2012 Mellowdrome Cup Series

Velosports Racing and
Youngblood Bikes Present
The 2012 Mellowdrome Cup Series
Fixed Gear Categories A, B, C, Women, Juniors
Geared Categories A/ B and Juniors under 14

Race Dates:
April 11th April 25th
May 9th May 23
June 6th June 20th
July 18th August 1st
August 15th August 29th
Rain Date: September 12th

Cost: $10.00 per night for Track bikes or Gear Bikes
Juniors Race for Free

Where: Carrier Park, Amboy Rd, Asheville, NC, Exit 1C off I-240
Course: 500 Meter paved 6% sloped track
Time: Registration opens at 5PM and closes 15 minutes prior to race
Contact: Tommy Tomas132@hotmail.com Time: Juniors 14 & under 5:30
Track Rider Meeting 6:00PM
Track Racing 6:10PM
Geared Bike A/B 8:00PM
Series Running Under Permit From ATRA
(no USAC license required)
Promoter reserves the right to combine fields or cancel
event due to weather. Rain days will be announced at 6PM
day of the race at the track.
More info & results at:
http://www.velosportsracing.com
Series Proceeds to Support

Asheville Youth Cycling

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Fast Track Coaching, British Povey-Legrys Coaching Clinics

 Team GB won 8 Gold medals in Beijing, what are their secrets?!?

Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn just how the world's leading track cycling nation trains.

 

May and June 2012 Fast Track Coaching are coming to a track near you.

David Le Grys and Lee Povey, two of the worlds best track coaches will be in America sharing with you the secrets of team GB, the world's most successful track cycling nation.

Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to learn from the best.

Clinic's and locations are

 

• 18-20 May, Home Depot Center, Los Angeles, C.A.
• 1-3 June, Hellyer Velodrome, San Jose, C.A.
• 8-10 June, Chicago Velo Campus, Chicago, Illinois
• 15-17 June, Super Drome, Frisco, Texas

 

Individual clinics on flying 200m TT, sprint tactics, standing starts/sprint time trials and pursuiting.

 All clinics include extensive video and verbal feedback.

 

The clinics will be a limited size camp to ensure each rider gets a lot of individual attention, encouragement and feedback.

 

We also offer individual bike fits. Get your bike fitted to you by an expert and maximize your potential.

Email to info@fasttrackcoaching.biz

or call today for a booking form or more info/questions on individual clinics

skype leepovey  

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Hellyer Park Velodromes New Website

With a recently unveiled new velodrome logo and what looks to be a lot of work by the Northern California Velodrome Association team, the folks managing the Hellyer County Park Velodrome's brand new website. Per the site:

Welcome to the website of the Hellyer County Park Velodrome, Northern California’s only dedicated bicycle racing facility. The velodrome, operated within Santa Clara’s Hellyer County Park, has offered bike racing opportunities for beginner through world-class racers since 1963.
On these pages you can find resources for getting started on the track, a calendar of race and training sessions, and information on how to get involved in running the velodrome.
Thanks for visiting. We look forward to seeing you on the track.

You can see it all for yourself here: www.ridethetrack.com

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And the winner is...

Finalist #3, Kevin Talley, www.kevint143.com , for his photo from the Alpenrose Velodrome in Portland, OR. This winning photo is great in many ways, showing the intensity of a standing start, on the face of one of the great young talents in US sprint cycling, Kevin Mansker. Congratulations go out to Kevin and we look forward to his photo gracing the cover of ATRA's 2012 Season Guide, which should be out and available some time in March. You can see the winning photo on our facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150539612069667&set=a.10150539608744667.379960.267004489666&type=1&ref=nf
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Brian Piccolo Park Velodrome Sundays at the Park - Race 2 - Feb. 12th

Come join us at Brian Piccolo Park Velodrome on Sunday Feb 12th for the second race in the "Sunday at the Park" series. Registration opens at 1:00 and is only $10 for a full day of events. There will be a Point-a-lap, Points Race, Kilo, Miss and Out, Win and Out, and Scratch Race. We even have a 2 lap Scratch for the kids! The day of racing will be held as an omnium with prize money paid out to the top three. This is a great opportunity to test your early season fitness, get a closer look at your competition, and learn some new events. Races change every week, so don't pass up the opportunity to try a new event.

 

Keep in touch by "Liking" us on facebook! or contact Alexander Gil at (305)608-7390 or Jose Basulto at (305)496-3033.

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2012 Season Guide Finalists and Voting

The Finalists have been chosen and their photo's are waiting for your likes over at our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/raceATRA .

 

Finalist #1 is Steve Kotvis (f/go), www.f-go.us , his photo is from the National Sports Center Veldorme in Blaine, MN

 

Finalist #2 is Chris Kelly / www.ckdake.com , his photo from the Dick Lane Velodrome in East Point, GA

 

Finalist #3 is Kevin Talley, Www.kevint143.com , his photo from the Alpenrose Velodrome in Portland, OR

 

Voting will be open until 12 noon Friday February 10th. The photo with the most likes at the end of the week will be the winner of the competition and be featured on the cover of the 2012 ATRA Season Guide. So get over to our facebook page and like your favorite.

 

https://www.facebook.com/raceATRA 

 

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