NorCal Championship Series Returns for 2009

It looks like Team Bigfoot will organizing the NorCal Championship series again this year. While they are still settling a few dates, the races appear to be locked in:

2009 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Napa Valley Dirt Classic, April 5, Angwin, Cross Country
Lemurian Classic, Whiskeytown Lake, April 25, Cross Country
Gravity Day, Weaverville, (Date TBD). Super-D, Downhill
Skyline Park Mountain Bike Race, June 14, Napa, Cross Country
Howell Mountain Classic, August 9, Angwin, XC, Cross Country
Whiskeytown Classic, (Date TBD) Whiskeytown Lake, Sept. Cross Country, Short-Track, Super D
CCCX, (2 dates TBD), Fort Ord, Cross Country
CCCX, (2 dates TBD), Toro Park, Downhill
CCCX, (2 dates TBD), Toro Park, Super-D
Lagrange Fall Classic, Weaverville, Oct. 16-18, Cross Country, Downhill, Short-Track, Super-D

The Team Bigfoot Solo Cup endurance series will be back with the following events:
12 Hours of Weaverville, Weaverville
12 Hours of Humboldt, Arcata
Clikapudi Six to Midnight, Shasta Lake
Whiskeytown 9 to 5, Whiskeytown Lake
24 Hours of Whiskeytown , Whiskeytown Lake

Via Team Bigfoot.

I'll add these to the schedule as soon as they get dates.

Gravity Day 08 Results

Results for Team Bigfoot's Gravity Day have been posted:

• Super-D results
• DH Results

Congrats to Super D winners Matt Wittler, who edged Justin Graves for the Men's Pro, and Heidi Faller, who took the Women's Pro. Don't feel too bad for Justin, though -- he took the Men's Pro DH win. Gossett Sebray was the top female DH racer.

Norcal MTB Racing This Weekend: Memorial Day

It's a big holiday weekend of MTB racing in NorCal:

Saturday (5/24): Going south towards the coast, you have the first CCCX Cross Country (XC) race since April. It's the last XC race of the series that will be held at Toro Park (instead of the usual Fort Ord). For those of you in the Sierras (and not at Northstar), the second leg of the Nevada Cup, Gardnerville's Pine Nut Cracker is also Saturday. Finally, for those of you looking for a longer ride, Team Bigfoot's 12 Hours of Weaverville will be the third race in the Silver Cup of the Solo series.

Sunday (5/25): Closer to the Bay Area, the 2008 Friends of Tamarancho headlines the Fairfax Fat Tire Festival. A cross country (XC) race held on Tamarancho Boy Scout Camp trails. Also on Sunday, the second day of CCCX racing brings the CCCX Spring DH #6 to Toro Park near Monterey. The course is described as:

"The race route for the May 25 DH will be fast and wide open in most sections, as well as tight and technical in others. Many of the technical corners are extremely challenging due to loose dirt combined with the off camber nature of the trails. Set up speed and braking into the corners will determine who can get thru the turns and onto the the speedy finishing portions of the route fastest. This race route will have possibly the highest overall speeds of all the courses used for the CCCX Series."

Finally, there is also another day of racing up North. Team Bigfoot presents the second race in the NorCal Super D and DH series in Weaverville with the 2008 Gravity Day.

2008 Team Bigfoot Schedule

Team Bigfoot has announced their 2008 Endurance (6 / 8/ 24 hour) and MTB schedule. The schedule is similar to year's past, with the glaring exception of the Bigfoot Classic (It appears that the rumors on it's demise were true). On the plus side, it looks like there might be a new six hour endurance race.

MOUNTAIN BIKE EVENTS

• 03/29/08: Pre-Otter CANCELLED - Short-Track XC (Arcata, CA)
• 05/25/08: Gravity Day - Super-D, Downhill (Weaverville, CA)
• 09/19/08 09/27/08: Whiskeytown Classic - Short-Track XC, Super-D, Cross-Country (Whiskeytown Lake, CA)
• 10/17/08: LaGrange Fall Classic - Super-D, Cross-Country, Short-Track XC, Downhill (Weaverville, CA)

MOUNTAIN BIKE ENDURANCE EVENTS

• 05/24/08: 12 Hours of Weaverville (Weaverville, CA)
• 08/09/08 08/16/08: 12 Hours of Humboldt (Arcata, CA)
• 08/09/08: 24 Hours of Humboldt * (Arcata, CA)
• 09/06/08: Clikapudi Six to Midnight (Shasta Lake, CA)
• 10/06/08: Whiskeytown Nine to Five (Whiskeytown Lake, CA)
• 10/06/08: 24 Hours of Whiskeytown * (Whiskeytown Lake, CA)

* These events are tentative pending sponsorship & city approval

RACE RESULTS: Gravity Day

Team Bigfoot has posted the results for last weekend's Gravity Day. Congratulations to Rick Olson, who won the downhill MTB competition, and Scott Fellers, who took the Cytomax Super D.

The 12 hours of Weaverville results should be up on Friday or Saturday (computer glitch).