Racer Upgrades and Most Improved for 2007

At the end-of-year banquet recognition is given to the racers who have improved the most since last year. Here is a list of racers whose total improvement was at least 4 percent (when SL and GS improvements are added together). To be on the list, you must have at least 6 handicaps in each event this year and 6 in each event last year. (That is, 3 races in each event each year.)

Note: the changes shown are relative to your time. A -10 means you got 10% faster. In case it's not intuitively obvious, this is not exactly the same as the change in your handicap, because your handicap is relative to a reference racer with HC=0. If your old handicap was 50, then your time is 1.5 times longer than a racer with 0 HC. If you get 10% faster, then your new time is 1.35 (1.5 - 0.1*1.5 = 1.35) times the reference and your new handicap would be 35. Simple, eh?

Racer                    GS   SL    Total 

Ricky Discher           -11.0 -8.4  -19.4
Robert Semanske         -4.4  -10.3 -14.7
Ronald Glowzinski       -9.5  -1.7  -11.2
Angela Johnson          -6.8  -3.1  -9.9
Chuck White             -8.2  -1.5  -9.7
Douglas North           -5.9  -3.8  -9.7
Lyron Maxey             -7.6  -1.1  -8.7
Yasumasa Miyawaki       -3.2  -4.3  -7.5
Tom Klaban              -2.2  -5.1  -7.3
Tedd Sattler            -2.8  -4.5  -7.3
Timothy Loula           -5.2  -2.0  -7.2
Jill Geyer              -1.9  -5.2  -7.1
Rob Reader              -6.3  -0.7  -7.0
Doug Fellman            -1.3  -4.9  -6.2
Eric Klaban             -3.1  -2.9  -6.0
Rich Smiley             -2.8  -3.0  -5.8
Howard Bouwens          -2.3  -3.4  -5.7
Chip Dayton             -1.0  -4.6  -5.6
Denise Miller           -3.1  -1.8  -5.0
Steve Pirie             -2.6  -2.1  -4.7
Chuck Trewin            -3.1  -1.6  -4.7
Vincent Benivegna       -1.3  -3.1  -4.4
Susan Geisling          -4.3  0.3   -4.0

Upgrades

Each weekend, racers whose average handicaps have dropped out of the minimum for their class are listed here. They are upgraded, after official approval at the following MACC meeting. The list here shows the handicap (HC), the minimum HC for the old class, and the new class for the racer. If you are not in the open Elite class, getting an upgrade is the ultimate honor in the MACC. Congratulations!

April 10, 2007. The handicaps have been been prepared for the 2008 season. Three of you ended the season with enough improvement to upgrade, starting the 2008 season in new classes.

Upgrades after races 10 & 11 (2007 Season)

Racer                  Type   Bib   Club  HC    Old   Min   New

Mike Cherette           GS    283   SD    31.76 VAM   35    VE2M
Jill Jablonski          GS    86    TB    44.96 AW    45    E2W
Tom Klaban              SL    199   TB    23.96 VE2M  25    VE1M

Upgrades after races 8 & 9

Racer                  Type   Bib   Club  HC    Old   Min   New

Ronald Glowzinski       GS    232   TB    74.64 SVDM  75    SVCM
Chuck White             GS    110   SW    44.97 BM    45    AM

Upgrade after races 5, 6, and 7

After redoing the results, no upgrades.

Upgrades after races 3 & 4

Note that Kyle Grost upgraded twice: D to C, then C to B. Wow!

Racer                  Type   Bib   Club  HC    Old   Min   New

Vincent Benivegna       GS    271   SC    34.52 AM    35    E2M
Chad Buehler            GS    239   SW    24.65 E2M   25    E1M
Kyle Grost              GS    124   TR    59.57 CM    75    BM
Kyle Grost              SL    124   TR    60.36 DM    75    CM
Eric Klaban             SL    84    TB    14.29 E1M   15    E
Jeffrey S Williams      GS    212   AA    58.18 CM    60    BM

Upgrades after races 1 & 2

Racer                  Type   Bib   Club  HC    Old   Min   New

Kurt Adams              GS    40    SD    22.26 VE2M  25    VE1M
Matt Dubois             GS    221   TB    34.79 VAM   35    VE2M
Robert Freed            SL    272   AA    44.24 VBM   45    AM
Shawn Hughes            GS    98    AA    34.96 VAM   35    VE2M
Tedd Sattler            GS    58    SW    24.67 VE2M  25    VE1M

Upgrades for the start of 2007

Racer                  Type   Bib   Club  HC    Old   Min   New

Daniel Aitken           GS    127   SN    71.72 SVDM  75    SVCM
Kelsey Dubois           GS    419   TB    52.26 BW    60    AW
Jillian Jablonski       GS    345   TB    53.44 BW    60    AW
Timothy Loula           SL    428   TB    57.08 CM    60    BM
Douglas North           GS    429   TR    59.25 SVCM  60    SVBM
Douglas North           SL    429   TR    58.44 SVCM  60    SVBM
Scott Pyles             SL    149   RN    24.12 VE2M  25    VE1M
Bob Rossi               GS    201   TB    74.46 DM    75    CM
Jana Staron             SL    408   PH    32.23 E2W   35    E1W
Charles Sullivan        SL    46    TB    71.55 SVDM  75    SVCM
Chuck Trewin            GS    51    TB    59.97 CM    60    BM

More 2007 Season Results

Handicap Data | Upgrades
Team Results | Team Details

All Years on Record

MACC Handicaps

A handicap system is used to place MACC racers in appropriate ability classes, and to determine when racers should upgrade or downgrade to different classes.

MACC Class definitions
Handicap Calculations (pt 1)
Handicap Calculations (pt 2)

Handicap Theory (PDF)

Pacesetters

The handicaps are determined largely by past histories of most of the racers competing on a course. Pacesetters provide quality control, and influence the handicaps of racers who are much faster or much slower than the average racer for the course.

Calculating and Reporting Handicaps

Handicaps are computed for all race times. However, the handicaps shown in the results on a race day are subject to adjusment and are not considered "final" until after the first MACC meeting that follows the race.

Handicaps are calculated using different equations for the first and second run, in order to compensate for differing course conditions. Therefore, identical times on the first and second runs can result in different handicaps.