Racing Format
The GVVA Wednesday Night Race format will see different flavour of racing every other week. See our Schedule for Wednesday Night Racing.
May 13th: 100m TT, Match Sprint, Derny race
May 27th (VCL): Scratch, Elimination, Keirin
June 10th: 500m TT, Win-and-Out, Elimination-to-Keirin
June 24th (VCL): Scratch, Chariot, Points race
July 1st: 200m TT, Match Sprint, Colwood Crawl
July 15th (VCL): Scratch, Elimination, Keirin
July 29th: Scratch, Belgian Win-and-Out, Snowball
August 12th (VCL): Scratch, Belgian Win-and-Out, Keirin
August 26th: Scratch, Reverse Snowball, Derny-Paced Scratch
Race description on the non-traditional races:
Belgian win-and-out: a scratch race where the bell is rung with 5L to go, subsequent rider crossing the finish line first will “win” 5th place, the next lap the first rider crossing the finish line will win 4th place.. etc (at the final lap, the finishing order will decide the race winner, and second rider crossing the finish line will get 6th place and on)
Chariot: riders will draw starting order and line up on pursuit line at the home straight for a 1L race from a holder
Colwood crawl: riders will start at the rail and once the last rider has crossed the finish line a timer will start and the bell will ring between 1-3minutes to signify 1L to go. Before the bell is rung, riders will be eliminated if: crossing the finish line, foot touches the ground, riding below the black line, holding onto the rail.
Derny race: riders (in reverse F200m order) will choose their derny rider racing as a team of 2 in a scratch race.
Derny-paced scratch: Derny will be riding in the sprint lane starting at 25kph and gradually increase to 45kph over 20laps. Riders are encouraged to take-a-lap (higher category riders will start with lap-down handicap), derny will pull off with 1.5L to go.
Elimination-to-keirin: elimination race down to 4-6 riders, derny will join at the back straight to pickup the riders still in the race, riders will see 4L to go with derny pulling off with 2L to go. Eliminated riders will race a keirin minor final.
Reverse Snowball: a points race where the 1st rider will get points and points will decrease at each points lap.
Snowball: a points race where only the 1st rider will get points but points will increase at each points lap.
Win-and-out: bell will ring every 2 laps, the first rider crossing the finish line 1st after the first bell wins 1st place, etc.