Daryl King

1) Age?
24 (I think)


2) Where do you live?
Axedale (winner of tidy town 1972)


3) What is your job and where do you work?
Technology Teacher at Bendigo South East College (Flora Hill)


4) Number of 24hr Races?
7 raced, 13 as manager or pit crew

5) As a HPV teacher at Bendigo South East Secondary (Formerly Flora Hill) your job is partially based around teaching Students how to design and construct a HPV and race it at all the major races. What is it that you enjoy most about your job?
It's great to work with young people who are incredibly enthusiastic about designing and constructing HPV’s. I get a real buzz out of seeing there ideas come into reality and knowing that they have achieved them of there own accord. It is also fantastic to see that they can be so successful in vehicles that they have produced against some opponents who rely heavily on teachers and parents to design and construct there vehicles.

6) As Technical director of BYR since the team was formed in 2003 you have designed and built some very quick vehicles. What is your best memory/moment from a HPV race?
Would have to be the finish of the 03 AIPP. To win on debut by only 10 seconds was remarkable and I don’t think that we will see that again.

7) As a member of the team since 2003 what is it that motivates you to come back to BYR year after year?
It’s just a fantastic engineering challenge. To work with like minded people who have common aims is a real motivator.

8) What is the Hardest part about BYR?
I think the hard yards, the long nights building the vehicles, the hard days out training and also coordinating people from across the state.

9) And Finally BYR don't promote crashes but they are an unavoidable part of our sport. What is the most spectacular crash you have been involved in or seen?
Would probably have to say that the most interesting crash that I have been involved in was at Wonthaggi in 06. The vehicle was BY-04 and I got in during the heaviest rain I have ever seen at a race. I got through the first hour without any dramas but into my second I came down the hill through the twisty section and round the corner I was greeted by around half a dozen vehicles that were mostly upside down and I joined them. By the time I was put up the right way I was facing up the track and noticed that at least a dozen other vehicles had also joined me on my ceiling.
Top Stuff!!

Stay tuned for more team profiles as we continue our long journey to Murray Bridge.

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BYR Digs Deep after Bushfire Tradgedy

Bendigo Youth Racing has held a BBQ at our local IGA supermarket and also dipped into our own pockets after the devastating BLACK SATURDAY bushfires that left many people with no where to go and nothing left but the clothes on their backs. Amongst the many affected people left with nothing was Shelly Flood and her family(who were in the Bendigo Advertiser last week (Above pictures). Shelly was a key member of last year's BYR Girls team at the Wonthaggi 24hr. Shelly is not just your average cyclist, she is preparing to compete and the World's after staring in this years Australian MTB Series. It was always going to be tough for her to get there, and the events of last couple of weeks have presented a major hurdle for her to make it to Europe to compete.

The Flood's home was completely destroyed in the fires with nothing but the shed left. There was nothing that could have been done to protect the house after a change in wind direction pointed the fire front their way. They did manage to get some of their bikes and a few bare essentials to safety just in time. The house can be rebuilt, but its the loss of treasured family items that is the toughest pill to swallow.

We presented the $1800 raised and some much needed clothes to the Flood Family on Tuesday night. They were very grateful for the assistance in their time of need.

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BYR enters the 2009 Australian International Pedal Prix (AIPP)

And we're on the list!

Bendigo Youth Racing Inc have jumped in to the white water rapids that is entering the Australian HPV Super Series online!

The Pedal Prix website received over 200 hundred entries in the first four hours.

We have entered only the third and final round of the Super Series - the 24 hour Australian International Pedal Prix, which will be held in Murray Bridge ( Sept 17-20).

• Check out the full entry list here
• Feel like entering? Have a go, enter here

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Bendigo Oldies Racing for Wonthaggi 2009

The 2009 Wonthaggi Human Powered Grand Prix is once again creeping up very quickly with less than 2 months to go until the first 24hr for 2009. We decided as a team at the end of last year that BYR wont be taking to the track to defend our title in 2009.

However you will see a BOR (Bendigo Oldies Racing) vehicle out on the track in a refurbished BY-08. BOR is a team comprised of our Parents, Pit Crew, Former Teachers and people who have all gone out of their way to support us over the past years. In what will be a first for BYR our dedicated pit crew Chris Crowe and Marcus Sloane and Mike Turnbull will swap spanners for lycra as the rest of the team make their wonthaggi debut.

The normal riding team will perform a complete role reversal and see what the race is like on the other side of the pit wall. The BOR team may not have Youth on there side but if one thing is for sure, they will be out there giving 110% effort at all times.

The following are the members of Bendigo Oldies Racing and how they are linked to BYR:
Chris Crowe = Pit Crew.
Marcus Sloane = Pit Crew.
Mike Turnbull = Pit Crew and Flora Hill SC HPV teacher.
Paul King = Parent of Daryl & Gavin.
Stuart Ridge = Parent of Callan.
Ash Hill = Flora Hill HPV teacher.
Josh Pell = Helper at races.
Joel Derrick = Helper at race

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