Teno and Booth Victorious at Fontana!

Southridge Winter Series #5   3/10/13

Todd Booth takes his first victory of the season with a win in the Vet Pro class.

Alex Teno had the fastest time of the day!  Teno won the Cat 1 43-50 class easily and took the overall victory for the series!

"Danger" Dave Culbertson rode to a 4th place finish in the Cat 2 50-59 class.  That was enough to put him 2nd overall for the series!

Island View Crit

Island View Crit   3/3/13

John Echeveste and Chris Brown dring the pace.  Photo by Carlos Soto

Alfredo Gallegos on the front.  Photo by Steve Weixel

Tom Anhalt on a break.  Photo by Steve Weixel

Images from Vail lake!

Photos from Roxanne Moore

Adam Poytress rode to a 4th place finish in the Cat 1 30-34 class.

Todd Booth had his hands full in the Cat 1 40-44 class.  With a crash in the last mile of the race

Booth ended up in 3rd place.

Alex Teno had his eyes on his main rival Tim Zandbergen.

Roger "007" Moore rode a smart race.

John Biron had a strong race with a 2nd place finish in the cat 1 50-54 class.

Tim Sparks racing to his victory in the Cat 1 Singlespeed division.

Francisco Vidal pushing the pace on the climbs!

Ted Williams handling the rough terrain with ease.

US Cup #1 Vail Lake

US Cup #1 Vail Lake   3/3/13

Written by Platinum rider Jon Miller

 It was perfect weather for the US Cup Cup opener in Vail Lake, Temecula, Ca. We were missing three of our riders, but the guys that showed up all had great results. 

The Cat 2 racers went off early, Platinum rider Cory Luce was having a solid race but had a flat and held a 2nd place finish.  "Danger" Dave Culbertson was stalking the leader of his class, and found that the technical nature of this venue was taxing his action. He fell back out of the top five. Better luck next time Dave ! 

The Cat 1 fields went off around 1:00 guns blazing. Platinum rider Adam Poytress's group was the first out on the course.  Adam rode a solid first race of the season to a respectable 4th place finish in the Cat 1 30-34 class.  Todd Booth's group was next out.  Todd was killing it, when he hit a super fast slippery section and lost both wheels. His head hit the ground first, he used his helmet to keep from loosing skin on the rest of his body, skidding along on that new Prevail $$, good thing it was a new helmet. An older one might not have held up to that kind of abuse. Wow !  Unfazed by this hi-speed get-off, he jumped back on his ride and stormed off, only loosing one position.  Todd finished 3rd in the Cat 1 40-44 group.  Next was Alex Teno and Roger Moore's group, Alex had fallen in a nasty off camber section, got a little hamburger knee, and lost some ground to the leader.  Alex took a 2nd in the Cat 1 45-49 division.  Then the 50 + with all the rest of us. The 50+ was quickly destroyed by Johnny O from the Industry Team, as he put in a decisive attack on the first climb, and distanced himself from the pack. In his wake there was a group of 7 or 8 of us including Platinum's Fransisco Vidal, John Biron, and Dean Swank all jockeying for position. It took about half a lap to sort things out with a lot of passing and re-passing. For a good part of lap 1, I could see Dean leading the group. At the bottom of the switchback climb chain issues all but sidelined him. I lost touch with the group soon after Dean threw his chain, and he and I worked off each other for the duration of lap one.  John Biron rode to a 2nd place finish in the Cat 1 50-54 race.  Jon Miller and Tim Sparks both took a 1st in the Cat 1 60-64 class and the Cat 1 Singlespeed class.  Dean Swank took a 2nd place finish in the Cat 1 55-59 division.  Ted Williams placed 3rd in the Cat 1 55-59 race.  Francisco Vidal rode to a 4th place finish in the very competitive Cat 1 50-54 class.  Craig Sisino finished 2nd in the Cat 1 Singlespeed class just behind Tim.

I'm super proud to be a part of this team. These guys are all warriors !!!  

Southridge Series #4

Southridge Series #4   2/23/13

Platinum rider Dean Swank (shown here) won the Cat 1 51-59 race with teammate Alex Teno winning the Cat 1 43-50 class.  Dave Culbertson pulled off a 3rd place finish in the Cat 2 51-59.