Sunday Aug 31st started clear and breezy in Caspar, and it stayed that way all day. The area at the start/finish line had some blowing dust but lots of trees calm the wind along the trails so conditions where great for pushing hard and all participants where ready to race at 10am. A large group came up from Sonoma County to ride the trails and test the locals. Mendocino has some great racers and Brian Astell from Mendo's South Coast took first place in the 21 mile advanced category. Brian arrived at the race with rear tire that had just gone flat on his motorcycle and his bike strapped to the back. He had no flats or other problems with his mountain bike, and after hanging with the lead group on the first lap he opened up a good lead and kept it through the finish line with a time of 1:45:14. Second place went to Ethan Black who was plus 02:26, and third was taken by Sean Allen who was only 02:32 back from first place on his single speed bike! Sean told me his back was hurting him before the race but it didn't seem to slow him down much. Gabe Cheese who easily won the race last year had stiff competition this year and came in forth.
The woman from Sonoma kicked butt in the advanced group with Sarah Campbell taking first, Ann Boggs came in second and, Heather Cafferata got third place.
The intermediate 14 mile race was won by Chris Loeffler in 1:28:44, Jessie New was 1:10 behind first and came in second beating Tom Charters, 1:11 back, who took third in a sprint for the finish line!
No one entered the beginning category although two riders dropped out and said one lap was enough for them.
Five rode single speeds with Sean Allen first, and David Desautels second in the 21 mile race. In the 14 mile race Adam Sherf took first, Rick Riley came in second, and Jiro Tulley was third.
Fort Bragg Cyclery donated two $75 gift certificates for first place men/woman, and two $25 certificates for second place men/woman. Third place winners had their choice of swag then all racers and volunteers had a free for all for leftovers.
Brian got his motorcycle tire fixed strapped on his bike and headed home. Sean Allen, and David Desautels hadn't had enough riding and took off to check out a new trail in the area. And the clean up crew consumed a quite a few malt beverages with anyone hanging out after the awards.
Catch a Canoe and Bikes Too, The Out Door Store, IMBA, and Fort Bragg Cyclery donated prizes. Down Home Foods provided fruit, coffee, and water. Mendocino Coast Cyclists provided help to set up and run the race.
THANK YOU to all the Caspar Classic sponsors and volunteers!
Let's do this again next year!
Caspar Classic Mountain Bike Race Lap Times
Lap #, Time, Total Time, Plate #, Name
Order per lap
1st,
1, 0:34:52, #41, Ethan Black / 2, 34:87, 1:09:39, #67, Brian Astell / 3, 35:75, 1:45:14, #67, Brian Astell
2nd,
1,0:34:53, #67, Brian Astell / 2, 35:82, 1:11:37, #59, Sean Allen / 3, 35:28, 1:47:40, #41, Ethan Black
3rd,
1, 0:35:41, #51, Gabe Cheese / 2, 36:61, 1:12:02, #51, Gabe Cheese / 3, 36:09, 1:47:46, #59, Sean Allen
4th,
1, 0:35:55, #59, Sean Allen / 2, 37:60, 1:12:12, #41, Ethan Black / 3, 36:20, 1:48:22, #51, Gabe Cheese
5th,
1, 0:36:40, #45, Riley Howard / 2, 35:94, 1:12:34, #45, Riley Howard / 3, 38.23, 1:50:57, #45, Riley Howard
6th,
1, 0:37:45, #44, Colby Pastore / 2, 39:69, 1:17:14, #44, Colby Pastore / 3, 38:99, 1:57:07, #61, Gabe Forsyth
7th,
1, 0:38:22, #48, Dirk Asch / 2, 39:80, 1:18:02, #48, Dirk Asch / 3, 40:01, 1:57:15, #44, Colby Pastore
8th,
1, 0:38:39, #61, Gabe Forsyth / 2, 39:69, 1:18:08, #61, Gabe Forsyth / 3, 40:22, 1:58:24, #48, Dirk Asch
9th,
1, 0:39:38, #42, Eric Gordon / 2, 41:80, 1:21:18, #42, Eric Gordon / 3, 40:82, 2:02:02, #62, Mark Tenzel
10th,
1, 0:40:15, #62, Marc Tenzel / 2, 41:05, 1:21:20, #62, Marc Tenzel / 3, 41:82, 2:03:00, #42, Eric Gordon
11th,
1, 0:40:39, #60, David Desautels / 2, 42:00, 1:22:39, #60, David Desautels / 3, 43:05, 2:05:44, #60, David Desautls
12th,
1, 0:40:46, #54, Rusty Hansen / 2, 45:87, 1:26:33, #54, Rusty Hansen / 3, 42:27, 2:09:40, #49, Sarah Campbell
13th,
1, 0:42:51, #52, Jessie New / 2, 42:71, 1:27:13, #49, Sarah Campbell / 3, 46:67, 2:13:00, #54, Rusty Hansen
14th,
1, 0:43:00, #58, Gary Calder / 2, 44:45, 1:27:45, #58, Gary Calder / 3, 44:93, 2:13:37, #68, Chris Loffler, Rode extra lap
15th,
1, 0:43:08, #66, Jacob Madden / 2, 44:08, 1:28:44, #68, Chris Loeffler / 3, 45:92, 2:13:37, #58, Gary Calder
16th,
1, 0:43:15, #36, Tom Charters / 2, 45:44, 1:28:52, #66, Jacob Madden / 3, 50:58, 2:21:10, #46, Ann Boggs
17th,
1, 0:44:36, #68, Chris Loeffler / 2, 46:83, 1:29:34, #52, Jessie New / 3, timing ended #50, Heather Cafferata
18th,
1, 0:44:42, #49, Sarah Campbell / 2, 46:19, 1:29:34, #36, Tom Charters / 3, " " # 53, Sheegan Addy
19th,
1, 0:44:43, #46, Ann Boggs / 2, 46:09, 1:30:52, #46, Ann Boggs / 3, " " #63, David Strode
20th,
1, 0:46:10, #38, Aaron Black / 2, 48:01, 1:34:11, #38, Aaron Black / 3, DNF #66, Jacob Madden
21st,
1, 0:46:33, #43, Adam Sherf / 2, 47:50, 1:34:50, #39, Tom Spinardl
22nd,
1, 0:47:00, #39, Tom Spinardl / 2, 48:19, 1:34:52, #43, Adam Sherf
23rd,
1, 0:49:05, #64, Mike Berna / 2, 49:41, 1:38:46, #64, Mike Berna
24th,
1, 0:50:05, #69, Rick Riley / 2, 49:93, 1:40:33, #55, Lucas Peterson
25th,
1, 0:50:40, #55, Lucas Peterson / 2, 50:37, 1:40:42, #69, Rick Riley
26th,
1, 0:50:42, #40, Chuck O'Brien / 2, 50:01, 1:41: 29, #37 Jiro Tulley
27th,
1, 0:51:15, #65, David Duncan / 2, 51:74, 1:42:14, #40, Chuck O'Brien
28th,
1, 0:51:26, #50, Heather Cafferata / 2, 51:13, 1:42:39, #50, Heather Cafferata
29th,
1, 0:51:28, #37, Jiro Tulley / 2, 53:76, 1:46:18, # 53, Sheegan Addy
30st,
1, 0:52:08, #53, Sheegan Addy / 2, 55:13, 1:46:28, #65, David Duncan
31nd,
1, 0:53:42, #34, Martin Johnson / 2, 54:65, 1:48:07, #34, Martin Johnson
32rd,
1, 0:56:38, #63, David Strode / 2, 1:13:68, 2:00:16, #63, David Strode
33th,
1, 0:57:50, #56, James Gay / 2, 1:03:63, 2:05:02, #47, Kim Krieger
34th,
1, 0:57:54, #57, Bill Popow / 2, DNF, #56, James Guy
35th,
