We do have a few minor changes to our Tuesday racing programs, nothing quite as monumental as our wednesday racing, but a few changes none-the less. Here are the key changes:

Name Change

Masters and Womens massed start nights will be rolled under one name for 2012, MWBC Massed Start Racing. MWBC stands for Masters, Women, Beginners, Collegiate, as those will be the categories for those race nights. Masters will once again be open for all 35+ riders who are not A's or D's. Womens racing will be open for all Women who are not D riders. Beginners(D Category), will be made up of new recruits who have completed our beginners class. The Collegiate Category will be open to any rider who is currently attending university/college and is representing their school(and have upgrading beyond the D category). Be sure to let us know the school that you are representing when you sign-up on race day.

Collegiate Racing

We will be hosting a collegiate category of racing for all collegiate riders during the two MWBC race nights each month. please spread the word amongst your collegiate cycling friends to make sure that we can get a great turnout for these race nights.

Sprint and Pursuit Nights

Unfortunately for the first time in a long time, we won't have the expertise of one Steve Hill to help us all with our sprinting techniques and tactics. The nights will still run however, with Tim and Mike at the helm to keep things running smoothly. Pursuit nights will remain mostly unchanged and will again be headed up by Tim Gallagher with help from Jeff and Mike.

You can see all of the details over here:
http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/pages/weeklyracing.html

With the new year well under way, we just want to remind everyone of a few items to keep in mind as we move towards the new season.

Waivers

Everyone needs to have a new signed waiver on file with us for 2012. We do only require one waiver per year. If you are attending our winter training sessions, you can sign one on site, otherwise you should print one here: http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/system/files/atra_waiver.pdf sign it and slide it under the door of the bike room. Velodrome staff will collect and file your waiver for the year.

Bikes

With the weather as cold as it is, now is a great time to give your bike a good check over so you can make any changes or replacements well before the season gets underway. Be sure to check that all of your bolts are tight, especially chainring bolts, and checking of your tires is especially important. They should be checked for wear and any cuts, and tubular tires should be checked for adhesion, and re-glued if the glue is any more than a couple years old. Outback Bikes is a great option for a bike shop to give things the once over.

Fees

If you were a season pass holder during the 2011 season, your season pass is good until the new season starts in April. If you weren't a season pass holder, you can purchase a $40 winter training pass that will get you till the start of the season, or pay $5 per day to ride at the velodrome. Your fee's do keep the gates open, so be mindful of this fact and help us grow by paying your fees. 2012 Season Passes will be available for purchase in March.

We've got some exciting changes in store for our Wednesday racing program. Specifically, we're extending our rotation of race nights from 3 to 4, and adding two new super exciting race nights. Gladiator night will feature 4 short races per category including Keirin's for all! Marathon night will incorporate 2 long races per category, featuring the new "Split Scratch" race(read it here: http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/pages/typesofevents.html) and points races. We are dissapointed to be losing our record night, but felt the new additions should keep things exciting, and better meet the needs of a broader number of racers. You can read the full schedules at the Weekly Racing Page: http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/pages/weeklyracing.html

Just a reminder that Winter Training starts tomorrow(wednesday) night at 7pm. Sessions are open for all riders, and open for whatever training you'd like to partake in. Training will only happen if the temperature is above 40deg at 6pm on the velodrome thermometer: http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/pages/weather.html . Everyone will need to sign a new waiver for 2012: http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/system/files/atra_waiver.pdf and will be required to sign in, and the daily training fee will be $5 unless you have a season pass.

It's time to get cranking towards the 2012 race season at the DLV, we'll have all of the details coming soon, but you can put these dates in your calendars to save for the Pro Race Series events:

2012 Pro Race Series Schedule

Friday May 11th - Maxxis Need for Speed Sprints - 7pm
Saturday May 12th - 'The Keirin'

Friday July 6th - Need for Speed Sprints - 7pm
Saturday July 7th - Outback Bikes presents 'The Omnium'

Friday September 7th - Need for Speed Sprints - 7pm
Saturday September 8th - 'The Madison'

It's time to get excited about the coming season and as such we will be starting our official Wednesday Winter Training sessions on Wednesday January 11th. Here's the details:

1. Session run each Wednesday from 7pm till 8:30pm
2. Session are open for all, and open for whatever training you'd like to partake in
3. Sessions will only happen if the temperature is above 40deg at 6pm on the velodrome thermometer: http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/pages/weather.html
4. Everyone will need to sign a new waiver for 2012: http://www.dicklanevelodrome.com/system/files/atra_waiver.pdf
5. Everyone will be required to sign in, and the daily training fee will be $5 unless you have a season pass. Winter training passes can be bought for $40 and that will get you through till the end of March.

Courtesy of raceatra.com:

http://raceatra.blogspot.com/2011/11/photo-contest-for-2012-atra-season....

The American Track Racing Association will be hosting a photo contest for the cover of it's 2012 Season Guide. The Season Guide is distributed to ATRA member velodromes and riders around the country to provide information about other velodromes and the National Championship Series(NCS). Submissions for the contest can be sent to Jeff Hopkins, jeff@dicklanevelodrome.com. Entries must be submitted by January 20th. Of all the entries submitted the top 3 will be chosen by the ATRA Board of Directors for the final vote. Those three photo's will be loaded onto the ATRA Facebook page for an open vote to decide the winner and the photo to be featured on the cover of the Season Guide. The winner will also receive photo credit on the front cover of the guide, as well as online recognition for their winning photo.

Our own Jon "TwoTone" Woodroof's photo was featured on the 2011 cover!

Saturday November 12th from 9am till 3pm

With fall upon us and heading towards some colder winter weather we are planning to get one workday in before the real cold hits for the year. A few tasks that we are planning are general cleaning up of leaves etc, re-arranging bike storage in the bike room, painting the concession room floor, concrete patching of the track and warm-up track surface, and cleaning gutters on the bike room building. This day will count towards your workday totals for 2012, where two workdays before the season starts will get you a $50 discount off your One Pass cost.

We'll the adults got one, so we're having one for the kids too! This coming Thursday night, in conjunction with the final BLL session for 2011, we'll be hosting the BLL end of season party. Everyone can fell free to come out, we'll have some pizza courtesy of Oz Pizza and drinks courtesy of the EPVA. We'll have all kids ride for the first hour or so and then we'll gather and party for the second hour till around 7:30pm. A few of our program organizers and administrators will be sticking around after the party to throw around some ideas on how to improve the program for 2012, so if your interested and have some ideas, please join us.

Tonight's Bicycle Little League session is cancelled due to the rain. We'll try again next week!