24 Hours of Matanuska Results

CLICK THIS LINK FOR DANIEL'S PHOTOS OF THE RACE!

What a blast! Weather cooperated perfectly and there were so many enthusiastic, FUN, inspirational people out there! It was really, truly incredible to see so many people riding for so long, so hard and still smiling (for the most part) when they came through the start/finish.















A huge thanks to Greg from Speedway who organized the whole dang thing, and to all the folks that volunteered their time to help set up and take down the course. Also, Bob & Meg Stehn, our timers, were absolutely and completely amazing. They were the best timers that this race has ever seen, or will probably ever see again.

If you have any PHOTOS you would like to share, email them to megpiersma@gmail.com.

DANG, what a good time!!!

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LAP TIMES
FINAL TIMES

NEXT RACE:
Tuesday, July 5 : Bartlett Short Track (more info soon)

24 Hours of Matanuska

Saturday & Sunday, June 25-26, 2011

Registration and number plate pickup at Speedway Cycles
TODAY AND TOMORROW, June 23 & 24, until 7pm!

Where: Kepler-Bradley State Recreation Site, located approximately one mile east of the Parks HWY/Glenn HWY interchange (go towards Palmer). Entrance to the park is on the north side of the Glenn HWY (look for the brown state park signage).
Cost: $100 per racer
Categories: 6, 12 or 24 hour race; solo, duo or quad teams
Race Start: Saturday at noon

COURSE MAP

You MUST be over 18 years of age to compete (sorry, UAF landowner rules!).

Please fill out and send in (via mail or drop it off at Speedway Cycles on Spenard) the Registration Form and the Race Waiver, along with your payment (checks made out to Arctic Bike Club) by 7pm, Friday, June 24.

Every member of your team must fill out a waiver and submit it along with the registration form.


Come on out and ride an awesome course, hang around the fire with fun people and get the most out of Alaska's longest daylight hours by staying up all night!


Questions?
Call or email Greg at Speedway Cycles: 222-1967, speedway.ak@gmail.com

Kincaid XC #2 Results

Thank you to everyone that came out and enjoyed the beautiful weather last night! We had another very strong showing - 83 racers!

Again, keep your bib for the rest of the race season and remember to put your bear bell on your bike from here on out! Moose were out last night and there was a possible bear sighting - better safe than sorry, folks.

FULL RESULTS

Points after Kincaid XC #2

Kincaid XC #2

Tuesday, June 21, 7pm

• Race Registration: 5:45-6:45pm (we're opening a tad earlier so that we can start the race on time - please note that registration ENDS promptly at 6:45pm)
  
• Pre-Race Meeting: 6:45pm
  
• Race Start: 7pm sharp
• Cost: $75 for the series (6 races, get one race free!) or $15 per race, under 18 always race free
  
• Helmets are required.
• BEAR BELLS ARE REQUIRED - not just for animals, but also for non-racing park-goers!
  
• You must be an ABC member to race - go HERE. We will not be accepting ANY membership fees during race registration, so please, please join online before the race!
  
• RACE MAP - please note that this is a PRELIMINARY map... it may change over the next week as we get out there and clear trails...
  

Directions to parking and race start:
From Minnesota, head west on Raspberry Road. Follow Raspberry through Jewel Lake Rd, past Sand Lake Rd. and past the big Kincaid Park sign. Wind your way through Kincaid Park, past the Raspberry parking lot (which will be on your right) and under the big ski bridge. Parking will be in the big lot below the Chalet on your right (the stadium lot). Registration will be in the western most corner of the lot. The race start and finish will be in the stadium below the chalet.

Race format:
Experts ride 3 laps and depart at 7:00pm. Sport/Master riders have 2 laps and depart at 7:01pm. Beginners/Juniors ride 1 lap and depart at 7:03pm.

Points Series:
This race is the second race that will count in a series of races for POINTS. All of the Kincaid races will earn you points depending on how well you place in the race. After the last Kincaid race, the points will be tallied and awards will be given at the BBQ! Watch for the points breakdown, which will be included in the results.

Questions? Email Megan at megpiersma@gmail.com or call 440-9928.

Kincaid XC #1 Results

Thank you to everyone that came out and cranked it! There were easily 400 people at the stadium for the full XC race and the Mighty Bikes race/ride. Incredible to see so many people psyched about mountain biking!

One thing I want to mention before I forget:
KEEP YOUR BIB!
You will use the same bib all season.
Don't throw it away because a new bib will cost you $5. Yep, $5.

FULL RESULTS HERE!
updated 4pm 6/9

GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE - YOU ALL ROCKED IT OUT THERE! Seriously.

next race: Tuesday, June 21, Kincaid XC #2
24 Hours of Matanuska June 25 & 26

Kincaid XC #1

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

DON'T LET THE RAIN SEND YOU HOME -
MTB RACES ARE ALWAYS MORE EXCITING WHEN MUD IS INVOLVED!

• Race Registration: 6:00-6:45pm
• Pre-Race Meeting: 6:45pm
  
• Race Start: 7pm sharp
• Cost: $75 for the series (6 races, get one race free!) or $15 per race, under 18 always race free
  
• Helmets are required.
• BEAR BELLS ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - not just for animals, but also for non-racing park-goers!
  
• You must be an ABC member to race - go HERE. We will not be accepting ANY membership fees during race registration, so please, please join online before the race!
  
• RACE MAP: JPEG, PDF (please note that this is a new map as of 3:40pm on Monday, the 6th)
  

Directions to parking and race start:
From Minnesota, head west on Raspberry Road. Follow Raspberry through Jewel Lake Rd, past Sand Lake Rd. and past the big Kincaid Park sign. Wind your way through Kincaid Park, past the Raspberry parking lot (which will be on your right) and under the big ski bridge. Parking will be in the big lot below the Chalet on your right (the stadium lot). Registration will be in the western most corner of the lot. The race start and finish will be in the stadium below the chalet.

Race format:
Experts ride 3 laps and depart at 7:00pm. Sport/Master riders have 2 laps and depart at 7:01pm. Beginners/Juniors ride 1 lap and depart at 7:03pm.

Points Series:
This race is the first race that will count in a series of races for POINTS. All of the Kincaid races will earn you points depending on how well you place in the race. After the last Kincaid race, the points will be tallied and awards will be given at the BBQ! Watch for the points breakdown, which will be included in the results.

Questions? Email Megan at megpiersma@gmail.com or call 440-9928.

Downhill Dome Results

Sorry it's taken me so long to get these results posted... been experiencing some technical difficulties.

Saturday's Downhill Dome was a blast! We had 13 racers brave the course (and with what appeared to be to two pretty wicked endo's resulting in bloody faces, I really do mean brave) during some really great weather. The long push up is definitely worth the short thrill ride down. The winner, Mark Elfstrom, TORE down the mountain like he was being chased by a jaguar in the jungle. Pretty impressive.

1) Mark Elfstrom 8 minutes and 38 seconds
2) Kevin Murphy 9:53
3) Bruce Ross 10:16
4) Jed Ullrich 10:35
5) Allen Garrett 10:50
6) Darren Mattingly 11:02
7) Jessie Donahue 11:30
8) Collin O'Farrell 11:55
9) Doug Gray 12:06
10) Ray Huot 12:12
11) Ivy Pedersen 16:38
12) Amy Cornelius 17:35
13) Carl Smith DNF