The July 12th Pentz Road DOWNHILL Time Trial Results.............

Hi Everyone!! We had 9 riders take part in this morning's Pentz Road DOWNHILL Time Trial - this was also the 2nd Time Trial in the 4-Race Chico Downhill Time Trial Series! Thank you ALL for coming out to this one today!! And I would like to give a tremendous Thank You to Peggy Selkirk and Brian Mallory for coming out to start the riders this morning on Pentz Road!! Thank you Peggy and Brian!!!!

***One Note - I would like to give a HUGE Congratulations to local rider, 62-year-old Jim Mensching. Jim raced ALL 7 R.A.C.E. Events this past week - a feat that has never been done before! Don't know where he gets his perserverance, but I want some!!! Way to go Jim!!!!***

Okay, below are the Combined Results from today's Pentz Road Downhill Time Trial, followed by the Category Results and the Current Overall Standings in the 2009 Chico Downhill Time Trial Series. There are still 2 Events left in the Downhill Time Trial Series - The Hwy. 32 Downhill TT (parallels Humboldt Road) and the Cohasset Downhill TT in late August!

COMBINED RESULTS FROM PENTZ ROAD DOWNHILL TIME TRIAL - JULY 12TH, 2009:
1. Roy Holley 6:26
2. Brad Foster 6:31
3. Tony Mainz 6:32
4. Jim Mensching 6:45
5. Ben Mallory 7:15
6. Lori Cox 7:19
7. Eric Dugger 7:21
8. Janine Rood 7:33
9. Patti Dugger 8:00

CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE PENTZ ROAD DOWNHILL TIME TRIAL - JULY 12th, 2009:

CATEGORY "A" RESULTS FROM PENTZ ROAD DOWNHILL TIME TRIAL:
1. Roy Holley 6:26 (20 points + 1 = 21 points)
2. Brad Foster 6:31 (18 points + 1 = 19 points)

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE PENTZ ROAD DOWNHILL TIME TRIAL:
1. Lori Cox 7:19 (20 points + 1 = 21 points)
2. Janine Rood 7:33 (18 points + 1 = 19 points)
3. Patti Dugger 8:00 (16 points + 1 = 17 points)

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM PENTZ ROAD DOWNHILL TIME TRIAL:
1. Tony Mainz 6:32 (20 points + 1 = 21 points)
2. Jim Mensching 6:45 (18 points + 1 = 19 points)
3. Ben Mallory 7:15 (16 points + 1 = 17 points)
4. Eric Dugger 7:21 (14 points + 1 = 15 points)

CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS IN THE 2009 CHICO DOWNHILL TIME TRIAL SERIES:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL STANDINGS:
1. Roy Holley 21 points
1. Jeff Galland 21 points
3. Brad Foster 19 points
3. James Plummer 19 points
5. Jeff Ochs 17 points

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL STANDINGS:
1. Lori Cox 21 points
2. Janine Rood 19 points
3. Patti Dugger 17 points

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL STANDINGS:
1. Tony Mainz 42 points
2. Jim Mensching 40 points
3. Ben Mallory 17 points
3. Tom Embree 17 points
5. Eric Dugger 15 points
5. Frank Marinello 15 points
7. Walt Schafer 13 points
8. Skip Lees 11 points
9. Alex Albrecht 9 points

AND - THE 2009 CHICO DOWNHILL TIME TRIAL SERIES INFORMATION IS BELOW:

1. We will be using just 4 Events used for this Series:

--The Neal Road Downhill Time Trial - Completed!
--The Pentz Road Downhill Time Trial - July - Completed!
--The Hwy. 32 Downhill Time Trial - July
--The Cohasset Downhill Time Trial - August

2. ALL riders must sign in this year at the start of EACH event - There will be a small table at the Start/Finish location - just sign in at the table and you are good to go! Sign-ins normally start 30 minutes before the event takes place and closes about 1-2 minutes before the event starts. RAIN OR WET ROADS WILL CANCEL/POSTPONE THESE DOWNHILL EVENTS.

3. There will normally be 2 Categories racing at the Downhill Time Trials - the Category "A" Event and the Category "B" Event. If there are enough racers to warrant a separate category, we will make that happen as well - so tell your friends! This will be conducted like a normal Time Trial - riders will start individually and will start in 1-Minute Intervals.

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 Downhill training/riding a shot! They're GREAT fun!!!

6. Points are used to calculate the Overall Standings in the Series. The point breakdown is as follows: 20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2-1-1-1, with an additional 1 point being given to each participant at each event. So, 20 points goes to the winner, 18 points goes to 2nd place, 16 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 2009 Chico DOWNHILL Time Trial Series Championship Trophy, plus whatever goodies we can give you.

7. Although the races are advertised as having 2 Categories out on the course - Category A and Category B - the Series itself has more Trophy Categories, including:

Category "A" Men
Women's Category
Category "B" Men
And any others if there are enough riders!

These are the Categories which all qualify for a Series Championship Trophy - as of NOW. We will ADD Categories if enough riders show up out there - so tell your friends!! 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 - this would have to be completely obvious to the Race Director).

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 DOWNHILL Time Trials in 2009!

9. The Race Director reserves the right to DQ any rider for unsafe riding or unsportsmanlike conduct at ANY time. Also, PLEASE - try not to use colorful language out there - especially with the little kids around watching the race at the finish line and so forth. 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 DOWNHILL Time Trial 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 race 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!

Hope to see you out there!!

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