Great Lakes - Chicago Racing: 10 Most Important People

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Mayonnaise
09-26-09, 09:33 AM
thought this might be a fun exercise.

1. Steve Hanson
because he runs the ICA

2. Dave Fowkes
the Godfather

3. Steve Feehery
he does all kinds of stuff but really helps juniors get into our sport

4. Luke Seeman
runs the best local website in the country

5. Imelda March
don't know what she does but she's always on me for something

6. Jason Knauf
7. Robert Sliwinski
continue making Chicago one of the best cities for cross

8. Christian Van de Velde
proving you don't have to live in Boulder to be a pro

9. Voytek Glinkowski
his name always comes up

10. John Wilke
drives to hell and back taking pictures of us


feel free to add or subtract. These were the first names I thought of and I am certainly no authority.

JPradun
09-26-09, 09:36 AM
Paul Weaver
Bill Ochowicz
eskimo85
09-26-09, 09:37 AM
Robbie :)

John Wilke
09-26-09, 05:02 PM
Me ... oh, I'm on there already (appreciated).

Supergirl !!!
Scummer
09-26-09, 06:48 PM
I'll add Rob Curtis, since he is becoming the go to guy for wheels and is the race mechanic of many BF members here.
Psimet2001
09-26-09, 09:09 PM
Thanks Scummer, but I don't think I belong in a list like that.

Was weird today though because a lot of people were coming over and checking out the wheels because they knew of them and wanted to see them.

With Dave on there I think we should add Julie Popper and Nikki Cyp. They put up with a lot of crap and are still nice to just about everyone.

Oh and how can you have this list without Wayne Simon? Srsly...don't you know he's the Chuck Norris of Illinois cycling?
eskimo85
09-27-09, 12:16 PM
Also mike ebert should be in the running. Is he the one who puts on all those abd races?
MJH2
09-27-09, 03:20 PM
thought this might be a fun exercise.

4. Luke Seeman
runs the best local website in the country

10. John Wilke
drives to hell and back taking pictures of us




I love the pictures (I'm about to buy a few right now), but Wilke's best work is really his superweek work. He consistently gets better images posted in a timely manner than anybody. And usually throws up and update to let us know what happened.

I really wish the superweek people would approach Luke and Wilke about officially covering the series in some capacity. Their "hobbiest" coverage is the best insight we get to the soap opera that is actually going on.
John Wilke
09-27-09, 04:08 PM
Thank you for your support! I love doing it and will do so as long as I can.