Not quite yet satisfied with the state of affairs of American mountain bike racing, Southridge Racing Club's Donny Jackson continues to shake things up. New for 2009 is a complete restructuring of the age breakdowns in each racing division. After studdying the finish times of the individual age brackets, Don reshuffled the divisions so that it would guarantee closer racing. So far it’s working. The restructuring has led to stacked classes and more intense racing this year. The Shimano Winter Series is presented by Subaru.
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Shimano, KHS, Subaru, ODI, Mr. Dirt, Giant, SixSixOne, Chumba Racing, Proghorn,
Division 26, Dainese and The City of Fontana were on hand to offer full support.
Expert start: Robert Himki, Wade Arnold, Tim Zandbergen, Wayne Hermes, Marc Lundgren,
David Stowell, Eddie Arnet, Stephen Smith, Glen Fraser, Ben Eisley and Ralph Bonnin.
On the second lap Eric Bierman, eventually Pro winner Robert Herber and Michael Hansen,
Romolo Forcino and Greg Buhl were still this close.
Monique "Pua" Sawicki flies up a new section of trail and on to finish in an impressive time that
would have earned 5th in Men’s Pro.
Krista Park chased hard after Monique. Krista travels the States racing mountain bikes and
last year, won the 24 Hours in the Old Pueblo and the New Mexico Super D Championship.
Wade Arnold on a new section of course that drops down to street level. Ex Supercross
Champion Mike Bell follows and Jeff Mabry sets up for the same shortcut option.
Road pro Brenda Lyons (630) took 1st Open Woman. Coming up on her is MBA Test Rider Jon Buckell--1st 19-26 Sport, 3rd Pro Super D and 5th in Pro Downhill.
Instead of yelling, Bear Valley Bike’s Pro Derek Hermon (back) encourages top 9-10 rider Cole Avery.
That is 19-26 Expert Nicholas Jacobs (210E) followed by winning 18- Expert Garrett Garcia.
RESULTS
CROSS-COUNTRY
1. David Santos...Exp 19-26...01:42:07.57
2. Robert Herber...Pro...01:42:29.04
3. Eric Bierman...Pro...01:42:29.93
4. Michael Hansen...Pro...01:45:42.42
5. Tim Zandbergen...Exp 43-50...01:47:20.47
6. Romolo Forcino...Pro...01:48:03.34
7. Monique "Pua" Sawicki...Female pro...01:48:05.57
8. Griffith Vertican...Exp 27-34...01:48:57.11
9. Yoshioi Garcia...Exp 19-26...01:48:58.69
10. John Parson...Exp 19-26...01:49:09.17
Top 35-42: Jon Flagg...01:49:15.53
Top Exp 18-: Garrett Garcia...01:55:18.68
Top 51-58: Dean Swank...01:59:04.35
Top 59+: David Ortega...02:17:05.45
FASTEST WOMEN
1. Monique "Pua" Sawicki
2. Krista Park...Pro...01:59:46.65
3. Brenda Lyons...Open...02:10:31.41
4. Alexis Jones...Open...02:16:55.93
5. Essence Barton...Open...02:23:54.81
TOP TEN 2-LAP RIDERS
1. Terry Watkins...Spt 27-34...01:28:48.85
2. Bob Harpster...Spt 51-59...01:29:03.13
3. Jon Buckell...Spt 19-26...01:29:41.37
4. Mark Milam...Spt 43-50...01:29:41.77
5. Rod Leveque...Sng Spd 34-...01:30:03.73
6. Derric Swinfard...Spt 35-42...01:30:06.12
7. Mike Bell...Spt 51-59...01:30:34.99
8. Eric Hunner...Sng Spd 34-...01:32:31.66
9. Steve Wright...Spt 51-59...01:33:24.92
10. Todd Park...Sng Spd 35+...01:34:10.79
Top Spt 59+: John Clemmitt...02:40:50.24
WOMEN
1. Vicki Chernoff...Spt Wmn 35+...01:43:43.13
2. Natalie Bann...Spt Wmn 34-...02:15:43.40
3. Genny Devries...Spt Wmn 35+...02:42:01.84
TOP TEN 1-LAP RIDERS
1. Sjon Mcgookin...Beg 35-42...01:03:59.45
2. Kevin Busher...Beg 27-34...01:04:40.42
3. Bryan Brusick...Beg 27-34...01:05:40.86
4. Andrew Hart...200+...01:06:23.00
5. Matt Dodd...200+...01:07:13.14
6. Dan Schonberg...Beg 35-42...01:11:53.16
7. Matt Sullivan...Beg 35-42...01:13:17.40
8. Fernando Camarena...Beg 35-42...01:13:24.61
9. Robert Morales...Beg 27-34...01:13:50.19
10. Rich Fersch...200+...01:14:11.47
Top Beg 51-58: Bill Woody...01:21:14.78
Top Beg 9-10: Cole Avery...01:21:54.29
Top Beg 43-50: Matt Brydin...01:28:13.22
Top Beg 59+: David Buckell...01:35:30.51
WOMEN
1. Meredith Perry...Beg Wmn 34-...01:28:21.77
2. Loran Langford...Beg Wmn 34-...01:32:23.74
3. Priscilla Policar...Beg Wmn 34-...01:37:20.31
4. Kim Finch...Beg Wmn 35+...01:25:49.00
SUPER D
1. Ely Woody...Pro...07:01.74
2. Eric Bierman...Pro...07:14.36
3. David Santos...Exp...07:22.10
4. Michael Darter...Exp...07:27.87
5. Jon Buckell...Pro...08:13.77
6. Nash Ulmer...Pro...08:32.11
7. Brian Crooks...Exp...08:33.75
8. Alex Maslov...Exp...08:42.79
9. Rob Whyte...Spt...08:57.70
10. Andrew Hart...Spt...09:06.05
TOP SUPER D BEGINNERS
1 Kevin Busher...Beg...09:12.58
2 Christian Soleta...Beg...09:47.01
3 Nick Benko...Beg...10:07.72
4 Gilbert Cazessus...Beg...11:24.90
5 Marcelo Gaete...Beg...11:51.55
6 Joe Solancho...Beg...12:46.24
7 Moe Ramirez...Beg...13:20.21
8 Vincent Roldan...Beg...14:17.81
Cory Peterson...18-...14:17.81