Tonight's Chico Airport Criterium Results..............

Thank you ALL for coming out to race and to watch tonight's Chico Airport Criterium!! We had some great racing action out there tonight - including a rare solo breakaway for a win by Shawn Hughes!! Shawn took off in the middle of the race and lapped the field solo to take victory in the Category "B" race.........while Mike Smith just outsprinted Santa Rosa's Pedro Brown to take victory in the Category "A" race!!

I would also like to thank Steve Vickery at the Madison Bear Garden for donating BEAR BUCKS for Prime Prizes for tonight's Criterium - for every 1 Prime Point that was won, 1 Bear Buck was also given away! And, as you can see from the results below, we gave away quite a few Primes tonight! Thank you Steve and Madison Bear Garden for donating to the event!!

Below are the Category Results from tonight's event, followed by the Current Overall Standings in the 2009 Chico Airport Criterium Series. REMEMBER also - the standings are always Preliminary for the first 24 hours after "posting" - so if you see an addition, subtraction, correction, deletion or any other "tions", please let me know!:

CATEGORY "A" RESULTS FROM THE MAY 24th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Mike Smith (7 points + 6 Prime Points + 1 = 14 points)
2. Pedro Brown (5 points + 13 Prime Points + 1 = 19 points)
3. Steve Vickery (4 points + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 9 points)
4. Roy Steves (3 points + 9 Prime Points + 1 = 13 points)
5. Jeff Ochs (2 points + 6 Prime Points + 1 = 9 points)
6. Mike Painter (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
FREE JERSEY WINNER = Mike Smith

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE MAY 24th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Shawn Hughes (7 points + 13 Prime Points + 1 = 21 points)
2. Charlie Pelton (5 points + 2 Prime Points + 1 = 8 points)
3. Matt Carlson (4 points + 2 Prime Points + 1 = 7 points)
4. Mike Rodriguez (3 points + 12 Prime Points + 1 = 16 points)
5. David Klein (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
FREE JERSEY WINNER = Shawn Hughes

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:
1. Jeff Galland 178 points
2. David Albrecht 120 points
3. Mike Trowbridge 99 points
4. Mike Smith 73 points
5. Roy Steves 71 points
6. Alex Blease 68 points
7. Mike Cordova 48 points
8. Michael Jasinski 33 points
9. Greg Golet 30 points
10. James Plummer 29 points
11. Kevin Speacht 28 points
11. Tim Creswell 28 points
13. Paul Sajben 26 points
14. Anthony Ferretti 23 points
15. Jeff Ochs 22 points
16. Pedro Brown 19 points
17. Margaret Jones 17 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
18. Steve Vickery 16 points
19. Brad Foster 15 points
20. Michael Dufresne 11 points
21. Ryan Olson 10 points
21. Aren Timmel 10 points
21. Rob Bishop 10 points
24. Kyle Hartelt 9 points
25. Mike Painter 8 points
25. Charlie Dawson 8 points
25. Ethan Black 8 points
25. Paul McIntyre 8 points
29. Geno Gruber 7 points
29. Josh Bullock 7 points
29. Dave Berman 7 points
32. Ben Bryant 6 points
32. Evan Carroll 6 points
34. Weston Crumm 5 points
34. Greg Melton 5 points
36. Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points
36. Jesse Rushing 4 points
38. CJ Humphries 3 points
38. Randy Moon 3 points
38. Mike Castaldo 3 points
38. Kenny Price 3 points
42. Janeen Thorpe 2 points
43. Scott Heather 1 point
44. Jim Clark 1 point
45. Morgan Bonar 1 point
46. Dain Melton 1 point
47. Dan Reymann 1 point
48. Kurt Haskins 1 point
49. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 177 points
2. Charlie Pelton 107 points
3. Matt Itamura 106 points
4. Tom Embree 100 points
5. Michael Dufresne 60 points
6. Frank Marinello 46 points
7. Mike Crumm 45 points
8. David Klein 30 points
9. Scott Heather 22 points
10. Joe Schlesinger 17 points
11. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
11. Jim Clark 16 points
11. Denny McKenney 16 points
11. David Weathers 16 points
15. Colin Moakley 15 points
16. Dain Melton 14 points
17. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
18. Ray Bransky 8 points
19. Matt Carlson 7 points
20. Jim Mensching 6 points
20. BJ LaRossa 6 points
20. Kareem Speake 6 points
23. Tom Murphy 5 points
23. Sandy Speake 5 points
23. Adam Tischler 5 points
23. Samuel Bransky 5 points
23. Jeff Ochs 5 points
28. David Dura 4 points
28. Clay Johnson 4 points
28. Brian Strukan 4 points
31. Darrin Reichel 3 points
31. James Gilchrist 3 points
31. Jeff Davis 3 points
31. John Wiesinger 3 points
35. Steve Kodad 2 points
35. Christopher Cook 2 points
35. Mark Hendry 2 points
38. Skip Lees 1 point
39. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
40. Jon Keyzer 1 point
41. Shawn Fisher 1 point
42. John D'Ewart 1 point
43. Johnny Jones 1 point
44. Walt Schafer 1 point
45. Gary Fowler 1 point
46. Greg Melton 1 point
47. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Lisa Martens 42 points
2. Margaret Jones 33 points
3. Tracy Berman 27 points
4. Jenn Gruber 22 points
5. Janine Rood 20 points
6. Morgan Bonar 12 points
7. Christa Ritchey 7 points
8. Caryn Jones 10 points
9. Amy Dawson 1 point
10. Teresa Kludt 1 point
11. Kristen Schonauer 1 point
12. Shirley Huffman 1 point

AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES INFORMATION:

After the great turn-out at last year's Tuesday Night Chico Airport Criterium Series, we're going to be doing them again for 2009......but starting up a bit earlier this year. For those curious, the definition of "Criterium" is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criterium

This Series starts up next Tuesday, March 10th and will go through September 15th, 2009......just before our Chico Downtown Criterium on September 20th! Registration normally starts at 5:40pm - with the event starting at 6:00pm.

How does it work???

Okay, here are a few notes for this year's Airport "Crit" Series:

1. We will be using more than 1 course for the Crits this year......including throwing in some lefty-turn Crits to get a feel for those - and some Weekend Criteriums as well. For the time being, we'll be using our standard Tuesday Night righty-turn course starting/finishing at Convair Avenue - http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Chico-Airport-Tuesday-Night-Crit-Course

2. ALL riders must sign in this year - There will be a small table on the sidewalk at the Start/Finish location on Convair Avenue - just sign in at the table and you are good to go! Sign-ins start at 5:40pm - the racing action starts at 6:00pm. We usually end the event by 7pm, at the latest - many times earlier than that - to get home before it gets too dark outside. RAIN AND WET PAVEMENT WILL ALWAYS CANCEL THE CRITERIUMS! In addition, last year we had some tremendous smoke from the Humboldt Fire in this area......which, in turn, would also cancel the Criteriums due to hazardous air quality.

3. The Category "B" races normally go for 45-50 minutes PLUS 3 laps.........while the Category "A" races go for 50-60 minutes PLUS 3 laps. There can be anywhere from 1 to 15+ Primes in the Airport Criteriums......just depends on the mood of the Dictator.....er......I mean, Director. ;)

4. Helmets are MANDATORY! So, please....please.....wear your helmet! Please!!

5. All are welcome - you don't have to do the Series - just come on out and give this Criterium training/riding a shot! It's amazing what kind of workout you can get in during a 45 to 60 minute practice event.

6. Points are used to calculate the Overall Standings in the Series. The point breakdown is as follows: 7-5-4-3-2-1, with an additional 1 point being given to each participant at each event. So, 7 points goes to the winner, 5 points goes to 2nd place, 4 points goes to 3rd place and so on.........in addition to 1 more point just for doing the event. The rider with the MOST points at the end of the Series wins the Overall Title - and the Chico Airport Series Championship Trophy, plus whatever goodies we can give you. Also, Prime points will be given out during each of the Crits - these are just lap prizes......but in this case, the prizes are points. We will also be having some product Primes out there this year!

7. Last year, we had just two categories during the races - Category A and Category B. However, the Series itself has even more Trophy Categories, including:

Category "A" Men
Women's Category
Women's Masters 40+ Category
Category "B" Men
Men's Masters 40+ Category
Men's Masters 50+ Category

These are the Categories which all qualify for a Series Championship Trophy. If nobody - or very few folks are in one category - we may eliminate it and add an additional category where the numbers allow it. As usual, sandbaggers are strongly discouraged ( A Sandbagger would be a Category "A" rider entering a Category "B" event).

8. Although donations to put on these events are always very appreciated and accepted, this Series is FREE - so come on out and take advantage of some, or all, of these Criteriums in 2009!

9. The Race Director reserves the right to DQ any rider for unsafe riding or unsportsmanlike conduct at ANY time. Also, PLEASE - NO colorful language will be used out there - especially with the little kids around watching the race(we have kids out there from ages 2 to 12 watching the racing action)!! ANY rider breaking these rules can be subject to Disqualification from - not only the race - but from the entire Series. So, please - just do what ya always do and just be cool!!!!

10. Finally, remember - these Criterium events are essentially for practice and exercise - we have fun out there and get a great little workout in, and we get to work on some quality cycling skills. But, overall, they're no big whoop....no World Championship/Olympic medals or million dollar contracts on the line. So, with that in mind, just treat 'em as such - a good training event to try some new things, gain some good fitness.....and maybe even get into a "real" sanctioned Criterium at some point in time. Or not. Just have fun with it!! We'll have trophies and hopefully some prizes for the Series winners - and definitely loads of fun....and pain and suffering. ;) But remember - it's all in good fun!

Hope to see you out there!!

Rodney............
Team Chico & R.A.C.E. - Rodney's Antagonizing Cycling Events
Chico, CA
www.ChicoBike.com