January 6, 2008 - The 2008 Burnaby Six Day wrapped up on Saturday night, with an even larger crowd than on Friday night. In front of at least 400 excited race fans, Symmetrics defended their 2-lap lead over Slipstream Sports, and claimed the 2008 Burnaby Six Day champion jerseys.
Final 2008 Burnaby Six Day Standings
1. Tuft/Bell Symmetrics Cycling (Symmetrics Cycling) 0 laps, 408 pts
2. Pearce/Friedman Slipstream Sports (Slipstream Sports) 2 laps, 389
3. Williams/O'Bee Health Net (Health Net) 5 laps, 282
4. Meier/O'Reilly Successful Living (Successful Living) 8 laps, 175
5. Holloway/Silva US National (US National) 16 laps, 183
6. Campbell/MacDonald dEVo (dEVo) 19 laps, 55
7. Suhr/Luttrell Cody Racing (Cody Racing) 29 laps, 50
8. Mackenzie/Chater Team Orange (Team Orange) 35 laps, 118
9. Goodfellow/Norton Calyon/Martin Swiss (Calyon/Martin Swiss) 70 laps, 33
10. Vives/Vives Calyon (Calyon) 92 laps, 42
11. Crosby/Huff* Los Angeles Lightning (Los Angeles Lightning) DNF DNF
12. McCook/Kilun Proman Cycling (Proman Cycling) DNF DNF
*- Andrew Armstrong replaced Crosby for the final night due to injuries sustained earlier in week
100 Lap 10 x 10 Madison
The first race of the final night was a fast 100 lap Madison. Symmetrics and Slipstream both took one lap on the tired field. US National rode a strong race, and were able to cushion their lead over Team dEVo by another lap.
1. Tuft/Bell Symmetrics Cycling (Symmetrics Cycling) 0 laps, 28 pts
2. Pearce/Friedman Slipstream Sports (Slipstream Sports) 0 laps, 23
3. Holloway/Silva US National (US National) 1 laps, 21
4. Williams/O'Bee Health Net (Health Net) 1 laps, 11
5. Meier/O'Reilly Successful Living (Successful Living) 1 laps, 7
6. Suhr/Luttrell Cody Racing (Cody Racing) 1 laps, 0
7. Campbell/MacDonald dEVo (dEVo) 2 laps, 5
8. Mackenzie/Chater Team Orange (06) (Team Orange (06)) 3 laps, 8
9. Crosby/Huff Los Angeles Lightning (Los Angeles Lightning) 3 laps, 4
10. Goodfellow/Norton Calyon/Martin Swiss (Calyon/Martin Swiss) 5 laps, 0
11. Vives/Vives Calyon (Calyon) 7 laps, 3
DNS McCook/Kilun Proman Cycling (Proman Cycling) DNS DNS
Full Field Individual Elimination
Next up was a 22 rider miss & out. Riding was very tight, as riders were eliminated every 2 laps. Slipstream was able to take victory in this race, with Health Net coming in second and US National coming in third.
1. Pearce/Friedman Slipstream Sports (Slipstream Sports)
2. Williams/O'Bee Health Net (Health Net)
3. Holloway/Silva US National (US National)
4. Tuft/Bell Symmetrics Cycling (Symmetrics Cycling)
5. Mackenzie/Chater Team Orange (06) (Team Orange (06))
6. Meier/O'Reilly Successful Living (Successful Living)
7. Suhr/Luttrell Cody Racing (Cody Racing)
8. Campbell/MacDonald dEVo (dEVo)
9. Vives/Vives Calyon (Calyon)
10. Goodfellow/Norton Calyon/Martin Swiss (Calyon/Martin Swiss)
11. Crosby/Huff Los Angeles Lightning (Los Angeles Lightning)
DNS McCook/Kilun Proman Cycling (Proman Cycling)
140 Lap 7 x 20 Madison
The final race of the night and of the 2008 Burnaby Six Day was a 140 lap Madison. US National took a lap on the group in this race, securing their 5th place in the overall standings. A mid-race crowd prime sprint worth $260 was won by Team Orange, with Chater putting in a sprint lap speed of over 66 kph!
1. Holloway/Silva US National (US National) 0 laps, 6 pts
2. Tuft/Bell Symmetrics Cycling (Symmetrics Cycling) 1 laps, 22
3. Pearce/Friedman Slipstream Sports (Slipstream Sports) 1 laps, 20
4. Williams/O'Bee Health Net (Health Net) 1 laps, 15
5. Meier/O'Reilly Successful Living (Successful Living) 1 laps, 8
6. Campbell/MacDonald dEVo (dEVo) 1 laps, 1
7. Suhr/Luttrell Cody Racing (Cody Racing) 1 laps, 0
8. Mackenzie/Chater Team Orange (06) (Team Orange (06)) 4 laps, 2
9. Goodfellow/Norton Calyon/Martin Swiss (Calyon/Martin Swiss) 5 laps, 3
10. Vives/Vives Calyon (Calyon) 7 laps, 0
DNF Crosby/Huff Los Angeles Lightning (Los Angeles Lightning) DNF DNF
DNS McCook/Kilun Proman Cycling (Proman Cycling) DNS DNS
Elite women racers also took to the boards, with National Champion Steph Roorda laying claim to the Burnaby Six Day Elite Womens Omnium.
The last day of the 2008 Burnaby Six Day also featured the Kiddie Kilo, with 25 kids under 10 racing around the warm up track to the cheers of parents and racers.
During the evening, spectators were entertained by a four piece rock band in the infield and by the antics of urban fixed gear cyclists as they ran several competitions including a running start scratch race and a foot-down challenge.
Great race photos are available at www.descantes.com/2008/BurnabySixDay/ and here.
The Burnaby Velodrome Club would like to thank all our sponsors and many volunteers for helping to make this one of our best events ever.
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Photo: Greg Descantes
BVC 6-Day overall winners Symmetrics joined by Slipsteam (2nd) and Health Net (3rd).
Photo: Greg Descantes
Photo: Greg Descantes
Matt Chater takes the crowd prime from Mike Friedman.
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Photo: Greg Descantes
Madison action...
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Photo: Greg Descantes
Colby Pearce (Slipstream) leads Symmetrics
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Photo: Greg Descantes
Burnaby Velodrome - a hot bed of track racing and site of the Burnaby 6-Day.
Photo: Greg Descantes
Photo: Greg Descantes
Dan Holloway leads the US National team to victory in the final madison.
Photo: Greg Descantes
Photo: Greg Descantes
Women's points race action...
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