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westlake update

From Chris Riccardi:

Westlake Racers -

At this time the 8/31/10 and 9/7/10 race dates are cancelled.

The remaining dates in Sept. are tentative.

Westlake city engineering has confirmed that resurfacing of Ranney Parkway is scheduled to begin this Tues. 8/31/10. They estimate that completion will take 2-4 weeks. They will have a better idea after they look at the milled concrete surface to determine how much concrete repair has to be done. Curbs will remain concrete and be repaired as needed. New road surface will be asphalt butted against the concrete curbs. We may be able to race once the 1st rough coat of asphalt is down, depending on timing.

Look for a follow-up email around 9/9-9/10...I hope to have progress update around then.

Hill Climb TT

This Thursday (8/26), the course for Jim's TT will move from Leroy to Mitchell's Mill. (map) Parking is available at Chardon Township Park on Auburn Road just south of Mentor Road.

westlake is on for 8/24

The westlake training series continues this week (Tuesday, 8/24) as normal, however, road construction on the course might start soon.

power outage

The CRC web server was down today (Sunday, August 15th) due to a power outage. The server is back online.

It's almost time for 'cross!

CRC's Cyclocross race will be part of the new Northeast Ohio Cyclocross Series and will be October 17. Stay tuned for more information.

Victory!

Chris Nicula won the Cat 4/5 final stage of the TOTV. More details later.

Medina Twin Sizzler

CRC had 9 members competing at this years Medina Twin Sizzler in various races. The weather was perfect, the race was well organized as usual, and the course was unchanged. This is a local favorite due to the rolling 27 mile route with police escort and variety of races to enter. CRC ended the day with a few top 5 finishers:

In the 24-29 Citizen race, Eric Johnson was the sole CRC rider and came across the line 3rd within a bike length of 1st and 2nd.

In the 19-34 Expert race, Max Fowler (in from his home in Denver, CO) and Chris Nicula were representing CRC. The race split up a few times and mixed in with the 35+ Expert field. Chris finished 4th and Max came across in 6th.

Brian Meyer was the sole member in the 40-44 Citizen race. Brian got caught off guard but still ended with a 6-7th place finish.

Rob Myers raced in the 45-49 Citizens and finished 6th.

The 50-54 Citizens included 4 CRC riders. One of the cops escorting the race managed to slow down and thus split up this group early on for reasons still unknown. Daryl Breedlove was the top finisher with 4th or 5th followed closely by Mike Poremba a few spots back, then with Dave Walkowiak and Al Dottore finishing with the rest of the field.

Next up: Tour of the Valley.