CAPITAL CUP DOWNHILL
Gravity Calendar Race #4
McHenry, MD

CAPITAL CUP DOWNHILL RESULTS
1. Trevyn Newpher...02:23...Snowshoe Mnt-Marin
2. Jason Memmelaar...02:24...Scott USA-Diablo
3. Jonathan Gabor...02:25...Action Wheels-Specialized
4. Benjamin Hulse...02:26...Lees-McRae College
5. Jason Beckley...02:27...MMR-Marin-Kenda
6. Dan Whitehead...02:27...RPR Racing
7. Sasha Merljak...02:28...Solid A Class-Diablo
8. Justin Gregory...02:31  
10. Robert Brien...02:36...Mad March-Marin
WOMEN
1. Kristin Cousin...03:02...Fat Kids
2. Hillary Elgert...03:02...Racer's Edge-Citybikes
3. Rae Gandolf...03:37...Sierra Nevada Brewing

The Capital Cup Downhill had absolutely no affect in the top positions of the 2008 Mountain Bike Gravity Calendar. What kind of a “series” is this? Okay, so it's a “calendar”, but it is treated like a series because overall champions are named at the end of the year. USA Cycling needs to get out of mountain biking promotion. Here are the current standings:

1. Rich Houseman...Yeti...182 points
2. Petr Hanak...Totally Wired...130
3. Kain Leonard...Crested Butte Acad-TLD-Maxxis...126
4. Eric Carter...Mongoose...108
5. Chris Boice...Fox Shox-Yeti...94
WOMEN
1. Melissa Buhl...KHS...270 points
2. Neven Steinmetz...Totally Wired...160
3. Jessica Vogt...Turner...159
4. Rachel Bauer...Dead Bros...93
5. Lisa Myklak...Spider-Black Mkt-Industry Nine...90
 
The fifth event on the Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar will
include the downhill, 4-Cross and Super D contests at Blast the Mass in
Snowmass, CO, July 12-13.