Bensenville course info
2008
The Superweek technical guide is out, including course information for the Tuesday and Wednesday Bensenville races.
It’s an interesting course, and by “interesting” I mean, “At least there’s lots of parking.” About half the course appears to run down some sort of recreational path. Perhaps someone more familiar with Bensenville can inform us. Can we ride more than two abreast there, let alone sprint for the finish line? (I could be wrong, but the map in the technical guide suggests the start/finish sits about halfway down this path.)
Update: I missed this when it was first published last week, but CyclingNews has an item about some of the troubles Superweek is having. Scroll down to the seventh item. (Thanks, Matt.)
CRITICAL, ALL-CAPS UPDATE: Superweek’s Andy Garrison e-mails me with a clarification that will put most of us at ease: “We have worked with The Village of Bensenville for over a year on this project. The path that is shown on the map is now 24’ to 25’ wide in all areas. The Village has repaved the area with fresh new pavement. Mayor John Giles and the Village have made a huge commitment to bike racing and moved the race to the park to coincide with an event that culminates on the 16th at 8 p.m. with a free concert featuring The Gary Puckett Band. There will be the usual food and beverages and $4,000 in guaranteed primes.”
Hooray for Bensenville!
Here is a Bensenville Press story detailing some of the events: “Bike race, other events switch to weekday slots.”
Jul 11
2008
8:56 am
Julian (Burnham Racing)
Course Fail.
From highly scientific Google Earth/TerraServer comparisons it appears that the path is about as wide as a wide car- think lakefront path. I suppose it is a consolation that the path has no apparent curbs so that when one is sent askew into a lawn they will go…eh…
Luckily the organizers saw fit to continue the tradition of running large fields through parking lots thanks to the right turn off George St.
Yay Superweak!