1 km Time Trial
Preston Park
2nd August 2001
Although we called it the "1 km", it was actually 1.138 km for two laps of the Preston Park track.  We now have hand-timings for Ymte Sijbrandij, Barbara van Overhagen and Edwin van Vugt which correspond more closely to reality...

The Preston Park track is apparently the oldest in Britain, 569 metres long, very smooth and lightly banked.  Alas, although the weather was gloroius during Wednesday's practice and setting-up session, on Thursday it all went pear-shaped with frequent heavy showers.  Sam Whttingham came to grief on the wet track, crashing in the final corner and removing large quantites of skin from his rear end, so no surprise that he was a little off the pace when things restarted.

Because of the weather and the late running (due to the length of time it took to get everyone issued with a transponder for the timing system), we decided not to run the scheduled track races.  Of course, as soon as this was announced, the sun came out...

Preston Park 2 Lap Standing Start Time Trial Position
Pos Name # Nat Vehicle Class Min Sec Km/h MPH O U L M A T J
1 Sean Costin 333 USA Alchemy O/U 1 19.720 51.390 31.939 1 1          
2 Allert Jacobs & John Poot 91 NL Flevo Rug-aan-Rug O/U/T 1 21.270 50.410 31.330 2 2       1  
3 Rob English 110 GB Yellowbike / Optima Baron O/U 1 22.050 49.931 31.032 3 3          
4 Frederik van de Walle 37 B Challenge Jester O/U 1 23.420 49.111 30.522 4 4          
5 Jan Lambrechts 10 B Optima Baron O/U 1 24.580 48.437 30.104 5 5          
6 Ymte Sijbrandij 25 NL Quest O 1 25.000 48.198 29.955 6            
7 Geoff Bird 50 GB HPV-Heaven.com O 1 25.160 48.107 29.899 7            
8 Edwin van Vugt 17 NL Challenge Special Edition O/U 1 25.430 47.955 29.804 8 6          
9 Sam Whittingham 3 CDN Yellowbike / Optima Baron O/U 1 25.970 47.654 29.617 9 7          
10 Ian Chattington 36 GB Equus Anonymous O 1 26.150 47.554 29.555 10            
11 Stefan Willems 13 B Optima Baron O/U 1 26.310 47.466 29.500 11 8          
12 gNick Green 44 PZ A Wooden Fish On Wheels O 1 26.680 47.263 29.374 12            
13 Knud Jahnke 75 D Toxy ZR O/U 1 26.910 47.138 29.297 13 9          
14 David Verbroekken 177 NL M5 Shock Proof O/U 1 27.630 46.751 29.056 14 10          
15 Tim Biesemans 18 B Optima Baron O/U 1 27.840 46.639 28.987 15 11          
16 Thomas Schott 1 D Razz-Fazz O/U 1 27.950 46.581 28.950 16 12          
17 Denis Mario Ahrens 63 D Razz-Fazz O/U 1 30.110 45.464 28.256 17 13          
18 Wouter Moerman 47 B Challenge Jester O/U 1 30.320 45.359 28.191 18 14          
19 Bram Goots 82 B Optima Baron O/U 1 30.430 45.304 28.156 19 15          
20 Walter Berger 6 CH Birk Comet O/U 1 31.330 44.857 27.879 20 16          
21 Iain James 40 GB Project X O/U 1 31.430 44.808 27.848 21 17          
22 Steve Slade 100 GB Little Black Number O 1 31.440 44.803 27.845 22            
23 Pete Cox 14 GB Lune O/U 1 31.630 44.710 27.788 23 18          
24 Martin Schröferl 93 D Razz-Fazz O/U 1 31.790 44.632 27.739 24 19          
25 Erik van der Lippe 67 NL M5 Low Racer O/U 1 32.050 44.506 27.661 25 20          
26 Nils Schmidt 59 D Challenge Jester O/U 1 33.320 43.901 27.284 26 21          
27 Tim Costen 55 GB Kingcycle Wasp O 1 34.220 43.481 27.024 27            
28 Rosmarie Bühler 7 CH Birk Comet O/U/L 1 34.600 43.307 26.915 28 22 1        
29 Swannette Tempelman 90 NL Quest Lage Racer O/U/L 1 34.660 43.279 26.898 29 23 2        
30 Ian Humphries 39 AUS MR Swiftlet O/U/M 1 34.810 43.211 26.856 30 24   1      
31 Arjen van Noordenne 68 NL Challenge Taifun O/U 1 35.360 42.961 26.701 31 25          
32 Kees Bakker 111 NL Baron O/U 1 35.730 42.795 26.597 32 26          
33 Mark Burgers 19 NL Quest O 1 35.750 42.786 26.592 33            
34 Igor van Bever 65 B Challenge Jester O/U 1 36.180 42.595 26.473 34 27          
35 Jan Maarten Oolman 69 NL Optima Baron O/U 1 36.510 42.449 26.383 35 28          
36 Edgar von Ballmoos 77 CH Birk Comet O/U 1 37.310 42.101 26.166 36 29          
37 Thomas Bohn 83 D Flux O/U 1 37.900 41.847 26.008 37 30          
38 Nigel Sleigh 121 GB Plastic Maggot O 1 38.070 41.774 25.963 38            
39 Corinne van Noordenne 71 NL Challenge Taifun O/U/L 1 39.060 41.357 25.703 39 31 3        
40 Jan Limburg 95 NL Quest O 1 39.110 41.336 25.690 40            
41 Dave Moreno 105 USA Speed Machine O/U 1 39.120 41.332 25.688 41 32          
42 Rodolphe Friemel 31 F Coyote O/U 1 39.970 40.980 25.469 42 33          
43 Marc Vervaet 88 B Optima Baron O/U 1 40.440 40.789 25.350 43 34          
44 Derrick Tweddle 96 GB Velodynamics O/U 1 41.610 40.319 25.058 44 35          
45 Rolf Kislat 43 D Razz-Fazz O/U 1 41.800 40.244 25.012 45 36          
46 Patrick Field 26 GB Ratcatcher 9 O/U 1 42.030 40.153 24.955 46 37          
47 Andrew Harrington 35 GB Challenge Hurricane O/U 1 42.130 40.114 24.931 47 38          
48 Paul London 22 GB Falcon O 1 42.300 40.047 24.889 48            
49 Dave Larrington 27 GB Speed Machine O/U 1 42.910 39.810 24.742 49 39          
50 Michiel Nieuwstraten 54 NL Challenge Jester O/U 1 43.110 39.732 24.694 50 40          
51 Jean Charles Gosselin 74 F Dark Arrow III O/U 1 43.590 39.548 24.579 51 41          
52 Bas Breedveld 41 NL Optima Baron O/U 1 43.620 39.537 24.572 52 42          
53 Mike Burrows 0 GB Ratcatcher 9 O/U 1 44.000 39.392 24.482 53 43          
54 Alban Cassus-Soulanus 60 F Optima Baron O/U 1 44.420 39.234 24.384 54 44          
55 Rob Hague 53 GB Greenspeed GLR O/U/M 1 44.810 39.088 24.293 55 45   2      
56 JP 103 BF Speed Machine O/U 1 45.080 38.987 24.231 56 46          
57 Andrew Sidwell 102 GB Dilli-Dalli O/U 1 45.990 38.653 24.023 57 47          
58 Barbara van Overhagen 11 NL Challenge Jester O/U/L 1 46.500 38.468 23.908 58 48 4        
59 Richard Everett 32 GB Kingcycle O/U 1 47.820 37.997 23.615 59 49          
60 Martin Verbroekken 153 NL Homebuilt Low Racer O/U 1 48.000 37.933 23.576 60 50          
61 Fiona Grove 34 GB Velodynamics T5 O/L 1 48.280 37.835 23.515 61   5        
62 Heinz Alder 87 CH Nice Bike With A Black Tail O/U 1 48.690 37.693 23.426 62 51          
63 Luzia Niederberger 51 CH Nöll O/U/L 1 49.410 37.444 23.272 63 52 6        
64 Nicole Berger 42 CH Kingcycle Wasp O/U/L 1 50.140 37.196 23.118 64 53 7        
65 Jon Coulson 62 GB Toxy ZR O/U 1 50.690 37.011 23.003 65 54          
66 Phil Skoyles 33 GB Mean 'n' Not Green O 1 50.910 36.938 22.957 66            
67 David Hembrow 89 GB Ross O 1 51.180 36.848 22.901 67            
68 Jaap Stolk 12 NL Trice Micro O/U/M 1 51.270 36.819 22.883 68 55   3      
69 Dennis Adcock 66 GB Purple Pig O 1 51.930 36.601 22.748 69            
70 Paul Lowing 46 GB Gnat O/U/M 1 53.270 36.168 22.479 70 56   4      
71 Vaughn Reed 70 GB Ratcatcher 9 O/U 1 53.390 36.130 22.455 71 57          
72 Ben Wichers Schreur 78 NL Thys 222 O/U 1 53.970 35.946 22.341 72 58          
73 Rebecca Gibb 57 AUS Flying Furniture #10 O/U/L 1 58.630 34.534 21.463 73 59 8        
74 Anne Coulson 61 GB Kingcycle O/L 1 58.800 34.485 21.432 74   9        
75 Edgar & Eva von Ballmoos 99 CH Greenspeed GTT O/U/M/T 1 59.440 34.300 21.318 75 60   5   2  
76 Simon Nuttall 38 GB BikeE O 2 07.230 32.200 20.012 76            
77 John Olson 104 GB Trice Micro O/U/M 2 09.000 31.758 19.738 77 61   6      
78 Denise Wilson 97 GB Trice Micro O/U/L/M 2 09.480 31.640 19.665 78 62 10 7      
79 Phil Wray 5 GB Optima Baron O/U 2 19.150 29.442 18.298 79 63          
80 Eva von Ballmoos 99 CH Windcheetah O/U/L/M 2 22.580 28.733 17.858 80 64 11 8      
81 Stuart Slade 84 GB Kingcycle O/U/J 2 24.240 28.403 17.652 81 65         1
82 Andrew Smart 58 GB Varna Arm O/U/M/A 2 26.430 27.978 17.388 82 66   9 1    
83 Rainer Moosman 94 D Street Machine O/U 2 34.330 26.546 16.498 83 67          
84 Katherine Sidwell 101 GB Snow Leopard O/U/L/J 2 45.670 24.729 15.369 84 68 12       2
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Last Updated on 11/09/01
By Dave Larrington