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

Hi Everyone!! We had another great night out at the Friday Night Chico Airport Criterium last night, and quite a few riders showed up to take part in this one. Thank you ALL for coming out to participate - and thanks to all the spectators who came out and watched too!!

I would also like to thank Jeff Ochs and Josh Bullock for bringing out the valued Prime Prizes last night!!!

Okay, below are the Category Results from last night's Chico 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 31st CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Jeff Galland (7 points + 4 Prime Points + 1 = 12 points)
2. Josh Bullock (5 points + 36 Prime Points + 1 = 42 points)
3. Greg Golet (4 points + 22 Prime Points + 1 = 27 points)
4. Roy Steves (3 points + 6 Prime Points + 1 = 10 points)
5. Charlie Pelton (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
6. Jeff Ochs (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
BEER PRIME WINNERS:
Jeff Galland
Josh Bullock
Greg Golet

CATEGORY "B" RESULTS FROM THE JULY 31st CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Shawn Hughes (7 points + 32 Prime Points + 1 = 40 points)
2. Matt Davis (5 points + 20 Prime Points + 1 = 26 points)
3. Josh Rowe (4 points + 12 Prime Points + 1 = 17 points)
4. Dallas Thorpe (3 points + 1 = 4 points)
5. Ben Mallory (2 points + 1 = 3 points)
6. Jim Mensching (1 point + 1 = 2 points)
Pack Finish:
Jeff Nye (4 Prime Points + 1 = 5 points)
Samuel Bransky (3 Prime Points + 1 = 4 points)
Ray Bransky 1 point
Barry DeWitt 1 point
Jeff Larsen 1 point
Colin Moakley 1 point
Kevin Nye 1 point
Matt Itamura 1 point
Jesse Mallory 1 point
Tom Murphy 1 point
BEER PRIME WINNERS:
Shawn Hughes
Jeff Nye
Matt Davis

WOMEN'S CATEGORY RESULTS FROM THE JULY 31st CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
1. Michelle Nye (7 points + 8 Prime Points + 1 = 16 points)

CATEGORY "C" RACERS FROM THE JULY 31st CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM:
Katelyn Nye (Age 14)
Krissie Mensching (Age 12)
David Watkins (Age 12)
Dylan Golet (Age 13)
Caden Crumm (Age 8)
Liam Davis (Age 8)
Chloe Davis (Age 10)
Chloe Mallory (Age 15)
Melissa Davis
Terry Broyer
Bruce Broyer
Winner of the Prime #1 = Dylan Golet
Winner of the Prime #2 = Krissie Mensching
Winner of the Prime #3 = Dylan Golet
Winner of the Prime #4 = Dylan Golet
Winner of the Prime #5 = Chloe Davis
Winner of the Prime #6 = Liam Davis
Winner of the Final Sprint Prize = Dylan Golet

AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR MENTORS FOR THE "C" CATEGORY RACE:
Greg Golet
Greg Watkins
Mike Crumm
Ben Mallory
Jesse Mallory
Jim Mensching

2009 CHICO AIRPORT CRITERIUM SERIES CURRENT OVERALL STANDINGS:

CATEGORY "A" OVERALL:
1. David Albrecht 427 points
2. Jeff Galland 330 points
3. Greg Golet 209 points
4. Mike Trowbridge 161 points
5. Anthony Ferretti 153 points
6. Roy Steves 131 points
7. Mike Cordova 119 points
8. Mike Smith 118 points
9. Josh Bullock 91 points
9. Kevin Speacht 91 points
11. Alex Blease 83 points
12. Mike Painter 68 points
13. Tim Creswell 58 points
14. Scott Heather 54 points
15. Paul Sajben 49 points
16. James Plummer 39 points
17. Geno Gruber 35 points
18. Michael Jasinski 33 points
19. Brian Rouse 32 points
20. Steve Vickery 31 points
20. Margaret Jones 31 points (1st Place Woman in Category "A")
22. Jeff Ochs 30 points
23. Brad Foster 28 points
24. Rob Bishop 24 points
25. Charlie Pelton 23 points
25. Kyle Hartelt 23 points
27. Pedro Brown 19 points
28. Weston Crumm 14 points
29. Ryan Olson 13 points
30. Tyler Honeyman 11 points
30. Michael Dufresne 11 points
32. Janeen Thorpe 10 points (2nd Place Woman in Category "A")
32. Charlie Dawson 10 points
32. Aren Timmel 10 points
35. Ethan Black 8 points
35. Paul McIntyre 8 points
37. Jim Roberts 7 points
37. Evan Carroll 7 points
37. Ben Bryant 7 points
37. Dave Berman 7 points
41. Greg Melton 5 points
42. Kenny Price 4 points
42. Jason Ziegenhirt 4 points
42. Jesse Rushing 4 points
45. David Kyle 3 points
45. CJ Humphries 3 points
45. Randy Moon 3 points
45. Mike Castaldo 3 points
49. Dain Melton 2 points
50. Eric Ayars 1 point
51. Mike Thorpe 1 point
52. Lindsay Myers 1 point
53. Jim Clark 1 point
54. Morgan Bonar 1 point
55. Dan Reymann 1 point
56. Kurt Haskins 1 point
57. Tom Embree 1 point

CATEGORY "B" OVERALL:
1. Shawn Hughes 491 points
2. Tom Embree 350 points
3. Charlie Pelton 249 points
4. Matt Itamura 235 points
5. Scott Heather 117 points
6. Jim Mensching 74 points
7. Tom Murphy 68 points
8. Jeff Nye 66 points
8. Frank Marinello 66 points
10. Michael Dufresne 60 points
11. Joe Schlesinger 56 points
12. Mike Crumm 52 points
13. Matt Davis 46 points
14. David Klein 43 points
15. Josh Rowe 42 points
16. Jon Keyzer 37 points
17. Denny McKenney 32 points
18. Gary Manwill 26 points
19. Colin Moakley 25 points
19. Matt Carlson 25 points
21. Dan Spencer 23 points
22. Skip Lees 22 points
22. Ben Mallory 22 points
24. Greg Watkins 18 points
25. Jim Clark 17 points
26. Mike Rodriguez 16 points
26. David Weathers 16 points
28. Samuel Bransky 15 points
28. Alex Albrecht 15 points
30. Dain Melton 14 points
31. Ray Bransky 13 points
32. Jesse Mallory 12 points
33. Bill Travers 11 points
34. Dallas Thorpe 9 points
34. Clay Johnson 9 points
34. Rob Glatthaar 9 points
37. Gary Fowler 8 points
37. BJ LaRossa 8 points
39. Christopher Cook 7 points
40. Adam Tischler 6 points
40. Kareem Speake 6 points
42. Jeff Larsen 5 points
42. Walt Schafer 5 points
42. John Wiesinger 5 points
42. Sandy Speake 5 points
42. Jeff Ochs 5 points
47. Barry DeWitt 4 points
47. Steve Kodad 4 points
47. David Dura 4 points
47. Brian Strukan 4 points
51. Kevin Nye 3 points
51. Mark Wolford 3 points
51. Rylan Gustafson 3 points
51. Lawrence Livermore 3 points
51. Joshua Pasos 3 points
51. Derek Moffitt 3 points
51. Darrin Reichel 3 points
51. James Gilchrist 3 points
51. Jeff Davis 3 points
60. Jamison Watts 2 points
60. Marcos Ramirez 2 points
60. Charlie Geshekter 2 points
60. Mark Hendry 2 points
64. Evan LeVang 1 point
65. Brett Baker 1 point
66. Greg Hollis 1 point
67. Leif Peterson 1 point
68. Steve Watson 1 point
69. Rich Hogan 1 point
70. Skip Latham 1 point
71. James Hefner 1 point
72. Clay Johnson 1 point
73. Ken Petruzzelli 1 point
74. Shawn Fisher 1 point
75. John D'Ewart 1 point
76. Johnny Jones 1 point
77. Greg Melton 1 point
78. Paul Begbie 1 point

WOMEN'S CATEGORY OVERALL:
1. Michelle Nye 94 points
2. Margaret Jones 93 points
3. Janine Rood 62 points
4. Lisa Martens 57 points
5. Caryn Jones 44 points
6. Forough Molina 39 points
7. Janeen Thorpe 33 points
7. Tracy Berman 33 points
9. Jenn Gruber 32 points
10. Michelle Rossman 24 points
11. Christine Roberts 16 points
12. Christa Ritchey 14 points
13. Morgan Bonar 12 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