July 17th Friday Night Chico Airport Criterium Results.............

Okay, below are the Category Results from Tuesday night's Airport Criterium, followed by the Current Overall Standings in the 2009 Chico Airport Criterium Series. And remember - the Results are always Preliminary for the first 24-hours after posting.......so if you see any corrections, additions, subtractions, deletions, etc., please let me know!

CATEGORY "A" RESULTS FROM THE JULY 17th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. David Albrecht (7 points + 37 Prime Points + 1 = 45 points)
2. Josh Bullock (5 points + 1 = 6 points)
3. Geno Gruber (4 points + 12 Prime Points + 1 = 17 points)
4. Scott Heather (3 points + 1 = 4 points)

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE JULY 17th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Shawn Hughes (7 points + 14 Prime Points + 1 = 22 points)
2. Matt Itamura (5 points + 1 = 6 points)
3. Charlie Pelton (4 points + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 9 points)
4. Tom Embree (3 points + 23 Prime Points + 1 = 27 points)
5. Matt Davis (2 points + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 7 points)
6. Jim Mensching (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
Pack Finish:
Jon Keyzer (2 Prime Points + 1 = 3 points)
Mark Wolford 1 point
Jeff Nye 1 point
Kevin Nye 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE JULY 17th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Michelle Nye (7 points + 2 Prime Points + 1 = 10 points)

CATEGORY "C" RACERS FROM THE JULY 17th CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Caden Crumm (Age 8)
2. Creighton Gruber (Age 7)
3. Kaleb Traficanti (Age 8)
Winner of Prime #1 = Caden Crumm
Winner of the Prime #2 = Creighton Gruber
Winner of the Prime #3 = Kaleb Traficanti
Winner of the Prime #4 = Caden Crumm
Winner of the Prime #5 = Creighton Gruber
Winner of the Prime #6 = Kaleb Traficanti
Winner of the Final Sprint Prize = Caden Crumm

AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR MENTORS FOR THE "C" CATEGORY RACE:
Mark Wolford
Charlie Pelton
Geno Gruber
Mike Crumm
David Albrecht

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:

1. David Albrecht 453 points
2. Jeff Galland 312 points
3. Mike Trowbridge 160 points
4. Greg Golet 157 points
5. Mike Smith 118 points
6. Roy Steves 115 points
7. Mike Cordova 95 points
8. Alex Blease 83 points
9. Anthony Ferretti 65 points
10. Mike Painter 61 points
11. Tim Creswell 57 points
12. Scott Heather 56 points
13. Josh Bullock 55 points
14. Paul Sajben 45 points
14. Kevin Speacht 45 points
16. James Plummer 39 points
17. Michael Jasinski 33 points
18. Geno Gruber 30 points
18. Margaret Jones 30 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
20. Brad Foster 28 points
20. Jeff Ochs 28 points
22. Steve Vickery 25 points
23. Rob Bishop 24 points
24. Kyle Hartelt 22 points
25. Pedro Brown 19 points
26. Ryan Olson 13 points
27. Tyler Honeyman 11 points
27. Michael Dufresne 11 points
29. Janeen Thorpe 10 points (2nd Place Woman in Category "A")
29. Charlie Dawson 10 points
29. Aren Timmel 10 points
32. Ethan Black 8 points
32. Paul McIntyre 8 points
34. Jim Roberts 7 points
34. Weston Crumm 7 points
34. Evan Carroll 7 points
34. Ben Bryant 7 points
34. Dave Berman 7 points
39. Greg Melton 5 points
40. Kenny Price 4 points
40. Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points

40. Jesse Rushing 4 points
43. David Kyle 3 points
43. CJ Humphries 3 points
43. Randy Moon 3 points
43. Mike Castaldo 3 points
47. Dain Melton 2 points
48. Eric Ayars 1 point
49. Mike Thorpe 1 point
50. Lindsay Myers 1 point
51. Jim Clark 1 point
52. Morgan Bonar 1 point
53. Dan Reymann 1 point
54. Kurt Haskins 1 point

55. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:

1. Shawn Hughes 391 points
2. Tom Embree 349 points
3. Charlie Pelton 258 points
4. Matt Itamura 223 points
5. Scott Heather 117 points
6. Frank Marinello 66 points
7. Tom Murphy 63 points
8. Michael Dufresne 60 points
9. Joe Schlesinger 56 points
10. Jim Mensching 55 points
11. Mike Crumm 52 points
12. David Klein 43 points
13. Jon Keyzer 34 points
14. Denny McKenney 31 points
15. Matt Davis 24 points
16. Skip Lees 22 points
17. Colin Moakley 20 points
18. Dan Spencer 19 points
19. Greg Watkins 18 points
20. Jim Clark 17 points
21. Ben Mallory 16 points
21. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
21. David Weathers 16 points
24. Jeff Nye 15 points
24. Alex Albrecht 15 points
26. Dain Melton 14 points
27. Gary Manwill 12 points
28. Bill Travers 11 points
29. Samuel Bransky 10 points
29. Ray Bransky 10 points
29. Matt Carlson 10 points
32. Clay Johnson 9 points
32. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
34. BJ LaRossa 8 points
35. Christopher Cook 7 points
36. Gary Fowler 6 points
36. Adam Tischler 6 points
36. Kareem Speake 6 points
39. Walt Schafer 5 points
39. John Wiesinger 5 points
39. Sandy Speake 5 points
39. Jeff Ochs 5 points
43. Josh Rowe 4 points
43. David Dura 4 points
43. Brian Strukan 4 points
46. Rylan Gustafson 3 points
46. Lawrence Livermore 3 points
46. Joshua Pasos 3 points
46. Derek Moffitt 3 points
46. Darrin Reichel 3 points
46. James Gilchrist 3 points
46. Jeff Davis 3 points
53. Jesse Mallory 2 points
53. Dallas Thorpe 2 points
53. Marcos Ramirez 2 points
53. Charlie Geshekter 2 points
53. Steve Kodad 2 points
53. Mark Hendry 2 points
59. Mark Wolford 1 point
60. Kevin Nye 1 point
61. Brett Baker 1 point
62. Jamison Watts 1 point
63. Greg Hollis 1 point
64. Leif Peterson 1 point
65. Steve Watson 1 point
66. Rich Hogan 1 point
67. Skip Latham 1 point
68. James Hefner 1 point
69. Clay Johnson 1 point
70. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
71. Shawn Fisher 1 point
72. John D'Ewart 1 point

73. Johnny Jones 1 point
74. Greg Melton 1 point

75. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Margaret Jones 88 points
2. Janine Rood 62 points
3. Lisa Martens 57 points
4. Michelle Nye 46 points
5. Caryn Jones 40 points
6. Janeen Thorpe 33 points
6. Tracy Berman 33 points
8. Jenn Gruber 32 points
9. Michelle Rossman 24 points
10. Forough Molina 21 points
11. Christa Ritchey 14 points
12. Morgan Bonar 12 points
13. Christine Roberts 10 points
14. Ashley Erickson 8 points
14. Brenda Cranford 8 points
16. Lindsay Myers 6 points
17. Michelle Thorpe 3 points
18. Amy Dawson 2 points
18. Shirley Huffman 2 points
20. Lori Cox 1 point
21. Peggy Selkirk 1 point
22. Teresa Kludt 1 point
23. 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