OK, so the first runs are not until Sunday 8th September (just after lunch for
BRITONS) but details are now beginning to emerge of the runners and riders, so I figured why not start the thread now rather than twatting about with rubbish hotel internets once I actually arrive in USAnia...
Team/Entrant | Vehicle | Nationality | Rider(s) | Class(es) | Comments |
Team Falcon | Falcon | AUS | Adam Hari | Men's Open | |
University of Toronto | ? | CDN | Calvin Moes*/Evan Bennewies | Men's Multirider | |
IUT Annecy | Altaïr 6 | F | Fabien Canal* Illona Peltier | Men's Open Women's Open | |
London South Bank University | AIM93 | GB | Russell Bridge* | Men's Open | |
Liverpool University | ARION5 | GB | Ken Buckley* Yasmin Tredell* | Men's Multitrack Women's Multitrack | |
Team Policumbent | Taurus Taurus-X | I | Andrea Gallo* Vittoria Spada | Men's Open Women's Open | Vittoria is riding Taurus-X, with the red tail |
Tokyo University of SCIENCE | Haruka2019 | J | Kazuhiro Takei | Men's Open | |
HPT Delft-Amsterdam | VeloX 9 | NL | Jennifer Breet* Rosa Bas | Women's Open | |
Team Elan | VeloX XS | NL | Ellen van Vugt* | Women's Open | |
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo | Ambition | USA | Josh Gieschen | Men's Open | |
Peter Borenstadt | DF Velomobile | USA | Peter Borenstadt * | Men's Multitrack | |
Land Speed Record LLC | Sprocket Rocket | USA | Chris DeMarchi Rudy Napolitano Daniel Kam Phil Tinstman Joshua Stockinger | Men's Multirider Multitrack | Four wheels. Five riders |
Andrew Sourk | Triage | USA | Andrew Sourk* | Men's Multitrack | |
Garrie Hill1 | VeloX S | USA | Mike Mowett* Ishtey Amminger* | Men's Open Men's Junior 15-17 | |
Larry Lem | Wahoo | USA | Denise Mueller-Korenek | Women's Open | Current world motor-paced record holder (296 km/h) |
Bill Thornton | Milan Velomobile | USA | Bill Thornton | Men's Multitrack | |
1: I think...
* = repeat offender
Current records | Speed (km/h) | Speed (mph) | Bike/Rider(s) | Year |
Men's Open | 144.15 | 89.59 | Eta/Todd Reichert (CDN) | 2016 |
Women's Open | 121.79 | 75.69 | Varna Tempest/Barbara Buatois (F) | 2010 |
Men's Multitrack (single rider) | 118.99 | 73.95 | All Overzealous/Gareth Hanks (AUS) | 2016 |
Men's Multirider | 117.59 | 73.08 | Glowworm/Tom Amick & Phil Plath (USA) | 2012 |
Men's Junior 15-17 | 106.08 | 65.93 | VeloX S/Florian Kowalik (USA) | 2016 |
Men's Multitrack (multirider) | 101.24 | 62.92 | Vector Tandem/Dave Grylls & Leigh Barczewski (USA) | 1980 |
Women's Multitrack (single rider) | 87.61 | 54.453 | CO2/Ellen van Vugt (NL) | 2015 |
Linky StuffsThee Automatic Diary:
http://automatic-diary.blogspot.com/. Starts on or about August 31st, or September 1st for
BRITONS.
Jun Nogami's blog:
https://jnyyz.wordpress.com/category/hpv/.
The best place to find results after each session.WHPSC home page:
http://ihpva.org/whpsc/. Professor Sir Lord Admiral Ambassador Nogami sez this is where the results will got after each session.
Farcebok froup:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/123929127660938/Edit: It's a no-no from Tokyo chiz
Edit 2: Liverpool have announced their riders
Edit 3: Cal Poly machine haz a name, corrected Denise's name
Edit 4: Looks like Tokyo are back in; Sprocket Rocket risers announced; add Bill Thornton
Edit 5: LBSU's n00b is a Noah, not an Oscar
Edit 6: Results will be on event home page, not Jun's blog.
Edit 7: Annecy have announced they haz a female rider also.