R.A.C.E. Events this weekend!!!

R.A.C.E. EVENTS THIS WEEKEND!:

Friday, July 29th - Friday Night Criterium - 6:00pm & 7:00pm


Saturday, July 30th - The Jonesville Road Race/Time Trial - 8:00am(Final Event in the 2011 Butte Hill Climb Time Trial Series)


Sunday, July 31st - The Upper Park Road Mountain Bike Time Trial - 9:00am


Monday, August 1st - The Bidwell Forest Short-Track Mountain Bike Race - 6:30pm - NEW EVENT!

R.A.C.E. INFORMATION:

All the R.A.C.E. Events are FREE to enter - the goal is to get you out there on your bicycles for fun & fitness!!

Friday, July 29th - The Friday Night Chico Airport Criterium - 6:00PM(As & Bs) & 7:00PM(Cs and Junior Races):

This event will be held at the Chico Airport Criterium course starting at 6:00pm(for As & Bs) and 7:00pm(for Category C and Kids race)! Registration will open at 5:40pm on Convair avenue at the Airport - with the first event starting promptly at 6:00pm. We'll be using our standard Tuesday/Friday Night Chico Airport Criterium course starting/finishing at Convair Avenue:
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Chico-Airport-Tuesday-Night-Crit-Course
Category "A" riders will go for 50 Minutes PLUS 3 laps, while Category "B" riders will go for 45 Minutes PLUS 3 laps - Women's Category/Masters Category picked separately. The Category C and Juniors Race will go for 20 Minutes PLUS 3 laps. Riders must sign in and wear a helmet in order to compete. Prime Points WILL count towards the 2011 Chico Airport Criterium Series.
RAIN OR WET PAVEMENT WILL ALWAYS CANCEL THIS EVENT!
Helmets are mandatory!
(Part of the 2011 Chico Airport Criterium Series!)

Saturday, July 30th - The Jonesville Road Race/Time Trial - 8:00AM:

Registration will open at 7:30am at the bottom of Humboldt Road here in Chico(right next to Stilson Canyon Road), with both the Category "A", Category "B" and Category "C" groups starting together promptly at 8:00AM. Women's, Juniors and Masters racers start together, but will be scored separately. This event was first held in June 2009 and proved to be a classic - see the 2009 Results listed below! The course is approximately 35.5 miles in length and climbs about 5,300+ feet from Chico to the Parking Lot up in Jonesville, California(a few miles past Butte Meadows). Same distance as the Messilla Valley Circuit Race.......but with almost twice as much climbing. I will be in the SAG Vehicle for support, water, breakdowns, whatever might be needed - and will be going back and forth on the course if there is a problem. I will have water & Clif Bars at the finish, but will not be able to give anyone a ride back to town.......so come prepared!! A map of this course can be found here:
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/42116024
HELD RAIN OR SHINE!
Helmets are mandatory!
(Final Race in the 2011 Butte Hill Climb Time Trial Series, and a 50-point event in the 2011 Butte Road R.A.C.E. Series!)

RESULTS FROM THE JUNE 7th, 2009 JONESVILLE ROAD RACE/TIME TRIAL:

1. Rich Thurman 2:06:06
2. Greg Golet 2:08:33
3. Paul McIntyre 2:08:37
4. Mike Smith 2:08:47
5. Alex Blease 2:09:08
6. Brad Foster 2:10:38
7. Jim Roberts 2:10:46
8. Kevin Speacht 2:15:53
9. Randy Moon 2:22:03
10. Josh Bullock 2:27:01
11. Mark Bloom 2:30:10 (1st Place in Category B!)
12. Ken Petruzzelli 2:31:25
13. Charlie Pelton 2:32:41
14. Matt Carlson 2:33:40
15. Steve Kodad 2:39:33
16. Mike Crumm 2:41:23
17. Forough Molina 2:41:30 (1st Place Woman!!!)
18. Greg Watkins 2:42:15
19. Elizabeth Brent 2:45:17 (2nd Place Woman!!!)
20. Bill Brent 2:52:29
21. Kristen Schonauer 3:10:12 (3rd Place Woman!!!)
22. Jim Mensching 3:24:35
23. Skip Lees 3:41:12
24. Mike Candela 3:47:48

Sunday, July 31st - The Upper Park Road Mountain Bike Time Trial - 9:00AM:

We held this off-road Upper Park Road Time Trial a few weeks ago and it a lot of fun!!! So, figured we'd try it again. This off-road Time Trial will start & finish at the Upper Park Road gate - just before the Upper Park Road turns to gravel, right near Horseshoe Lake. The course travels on Upper Park Road until the end - then comes back the same way - just an out-and-back off-road Time Trial. The start will be at the top of the hill - you will descend down the paved section to the gravel, and ride all the way until the end of Upper Park Road(turn around before it turns to single-track at the end!).......then back all the way to the start. The course is about 8.2 miles in length(or so - will get better measurements on the course and profile on R.A.C.E. day), with about 550 feet of total climbing. Cyclocross bikes and mountain bikes can be used - and runners are also welcome to give it a shot if they wish! Registration will open at 8:30am at the gate - with the 1st rider taking off at 9:01am......and, as usual, we will go in 1-minute intervals for this 4ish miles out, 4ish miles back in, off-road Time Trial. For an approximate map of the Mountain Bike Time Trial course, please visit the following link:
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/40155330/
RAIN OR CLOSED TRAILS WILL ALWAYS CANCEL THIS EVENT!
Helmets are mandatory!
(Part of the 2011 Mountain Bike R.A.C.E. Series!)

Monday, August 1st - The Bidwell Forest Mountain Bike Short-Track Race - NEW EVENT - 6:30pm:

Last Monday night's short-track race had 25 riders come out and it was a blast!!! So, thought we would give it another go! This race will start on the north side of the 5-Mile Recreation Area - near the dirt parking lot. Registration will open at 6:15pm for the 6:30pm start. The course will run through the single-track trails in "The Forest" in Upper Bidwell Park. This is an area just north of the 5-Mile Area - in between the 5-Mile and the entry to the North Rim Trail Parking Area. The course is VERY shaded and cool - great for summer racing - and is about 1.1 miles in length per lap......and is almost all single-track. The race will start and finish near the dirt parking area on the north end of 5-Mile, will be 40 minutes PLUS 2 laps. And, again, the course is about 1.1 miles in length, very shaded, and is ALL FLAT - no hills. The Course will be marked with flour arrows. We will race the course for 40 minutes, at which point I will give you the 2 laps to go sign. GREAT for beginners and Juniors - or those just wanting to get out on your mountain bikes for a spin! Can definitely use a cyclocross bike(Scott Heather won the race the 1st week on a cyclocross bike) - or even a road bike if you wanted - but is a mountain bike race. I will bring out ice water, as usual. For an approximate map of the course, please visit the MapMyRide link at:
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/43683470/
RAIN, WET TRAILS OR CLOSED TRAILS WILL ALWAYS CANCEL THIS EVENT.
Helmets are mandatory!
(Part of the 2011 Mountain Bike R.A.C.E. Series!)


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