Richmond Park 2011

Richmond Park provided some great racing for the spectators. The tough climb and the cobblestone ditch were a hit based on the noise I heard coming from those areas all day long. Please thank the Rapid Wheelman for the course design and hotdogs, they must be exhausted coming fresh off the Colorburst Tour that they organized this weekend as well. We should all be thankful for all the hard work so many dedicated volunteer cyclists put in that make our community so awesome!

Next week is the Jon Muller Memorial Race held at Manhattan Park. Jon was an avid cyclist and only 47 years old when he died from an apparent heart attack while riding his mountain bike two weekends ago. Jon was very involved with youth cycling and also participated at Kisscross when he had the chance. We would like to dedicate the Manhattan Park race to Jon and his family. Please make a donation to his daughters college fund next Sunday at the registration table. A portion of your $20 entry fee will also be donated by Kisscross Events and Hup United. Learn more about Jon from this Grand Rapids Press article.

Next week is the last chance to purchase some Bianchi raffle tickets for frame number one. We will announce and post the winning number after the race. Frame number two will begin at the Caledonia race and all proceeds from that frame will go directly to MiSCA (Michigan Scholastic Cycling Association).

Move ups this week are Shane O-Hearon and Matt Graves. I would also like to ask racers that are racing a second lower category race as a warm up to start a lap down, ease up if you are leading the race and let the under classman have their moment or simply leave your tag off the spindle.