Jack Simes III

Jack began racing at the age of nine and amassed numerous national titles. Among these titles are: Junior Omnium in 1959, Senior Omnium in 1964, Senior Sprints in 1965 and 1967, 10 Mile in 1969, Masters Road in 1979, and Masters Sprint, Kilo and Pursuit Champion in 1988. Simes has held American records for 100 meters, one kilometer and 50 miles. He was a member of two Pan American, three Olympic and eight World Champion Teams. At both the 1967 Pan American Games and the 1968 World Championships he won the Silver Medal in the Kilo. He has been a coach, advisor, promoter, Velodrome director and the author of Winning Bicycle Racing. He is currently the executive director of USPRO and a member of the International Professional Cycling Federation Executive Committee.

Frank Small

Born in 1896 Frank was a prominent member of the Amateur Bicycle League of America and served as both president and Secretary. A lifelong member of the Acme Wheelmen of New York, he was the editor for BICYCLING MAGAZINE which provided both touring and racing information. In 1920 Small qualified for the US Olympic Cycling Team and competed in the Games of Antwerp. He later served on the US Olympic Cycling Committee and was the manager for the 1948 US Olympic Team in London. Frank passed away in 1971.

Keith Kingbay

Born in 1918 Keith was a successful road and track racing cyclist. He was the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Paul Dudley White Award in 1977. This award is the top honor bestowed by the League of American Wheelmen. Positions held by Keith include: member of the Board of USCF; USCF Treasurer; member of the USOC; member of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness; founder of the Illinois Cycling Association; and chairman of the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago. Keith built bicycles, managed teams, started a successful school for certified bicycle mechanics and promoted bicycling across the country. He served as the Cycling Activities Director for the Schwinn Bicycle Company. Keith Kingbay continued riding throughout his life and passed away in 1995.

Furman Kugler

Furman was born in 1922 in Somerville, NJ. In 1937 he won the Junior State Championships, the National Junior Championships in Chicago and the National Junior Dirt Track Championships. He won the Senior National Championships in 1940 and the 50 mile Tour of Somerville, defeating champions from the US and Canada. He won the Tour of Somerville again 1941 setting a national record of 2 hours 5 minutes and 7 seconds. In 1939 and 1940 sports writers credited Kugler with being the world’s unofficial amateur champion. Furman died in an accident aboard the USS Wichita in the South Pacific in 1945.

Veteran Post-1945 Competitor
Mark Gorski (1960-)

Mark’s cycling career started in 1974 and he hit the big time with a first-place at the 1978 National Junior Sprint Championship In Kenosha, WI. He represented the US at the Junior World Championships in Trexlertown, PA. In 1985 and 1986 he finished 4th and 5th in the World Sprint Championship and won a Silver Medal at the Pan Am Games. He started his string of top international sprint finishes when he won the Gold Medal In the Match Sprint at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Upon his retirement from competition he was elected to the Board of Directors of the USCF and served on the budget, finance and competition committees. He also served as the National Team Director of the USCF. In 1999 he became Director of the US Postal Service Team, with Lance Armstrong, winning the Tour de France four times.