Bee (Healthnet), 3 laps, 122 pts 4 Meier / O'Reilly (Successful Living), 5 laps, 85 pts 5 Campbell / MacDonald (dEVo), 15 laps, 23 pts 6 Holloway / Silva (US National), 16 laps, 69 pts 7 McCook / Kilun (Proman Cycling), 20 laps, 45 pts 8 Mackenzie / Chater (Team Orange), 21 laps, 51 pts 9 Suhr / Luttrell (Cody Racing), 22 laps, 21 pts 10 Crosby / Huff (Los Angeles Lightning), 27 laps, 51 pts 11 Goodfellow / Norton (Calyon / Martin Swiss), 40 laps, 15 pts 12 Vives / Vives (Calyon), 52 laps, 22 pts
Night #2: Tuesday January 1, 2008
Symmetrics Extends Lead after Day 2 of Burnaby Six Day
Tuft and Bell of Symmetrics put one lap on Slipstream and two laps on Healthnet and Successful Living tonight. Symmetrics now leads with 2 laps over Slipstream Sports, 3 laps over Healthnet, and 4 laps over Successful Living.
Slipstream took first place in the first Madison of the night and the one-rider Elimination race, while Symmetrics took first place in the second Madison of the night and the one-rider 40 lap points race.
Play of the Day award goes to Christian Meier of Successful Living, for avoiding a crash by diving into the infield, driving through the rider pit, back onto the track, and straight up to his partner riding high on the banking.
LA Lightning was riding at full strength today, with Crosby recovered from his crash last night.
Overall Burnaby Six Day Omnium After Day Two (Unofficial)
1 Tuft / Bell (Symmetrics Cycling), 0 laps, 138 pts 2 Pearce / Friedman (Slipstream Sports), 2 laps, 123 pts 3 Williams / O'Bee (Healthnet), 3 laps, 71 pts 4 Meier / O'Reilly (Successful Living), 4 laps, 65 pts 5 Campbell / MacDonald (dEVo), 10 laps, 13 pts 6 Holloway / Silva (US National), 11 laps, 41 pts 7 McCook / Kilun (Proman Cycling), 15 laps, 30 pts 8 Suhr / Luttrell (Cody Racing), 15 laps, 16 pts 9 Mackenzie / Chater (Team Orange), 16 laps, 39 pts 10 Crosby / Huff (Los Angeles Lightning), 21 laps, 38 pts 11 Goodfellow / Norton (Calyon / Martin Swiss), 27 laps, 8 pts 12 Vives / Vives (Calyon), 32 laps, 11 pts
Night #1: Monday December 31, 2008
Symmetrics Takes Early Lead in Burnaby Six Day
The first night of racing is complete at the Burnaby Six Day, and Symmetrics Cycling has taken an early lead over rivals Slipstream Sports, Successful Living, and Healthnet.
Slipstream was plagued by series of mechanicals in the second Madison. First, Freidman rolled a tubular during an exchange and went down hard, leaving Pearce to cover anything that Symmetrics could throw at him. Then Freidman’s seat broke, which required two more trips to the infield and some duct tape to fix. Slipstream did well to only lose one lap to Symmetrics!
The trooper of the night award goes to Brad Huff (LA Lightning) for having to ride 140 of the 160 laps in the second Madison, after his partner, Crosby, hit the deck hard in an exchange only 20 laps into the race, and was not able to return to racing.
Overall Burnaby Six Day Omnium After Day One
Place Riders Team Laps Points 1 Tuft / Bell Symmetrics Cycling 0 67 2 Pearce / Friedman Slipstream Sports 1 59 3 Meier / O'Reilly Successful Living 2 43 4 Williams / O'Bee Healthnet 2 41 5 Campbell / MacDonald dEVo 6 10 6 Holloway / Silva US National 7 20 7 Suhr / Luttrell Cody Racing 8 8 8 McCook / Kilun Proman Cycling 9 10 9 Mackenzie / Chater Team Orange (06) 10 15 10 Goodfellow / Norton Calyon / Martin Swiss 12 5 11 Vives / Vives Calyon 13 2 12 Crosby / Huff Los Angeles Lightning 15 14