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

Hi Everyone!! Wow - what a night out at the Chico Airport Criterium tonight - great weather, quite a few spectators, and lots of racers coming out for this one! Thank you ALL for taking part in tonight's event!! And that Category "C" race - WOW!!! I don't know if you've noticed, but we have quite the field of riders out there now! Great to see!!!

I would like to give a HUGE Thank You to our Category "C" race Mentors tonight - your help out there is GREATLY appreciated by many - thank you so much!! And, I would like to give another HUGE Thank You to John Wiesinger and Fifth Sun for donating T-Shirts and Water Bottles for Primes for tonight's event!!! Thank you!!!

Okay, below are tonight's results from the Airport Criterium, followed by the Current Overall Standings in the 2009 Chico Airport Criterium Series. We will be back out for the Airport Criterium THIS FRIDAY NIGHT - June 19th!!! Category A & B will race at 6:00PM, while the Category C race will start at 7:00PM. Hope to see you out there!!

CATEGORY "A" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 16th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Jeff Galland (7 points + 10 Prime Points + 1 = 18 points)
2. David Albrecht (5 points + 14 Prime Points + 1 = 20 points)
3. Mike Smith (4 points + 2 Prime Points + 1 = 7 points)
4. Tim Creswell (3 points + 10 Prime Points + 1 = 14 points)
5. Scott Heather (2 points + 6 Prime Points + 1 = 9 points)
6. Roy Steves (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
7. Greg Golet 1 point
Pack Finish:
Mike Cordova 1 point
Mike Trowbridge 1 point
Ryan Olson 1 point
Steve Vickery 1 point
Maggie Jones 1 point
Winner of the Fifth Sun T-Shirt = David Albrecht

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 16th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Tom Embree (7 points + 16 Prime Points + 1 = 24 points)
2. Shawn Hughes (5 points + 18 Prime Points + 1 = 24 points)
3. Charlie Pelton (4 points + 1 = 5 points)
4. Matt Davis (3 points + 1 = 4 points)
5. Bill Travers (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
6. Mike Crumm (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
Pack Finish:
Gary Manwill 1 point
David Klein (3 Prime Points + 1 = 4 points)
Tom Murphy (1 Prime Point + 1 = 2 points)
Steve Watson 1 point
Rich Hogan 1 point
Dan Spencer 1 point
Jim Mensching 1 point
Charlie Geshekter 1 point
Jon Keyzer 1 point
Winner of the Fifth Sun T-Shirt = Shawn Hughes

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 16th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Maggie Jones (7 points + 1 = 8 points)
2. Forough Molina (5 points + 1 = 6 points)
3. Caryn Jones (4 points + 1 = 5 points)

CATEGORY "C" RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 16th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. David Watkins (Age 12)
2. Ben Geise (Age 10)
3. Jasper Travers (Age 12)
4. Dylan Golet (Age 13)
Pack Finish:
Ben Golet (Age 10)
Ben Travers (Age 8)
Liam Davis (Age 8)
Chloe Davis (Age 10)
Kyle Golet (Age 8)
Krissie Mensching (Age 12)
Jamie Mensching (Age 15)
Winner of the Fifth Sun Water Bottle #1 Prime = David Watkins
Winner of the Fifth Sun Water Bottle #2 Prime = Liam Davis
Winner of the PowerBar Water Bottle Prime = David Watkins

AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR MENTORS FOR THE "C" CATEGORY RACE:
Greg Hollis
Jim Mensching
Shawn Hughes
Caryn Jones
Maggie Jones
David Albrecht
Tim Creswell
Shawn Hughes
Mike Cordova
Charlie Pelton
Greg Golet
Mike Smith
Roy Steves

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:
1. Jeff Galland 298 points
2. David Albrecht 206 points
3. Mike Trowbridge 114 points
4. Mike Smith 96 points
5. Roy Steves 78 points
6. Alex Blease 76 points
7. Greg Golet 75 points
8. Mike Cordova 58 points
9. Tim Creswell 55 points
10. Kevin Speacht 45 points
11. Mike Painter 44 points
12. Josh Bullock 43 points
13. Paul Sajben 39 points
14. Michael Jasinski 33 points
15. James Plummer 29 points
16. Margaret Jones 26 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
17. Steve Vickery 25 points
17. Jeff Ochs 25 points
19. Rob Bishop 23 points
19. Anthony Ferretti 23 points
21. Pedro Brown 19 points
22. Brad Foster 17 points
23. Ryan Olson 12 points
23. Geno Gruber 12 points
25. Scott Heather 11 points
25. Tyler Honeyman 11 points
25. Michael Dufresne 11 points
28. Charlie Dawson 10 points
28. Kyle Hartelt 10 points
28. Aren Timmel 10 points
31. Ethan Black 8 points
31. Paul McIntyre 8 points
33. Evan Carroll 7 points
33. Ben Bryant 7 points
33. Dave Berman 7 points
36. Weston Crumm 5 points
36. Greg Melton 5 points
38. Kenny Price 4 points
38. Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points
38. Jesse Rushing 4 points
41. David Kyle 3 points
41. CJ Humphries 3 points
41. Randy Moon 3 points
41. Mike Castaldo 3 points
45. Dain Melton 2 points
45. Janeen Thorpe 2 points
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 274 points
2. Tom Embree 192 points
3. Charlie Pelton 164 points
4. Matt Itamura 159 points
5. Scott Heather 116 points
6. Frank Marinello 66 points
7. Michael Dufresne 60 points
8. Mike Crumm 53 points
9. Joe Schlesinger 36 points
10. David Klein 35 points
11. Tom Murphy 31 points
12. Denny McKenney 29 points
13. Jim Mensching 25 points
14. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
14. Jim Clark 16 points
14. David Weathers 16 points
17. Alex Albrecht 15 points
17. Colin Moakley 15 points
19. Dain Melton 14 points
20. Skip Lees 10 points
20. Samuel Bransky 10 points
20. Ray Bransky 10 points
23. Matt Carlson 9 points
23. Clay Johnson 9 points
23. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
26. BJ LaRossa 8 points
27. Christopher Cook 7 points
28. Kareem Speake 6 points
29. Dan Spencer 5 points
29. Jon Keyzer 5 points
29. Gary Fowler 5 points
29. Sandy Speake 5 points
29. Adam Tischler 5 points
29. Jeff Ochs 5 points
35. Matt Davis 4 points
35. Bill Travers 4 points
35. Jeff Nye 4 points
35. John Wiesinger 4 points
35. David Dura 4 points
35. Brian Strukan 4 points
41. Joshua Pasos 3 points
41. Derek Moffitt 3 points
41. Darrin Reichel 3 points
41. James Gilchrist 3 points
41. Jeff Davis 3 points
46. Gary Manwill 2 points
46. Charlie Geshekter 2 points
46. Lawrence Livermore 2 points
46. Steve Kodad 2 points
46. Mark Hendry 2 points
51. Steve Watson 1 point
52. Rich Hogan 1 point
53. Skip Latham 1 point
54. James Hefner 1 point
55. Clay Johnson 1 point
56. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
57. Shawn Fisher 1 point
58. John D'Ewart 1 point
59. Johnny Jones 1 point
60. Walt Schafer 1 point
61. Greg Melton 1 point
62. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Margaret Jones 61 points
2. Lisa Martens 57 points
3. Janine Rood 36 points
4. Tracy Berman 33 points
5. Jenn Gruber 32 points
6. Caryn Jones 21 points
7. Forough Molina 18 points
8. Christa Ritchey 14 points
9. Morgan Bonar 12 points
10. Brenda Cranford 8 points
11. Amy Dawson 2 points
11. Shirley Huffman 2 points
13. Lori Cox 1 point
14. Peggy Selkirk 1 point
15. Teresa Kludt 1 point
16. 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