2014 track season opener: the showdown at...
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2014 Track Season Opener: The Showdown at T-Town
The Valley Preferred Velodrome May 10-11, 2014
USAC Cycling Event Permit Pending Schedule of Events
Saturday, May 10, 2014 Sunday, May 11, 2014 Track Clinic Collegiate Team Omnium
Field Start Event Field Start Event All 2:00pm Clinic Men A 2:00pm Win-‐n-‐Out Men B to follow 12 Lap Snowball Women Open to follow Miss-‐n-‐Out Men A to follow Flying 1km TTT Men B to follow Last Man Standing Women Open to follow 12 Lap Tempo Men A to follow 12km Points Race Men B to follow 8km Points Race Women Open to follow 8km Points Race All to follow Collegiate Team Sprint
Contact Info: Zach LaBry, (857) 998-‐0154, [email protected], www.bikereg.com/2014-‐eccc-‐tk-‐opener All fields are open to full time collegiate students with valid USAC Collegiate licenses and full time high school students with valid USAC Junior licenses. Women’s field is open to non-‐collegiate racers. Consult the ECCC website at http://collegiatecycling.org/eccc for more information on categories, eligibility, licensing, and other general questions. Registration Fees: Track Clinic -‐ $25, Track Omnium -‐ $25, Rental Bike -‐ $20. Pre-‐Registration is available on-‐line at BikeReg.com, where service charges might apply. Registrations not received before May 8 at 8:00pm will incur a $5 per rider per event late fee. Registration is located in the infield. It opens at 1:30pm each day. Promoter is not required to refund pre-‐registration in an event of an unforeseen cancellation. Omnium Teams: Teams for the omnium need not be from the same collegiate team. Each omnium team will consist of 2 men A, 2 men B, and 2 women open riders (subject to change depending on registration numbers). Riders without omnium teams can indicate this on the registration page. Medical: An EMT will be on course for both the clinic and racing. The nearest hospital(s) is the Lehigh Valley Hospital-‐Cedar Crest, located at Cedar Crest Blvd and I-‐78, Allentown, PA (610) 402-‐8111. Directions to the Track: 1151 Mosser Rd, Breinigsville, PA 18031 From east: Take exit 54A off of I-‐78 W for US-‐222 S. Turn left onto Cetronia Rd and make the 2nd right onto Mosser Rd. From west: Take exit 49A off of I-‐78 E for PA-‐100 S. Turn right onto Hamilton Blvd and right onto Mosser Rd. From north: Take exit 56 from I-‐476 S to merge onto I-‐78 W. Follow direction ‘from west.’ From south: Merge onto I-‐78 W from I-‐476 N. Follow directions ‘from west.’
Lodging: Nearby hotels and motels that are available close to the race venue are the following:
• Hampton Inn, 7471 Keebler Way, Allentown, PA, (610) 391-‐1500, www.hamptoninnallentownpa.com • Holiday Inn,7736 Adrienne Drive, Breinigsville, PA, (610) 391-‐1000
Course Description and Map: It’s a track. ;) T-‐Town is a 333m concrete track with a maximum banking of 30 degrees in the turns.
Make sure you have mass start legal bars for both days of racing. The 1km flying TTT will be done on mass start legal setups (no aerobars), and no hand slings will be allowed.