The Friday Night Breakaway

Hellyer Park Velodrome

San José, CA

June 27th 1997

Note - Racing was cut short due to 2 accidents that required and ambulance. This was the first time that anyone could remember that 2 serious accidents had happened on the same night in the Friday night series history.

1/2/Pro overall, Masters, 3/4s

 

1/2/Pros       20 riders  (only 2 events completed)
10 lap Scratch          7 laps to Win and Out
 1 Nick Kelez           1 Patrick Heidkamp
 2 Eric Swaidner        2 Nick Kelez
 3 Roger Farrell        3 Ma-Ne Rodriguez
 4 Patrick Heidkamp     4 Larry Nolan
 5 Ma-Ne Rodriguez      5 John Barmettler

Invitational Sprints

Keish Doi crashed after qualifing for the semi-finals and was unable to continue so was awarded 4th place. The ride for 1st and 2nd wasn't able to happen due to the second crash so both Kirk Edwards and Jeff Vanderwerf were tied for 1st place and given 6 points in the season sprint standings.

 

 1 Kirk Edwards
 1 Jeff Vanderwerf
 3 Robert Ford
 4 Keish Doi

Overall Results ( not including invitational sprints)
 1 Nick Kelez       The Olympic Club        12 Pts
 2 Partick Heidkamp Kendall-Jackson          9
 3 Eric Swaidner    CycleCraft               5
 4 Ma-Ne Rodriguez  Stanford                 4
 5 Roger Farrell    CycleCraft               3
 6 Larry Nolan      USPS                     2
 7 John Barmettler  Alto Velo/Xerox          1

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Masters       10 riders    3 races completed
Unknown Distance       7 lap Scratch
 1 Kevin Worley        1 Kevin Worley
 2 Bill Nighan         2 Jill Gianettoni
 3 Jill Gianettoni     3 Mark Rodamaker
 4 Mark Rodamaker      4 Tim Mason
 5 Tim Mason           5 Jeff Pallin

15 lap Points Race
 1 Mark Rodamaker
 2 Kevin Worley
 3 Bill Nighan
 4 Tim Mason
 5 Peter Tapscott

Overall
 1 Kevin Worley       Alto Velo/Xerox    19 Pts
 2 Mark Rodamaker     Alto Velo/Xerox    12
 3 Bill Nighan        Kiwi/Avocet         8
 4 Jill Gianettoni    Alto Velo/Xerox     8
 5 Tim Mason          Mako/Silks          5
 6 Peter Tapscott     Alto Velo/Xerox     1
 7 Jeff Pallin        Pen Velo            1

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Sr 3/4s        11 riders    2 races completed
12 lap Point a Lap        8 laps to Win and Out
 1 Eric Todd              1 Rich Sangalli
 2 John Schatzman         2 John Schatzman
 3 Randy Warren           3 Randy Warren
 4 Oliver Pohl            4 Oliver Pohl
 5 Todd Zilinski          5 Dean Haraguchi

Overall
 1 John Schatzman     Alto Velo/Xerox       10 Pts
 2 Rich Sangalli      Wheelsmith             7
 3 Eric Todd          Pen Velo               7
 4 Randy Warren       Velo Avanti            6
 5 Oliver Pohl        Cal Poly Wheelmen      4
 6 Dean Haraguchi     GCC/Shaws              1
 7 Todd Zilinski      GCC/Shaws              1

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Casey Kerrigan