Last Night's Chico Airport Criterium Results...........

WOW - another awesome night out at the Chico Airport Criterium last night, with 51 riders taking part in the event!! Thank you ALL for coming out to this one!! It looks like the Category "C" race is here to stay - what an awesome sight to see!! I would like to give a HUGE Thank You to our Mentors in the "C" Category for showing the riders the ropes with this Criterium stuff: Tom Embree, Charlie Pelton, David Albrecht, Maggie Jones, Shawn Hughes, Greg Golet, Brad Foster, Jim Mensching, Brad Geise and Mike Cordova!! Y'all rock!!! There's a rumor going around that Rodney might be in next Tuesday night's "C" race, but I think it is just that - a rumor!! LOL

We had some great racing action out there last night in all three events, and it was definitely one of the funnest events we've had all year. For some video of last night's Criterium, please visit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicovelo/

Below are the Category Results from last night'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 JUNE 9th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Jeff Galland (7 points + 10 Prime Points + 1 = 18 points)
2. David Albrecht (5 points + 11 Prime Points + 1 = 17 points)
3. Alex Blease (4 points + 3 Prime Points + 1 = 8 points)
4. Josh Bullock (3 points + 1 = 4 points)
5. Greg Golet (2 points + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 7 points)
6. Mike Smith (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
7. Roy Steves 1 point
8. Mike Cordova (8 Prime Points + 1 = 9 points)
Pack Finish:
Jeff Ochs 1 point
Tim Creswell 1 point
Margaret Jones 1 point
Dain Melton 1 point
Brad Foster 1 point
Mike Painter 1 point
Kenny Price 1 point
Charlie Dawson 1 point
Rob Bishop 1 point
Scott Heather 1 point
Kyle Hartelt 1 point

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 9th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Tom Embree (7 points + 9 Prime Points + 1 = 17 points)
2. Shawn Hughes (5 points + 8 Prime Points + 1 = 14 points)
3. Joe Schlesinger (4 points + 3 Prime Points + 1 = 8 points)
4. Denny McKenney (3 points + 1 = 4 points)
5. Charlie Pelton (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
6. Tom Murphy (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
7. Bill Travers 1 point
Pack Finish:
Mike Crumm (4 Prime Points + 1 = 5 points)
Gary Fowler 1 point
Dan Spencer 1 point
Skip Latham 1 point
Gary Manwill 1 point
Jim Mensching 1 point
Jon Keyzer 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS:
1. Brenda Cranford (7 points + 1 = 8 points)
2. Caryn Jones (5 points + 1 = 6 points)
3. Jenn Gruber (4 points + 1 = 5 points)
4. Margaret Jones (3 points + 1 = 4 points)

CATEGORY "C" RACERS:
John Cannon
Matt Huff
Skip Lees
Sandra Barton
Lori Cox
Peggy Selkirk
Amy Dawson
Christa Ritchey
Dylan Golet (Age 13)
Kyle Golet (Age 8)
Ben Golet (Age 10)
Ben Geise (Age 10)
David Watkins (Age 12)
Davis Foster (Age 9)
Taylor Adams (Age 15)
AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR MENTORS FOR THE "C" CATEGORY RACE:
Brad Geise
Shawn Hughes
Charlie Pelton
Margaret Jones
David Albrecht
Mike Cordova
Brad Foster
Tom Embree
Greg Golet
Jim Mensching

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:
1. Jeff Galland 196 points
2. David Albrecht 186 points
3. Mike Trowbridge 99 points
4. Mike Smith 79 points
5. Alex Blease 76 points
5. Roy Steves 76 points
7. Greg Golet 74 points
8. Mike Cordova 57 points
9. Kevin Speacht 45 points
10. Josh Bullock 43 points
11. Tim Creswell 41 points
12. Paul Sajben 39 points
13. Michael Jasinski 33 points
14. James Plummer 29 points
15. Jeff Ochs 25 points
16. Steve Vickery 24 points
16. Margaret Jones 24 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
18. Anthony Ferretti 23 points
19. Pedro Brown 19 points
20. Mike Painter 18 points
21. Brad Foster 17 points
22. Rob Bishop 11 points
22. Ryan Olson 11 points
22. Tyler Honeyman 11 points
22. Michael Dufresne 11 points
26. Charlie Dawson 10 points
26. Kyle Hartelt 10 points
26. Aren Timmel 10 points
29. Geno Gruber 8 points
29. Ethan Black 8 points
29. Paul McIntyre 8 points
32. Evan Carroll 7 points
32. Ben Bryant 7 points
32. Dave Berman 7 points
35. Weston Crumm 5 points
35. Greg Melton 5 points
37. Kenny Price 4 points
37. Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points
37. Jesse Rushing 4 points
40. CJ Humphries 3 points
40. Randy Moon 3 points
40. Mike Castaldo 3 points
43. Scott Heather 2 points
43. Dain Melton 2 points
43. Janeen Thorpe 2 points
46. David Kyle 1 point
47. Jim Clark 1 point
48. Morgan Bonar 1 point
49. Dan Reymann 1 point
50. Kurt Haskins 1 point
51. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 250 points
2. Matt Itamura 159 points
3. Tom Embree 152 points
4. Charlie Pelton 115 points
5. Michael Dufresne 60 points
6. Mike Crumm 51 points
7. Frank Marinello 50 points
8. Scott Heather 40 points
9. Joe Schlesinger 36 points
10. David Klein 31 points
11. Tom Murphy 25 points
12. Jim Mensching 22 points
13. Denny McKenney 21 points
14. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
14. Jim Clark 16 points
14. David Weathers 16 points
17. Colin Moakley 15 points
18. Dain Melton 14 points
19. Alex Albrecht 13 points
20. Skip Lees 10 points
20. Samuel Bransky 10 points
20. Ray Bransky 10 points
23. Clay Johnson 9 points
23. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
25. BJ LaRossa 8 points
26. Christopher Cook 7 points
26. Matt Carlson 7 points
28. Kareem Speake 6 points
29. Gary Fowler 5 points
29. Sandy Speake 5 points
29. Adam Tischler 5 points
29. Jeff Ochs 5 points
33. Jon Keyzer 4 points
33. John Wiesinger 4 points
33. David Dura 4 points
33. Brian Strukan 4 points
37. Joshua Pasos 3 points
37. Derek Moffitt 3 points
37. Darrin Reichel 3 points
37. James Gilchrist 3 points
37. Jeff Davis 3 points
42. Dan Spencer 2 points
42. Steve Kodad 2 points
42. Mark Hendry 2 points
45. Skip Latham 1 point
46. Bill Travers 1 point
47. Gary Manwill 1 point
48. Charlie Geshekter 1 point
49. James Hefner 1 point
50. Clay Johnson 1 point
51. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
52. Shawn Fisher 1 point
53. John D'Ewart 1 point
54. Johnny Jones 1 point
55. Walt Schafer 1 point
56. Greg Melton 1 point
57. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Lisa Martens 57 points
2. Margaret Jones 53 points
3. Tracy Berman 33 points
4. Jenn Gruber 32 points
5. Janine Rood 20 points
6. Caryn Jones 16 points
7. Christa Ritchey 14 points
8. Morgan Bonar 12 points
9. Brenda Cranford 8 points
10. Amy Dawson 2 points
10. Shirley Huffman 2 points
12. Lori Cox 1 point
13. Peggy Selkirk 1 point
14. Teresa Kludt 1 point
15. Kristen Schonauer 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 Amateur Cycling Events
Chico, CA
www.ChicoBike.com