Race Duo for 55/60+ Racers in Los Olivos/Goleta- Part 1

By John McKee

It's the weekend of Jan. 28th and 29th, 2012. Time for Poor College Kids Road Race and Mothballs Criterium. A great double of racing. The racers split between staying up in the area and driving up before the races. Tough drive early but the traffic would be light. I stayed at the Andersen's in Buelton as did Monty Pettus, his wife and son. Short drive from there to the PCKRR start area. New area for registration, parking, start and finish. The course itself was the same. An out and back course down a narrow country road with wineries everywhere including Fess Parkers. A special note about Monty. He came home of course with his wife, son and their 2 bikes and all the luggage in his Prius. Not just that but an additional 36 bottles of wine. Now that was a good packing job!
The field size was good at 38 with 25 of the racers 55+. Defending champs Gary Shuey in 55+ and Bob Wright in 60+ didn't make it. No matter. There were plenty of guys that wanted to fill their shoes. UC Cyclery was out in force. This was a targeted race for them. At least 8 riders were in the white and green kits.
The weather was cold but dry. It could have been colder. The temp was in the low 40s when the riders started at 7:55 am. We were starting after the cat 5s.
The first climb is not that hard with a gentler slope than coming back toward home. The first victim of the race was Alex Collins. His seatpost dropped on him and he went off the back. The slope on the other side of the hill was pretty steep and the pack hit speeds well in excess of 40 mph. Wisely everyone spread out and gave themselves some room to maneuver. Once down the steepest part the group consolidated. The road was quite narrow and was nearly impossible to move up.
The course was almost totally downhill to the turnaround so no one was in danger of being dropped. At the turnaround it was very tight and those up front sprinted away after around the corner while the riders in the middle and the back were still waiting to turnaround. It really stretched things out. The slope started back up and the wind was now in everyone's face. After about a mile the pressure was taken off. I know I was about to snap having ridden in the very back of the pack. Tempo riding was the order of the day on the rest of the way back to the steepest climb. UCC was using Steve Horine and Mike Mueller to do the work coming back. Either doing hard tempo or going off the front to be chased by the pack or if things were just right, stay off the front. UCC was holding Mark Huffman and Paul Rodiguez in the pack for a latter time. It was no surprise that everyone was together coming to the pendulum point of the race. The steepest part of the climb.
Mike Mueller jetted off the front. He used his superior climbing ability to separate from the field. An unknown/clubless rider by the name of Owen Thomas went with Mike and they went over the top ahead of everyone. Mike Birditt was in damage control and keeping the leaders to a reasonable distance away and staying near Mark Hoffenberg. Mike and Mark went over the top next and started a hardy chase of the leaders. Pretty soon the chase group was between 15 and 20 with 5 60+ racers-Jon Miller, Howard Miller, Glenn Baldwin, Steve Bernede and Jean Villiot. Mike Birditt's trusty lieutenant Kim Bleth went to the front and started a furious chase. Mueller and Thomas were working together in front but were caught before the turn for home.
The rest of the field was scattered along the road. I was near the back and motor ref John Rubcic came up to me and seeing I wasn't climbing that great, gave me some advice "breathe deep John breathe deep".  I kept my teammate Monty Pettus in sight and joined up with him on the way down. We caught the 2nd chase group including Don Kimper(Don was complaining loudly after the race about his new Sram cassette but Don you have to try your new stuff in training before you race). Monty had his sights on the next chase group that included Steve Borer but we ran out of time.
Back to the leaders. All together and they all turn for home. Left turn after the cones and the group will have the entire road to race on to the top and the finish line or so they thought. The owner of the property that we parked on had come out of one of his dirt roads between the CHP road blocks and was coming down the road toward the riders. Yikes! Everyone smartly moved to the right and out of harm's way. UCC with their numbers decided to lead it out. There was 1 kilometer to go after the left turn but it was uphill and the last 100 meters really kicked up. Mike Mueller and Paul Rodriquez took flight. Mike "The Stalker" Birditt was marking them closely. Waiting for the right time to jump.
In 60+ action, Jon Miller coming off another successful cyclocross season was in the mix along with Steve Bernede, Glen Baldwin(Glen was so quiet Monty and I never saw him. I guess we never got near the front, Lol), and Howard Miller. Howard did Turnbull Canyon 20 times the prior week and got his climbing legs fit. Howard and I are usually pretty close in climbing but he left me in the dust.
"The Stalker" saw his opportunity when he saw the finishing stand that had Eric Smith and the other officials on it. Mike was all in! It was uphill and kicked up sharply but Mike eats this type of finish up. The last 20 meters kicks up even more and Mike was in the lead but felt like he was tying up. Mark Hoffenberg was right there and charging with his young 55+ legs. Mark Huffman who was UCC's sit in mate was throwing it down as well. Mark had been seen on the Wed. Camp Pendleton training ride and and was known to be sharp.
Mike Birditt was able to hang on for 1st place. Nice job, Mike!. Mike raised his right arm which blocked his numbers view to the officials and Eric. Mike got a lecture from Eric after the race but he still won! Hoffy came in 2nd and Huffy was 3rd. Albert Shorts of Velo Allegro had chosen to sit in this race rather than work for his brother like in prior events. Al has been doing climbing training lately and it was paying off. Al Shorts sprinted across the line in 4th place. A good result for Al. Al was followed in by Thompson, Cahill, Luke, Hoblit, Raymond, Mueller, Rino B., and Ricky Shorts. Ricky had made a chicky move on the left turn up the hill but everyone saw it was Ricky and just thought "Well that's Ricky".
The finish of the 60+ race was in the mix of the 55+ racers. Howard wasn't totally sure where he finished but saw he was about 6 inches behind Jon "Wave Dog" Miller after Jon passed him just before the line. This is his nickname for himself. I assume Jon is a former surfer? Jon had charged up the right side just inches from the dirt passing riders as he went. Glen "Quiet Man" Baldwin was 3rd and the favorite as I saw it Steve "Loyal" Bernede was 4th. Jean Villiot was 5th place. Jean is coming back from a very bad crash that damaged his hip. Glad to see him back racing. Steve Borer was in the 2nd wave and placed 6th in 60+. Monty Pettus, myself and Don Kimper were in the 3rd wave and placed 7, 8 and 9.
The PCKRR was a fair and good road race. The course isn't the most exciting or the hardest but certainly hard enough. Like to have seen the hardest part early rather than late. The pack was very edgy and there were a few near misses as far as crashes. It was a good turnout for such an early start. The weather wasn't near as cold as it could have been. Great place actually to set up for the race. The finish was improved and quite good. The parking area could have held many more cars and RVs then were there. It certainly could have held a "mile of cars"(the first person that knows the movie reference here wins a prize). Thanks to all the guys that came out and I know most traveled a long ways to get here. It took me 3 hours to get to the Andersen's in Buelton from my house. Results below. That's all for now folks! Train hard and race safe!

John "Wave Dog" Miller- Winner 60+

 

Mike "The Stalker" Birditt- Winner 55+

Poor College Kids Road Race  (Rank 2.0)
Masters 60+
Place	License	Name	Team	SoCal Points
1	167489	Jon Miller	Platinum Performance Cycling Team	28
2	49424	Howard Miller	OCW/Paramount Racing	22
3	45047	Glenn Baldwin	SLO Nexus-Gym One	20
4	126351	Steve Bernede		18
5	59805	Jean Villiot	CA Pools /CFS Mortgage	16
6	245777	Steven Borer	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	14
7	219074	Leo Pettus	Paramount Racing	12
8	180386	John McKee	Paramount Racing	10
9	195498	Donald Kimper	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	8
10	170779	Edgardo Potes	Bike Palace	6
11	269972	Fred Haim	Velo Club LaGrange	4

 

Poor College Kids Road Race  (Rank 2.0)
Masters 55+
Place	License	Name	Team	SoCal Points
1	47255	Michael Birditt	Spy-Swami's Cycling Team	28
2	45461	Mark Hoffenberg	Sho-air/Rock 'n Road	22
3	59572	Mark Huffman	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	20
4	230085	Albert Shorts	Velo Allegro	18
5	193819	Chuck Thompson	Polli Veloce	16
6	204724	Steve Cahill	Celo Pacific	14
7	21803	John Luke	Santa Clarita Velo	12
8	16360	Fred Hoblit	Santa Clarita Velo	10
9	148853	Dale Raymond	Southern California Velo	8
10	46688	Michael Mueller	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	6
11	49110	Rino Barbagiovanni	Santa Clarita Velo	4
12	52251	Ricky Shorts	Velo Allegro	2
13	341568	Owen Thomas		0
14	49191	Kim Bleth	Swami's Cycling Club	0
15	58847	Paul Rodriguez	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	0
16	1254	Mark Ainslie		0
17	195618	Stephen Horine	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	0
18	141141	Steve Nelson	Echelon Santa Barbara	0
19	195285	Kenneth Neumeyer		0
20	352540	Scotty Bohlman	Jessup Auto Plaza p/b P.S. Cyclery	0
21	50765	Richard Roberson	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	0
22	364971	John Johnson		0
23	106989	Pato Munoz	Velo Allegro	0
24	189931	Kasey Haws		0
25	46255	Alex Collins	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	0

1st 2012 CBR 55/60+ RACE DRAWS LARGE CROWD

By John McKee

It's Sunday Jan. 22nd, 2012 and time for the 1st CBR race of the year and the 1st CBR race under the umbrella of the local USAC affiliate, the SCNCA. The 55/60+ racers had moved up the food chain in the off season and were going to start around 10 am. Awesome start time but as the winter progressed we got moved earlier and earlier until we ended up at 8:15 am. Better than the 7:35 am from last year. Since CBR was now a USA Cycling promoter a second license wasn't needed but Chris got creative and came up with the idea of the "Loyalty Club". For $50 you got a reduced fee at all the races. At 6 or 7 races it pays off. OK, I'm in. Chris and Vera produce good events so I don't have a problem with this.
I was surprised then to see what a large field the 55/60+ racers had. No Loyalty Club and no pre reg and the entry fee nears $40. Ontario had 48 racers for their 1st event and the Dom. Hills CBR event had 66! Wow!!! 9 short of a sell out. The large turnout was due to the 55s. The 55s are driving the field sizes. There were 19 60+ racers. Not sure why so many racers drop out when they get in their 60s. I say good job to all the 60s that came out and raced with younger riders.
There were cars and riders everywhere when I got to Dom. Hills around 7:10 am. Pretty long lines at reg but they moved pretty fast. I never feel like I have enough time to get ready for a race. By the time I got my number on I forgot about getting on my trainer and just started riding around. My stomach was killing me and my right leg wasn't feeling that great. I have had a short bout of sciatica this week and visited my chiro, Dr. Richard Olson earlier in the week. All week and  this is the worst my leg has felt. Damn and a large field to fight. We got called to the line and there were riders everywhere. Damn. The race started a little late but once the gun went off it started fast. I still wasn't feeling that good and was in the back. Everyone seemed to be going fast and I was thinking "Mother of mercy...is this the end of Rico?". After a couple of laps I started feeling better physically and mentally. I started to get in the flow of the race. I have done this course so many times.
The pace was brisk early but not much happened. I just wanted to get the race over with. The standard blender action was going on with some snake moves, etc. A prime lap came up about half way through the race for a free entry. Gary Shuey of Spy-Swami's went for it and took the prime. Mark Hoffenberg countered off of Gary. Mark just aged up to 55 and was expected to make a big impact on this category. Mark has a long history of being a strong rider and his Sho Air/Rock n Road teammates are strong as well with just aged up Dan Nicolette and Henry Schnepf who is 57 in 2012.
Mark was soon joined by Mike Birditt and then John Luke of Santa Clarita Velo. We all know about Mike but John is new to us and just starting racing some last year. He gets the thumbs up by Mike Birditt for being a strong rider. Ricky Shorts of Velo Allegro made it 4. As I heard it, all the riders were taking pulls. The foursome was joined by Steve Cahill, Fred Hoblit and a party unknown at this time. Fred is also with Santa Clarita Velo so they had 2 members in the break group. The break group moved along but didn't make consistent headway. There were a lot of guys chipping away at the group. Surprisingly a number of 60+ riders started to act up and chase or maybe get across. Bruce Steele with Rich Stahlberg made a go of it. Monty Pettus and Doug Knox worked at the front for a bit.
With 3 laps to go the lead was quiet small. The breakers were getting ready to abandon ship. Steve Cahill didn't want to throw in the towel and pulled for most of the next to last lap. Wayne Rosenkrantz and Bruce Hartley of Pinnaclife were putting a lot of pressure on at the front of the peleton. Mike Birditt and Mark Hoffenberg were sitting in the break group waiting to get caught and assuming a bunch sprint.
This came true at the start/finish line with one lap to go. Everyone was all together. Who drove the pack after this is a little murky. The pace was good. Maybe even brisk but not fast going through turn one to three. By turn three Sho Air/Rock n Road had lined up their riders nearly perfect. Mike B. saw this and was thinking...uh oh! There was another solo rider ahead that was acting as a carrot(Lee Romans-Velo Allegro) but wasn't really a challenger. Sho Air was still lined up at turn four and after turning the corner slung Mark H. toward the finish line. Mike Birditt did what he could but wasn't making up any ground and Mark won the race. Mike was 2nd by 1 to 2 bike lengths. 3rd went to big man Bob Pellkofer. Bob only did 3 events last year but is a strong rider and rode a very good race. 3rd place showed originally as an unknown rider but that was because Bob waited to the last minute to get his license and his name didn't show up.

Mike Birditt(left) finished 2nd and Mark Hoffenberg won the 55+ race at CBR #1 2012

Mike Marotta(left) 2, Monty Pettus 1, John McKee 3

4th and 5th places went to the Sho Air duo of Nicolette and Schnepf. 3 out of the top 5 55+ places went to Sho Air. Nice work! Now actually Monty Pettus of Paramount finished 5th overall but Monty is a 60+ racer and would be put in that category. He did pick up a 5th place overall check though. Monty is riding super right now. 6 and 7 in 55+ went to Dale Luedtke of Spy-Swami's and Cyril Hunte. Dale and Cyril were fighting for Mike Birditt's wheel for a ways before the sprint to the line. Mark Hartley finished a very respectable 8th in 55+ in the large field.
Last year's 60+ Socal Points winner Mike Marotta finished 8th overall and 2nd in 60+. Mike looked strong as usual. I finished somewhere around 12 overall and 3rd in 60+. Rich Stahlberg of Ironfly and Mike Fleming of SBW were 4 and 5 in 60+.
The riding was decent with no close calls that I saw. Great size field. 55+ racing has really come alive in 2012. There are still a couple of heavy hitters that haven't joined us yet. It will get faster and that usually means safer. The finish lists are on my new facebook page- 55/60+ Bike Racing. That's all for now folks! Train hard and race safe! The video below is courtesy of Lee Romans's girlfriend, Maki.

1ST ONTARIO 55/60+ RACE- JAN. 15, 2012

By John McKee

It gets earlier every year. Too many races for the calendar to fill. The first Ontario Criterium series race had to be scheduled for Jan. 15, 2012. This time of year can be pretty cold in Ontario. I think many of you remember the race last year at Ontario in Feb. 37 degrees at race time. This year the temp was around 45. Not bad but still cold. The pre registration for the 55 and 60s was good at 38. 25 55s and 13 60s. We had some new riders age into 55. Nelson Alaan of Cal Pacfic, Rocky Bower of Socalcycling.com, Laszlo Lukacs, Bruce Hartley of Pinnaclife,  and Dale Raymond of SC Velo. Steve Borer now of UC Cyclery is 60. Besides Steve UC Cyclery added Don Kimper and Steve Hensler to their arsenal of riders. Paramount's Howard Miller aged up to 60+ and was looking for a good finish in his first race in 60+ with myself and Monty Pettus.
We saw some nifty new kits out there. Velo Allegro, Santa Clarita Velo and Spy-Swami's all had some nice looking new dudes. Swami's had better get their name straight or they are going to collect Socal points under 2 different names like Paramount does every year. Swami's has a new major sponsor in Spy sunglasses. Spy made a special run of sunglasses in Swami's colors with the name Swami's printed on the inside of one of the arms. Really cool looking racing shades.
Rain looked like a small possibility but most of the forecasts showed rain for later in the day. The clouds looked dark but didn't shed any tears. The pre race prep seemed like I had just done it last week. Only been to Ontario to race over 40 times. I think I have the route down now. Lol. I hadn't used my Trek race bike since Natz last Sept. in Bend, Oregon. I was adjusting the seat cap just before this race. Forgot my Garmin needed charging. Blank. Oh well. It doesn't help one pedal. It was working Sat. when I checked it. Damn.
I saw so many familiar faces when I got to Ontario. It felt comfortable. I knew just about everyone. There were a few new faces in 55+ but none in 60+. The overall showing of riders was good but disappointing for 60+.
48 riders lined up at 7:35 am for the 55/60+ race. The women 3/4s raced before us and had a good field and no crashes. Good for them and good for us. Ray Moreno the promoter had us doing the 7 corner grand prix course. The course is popular and wide/safe. Ralph Elliot was in his booth announcing the race action with the officials. Ralph always does a good job and makes the event more fun for everyone.
The race was off. The first race jitters seem to dissipate at the first corner but I actually didn't feel totally comfortable until 2/3 the way through my second race. The pace seemed hardy in the 55/60+ race. I had no idea how I would feel. I felt totally within myself after doing Roger Young's motorpacing at the track the prior 2 weeks on Thurs. evenings. I dropped out of the motor game at 32+ mph in a 49 x 15(88 inches) gear. 25 to 28 felt ok at Ontario.
The first break attempt was done by Swami's Dale Luedtke. Dale was trying to rev up his engine and was joined in his effort by Bruce Hartley of Pinnaclife. They lasted less then a lap. Don Davidson was very active in the race. Don had been doing tris, biathlons, and runs. Don will mix in crits and road races.  Don has a very ambitious schedule of racing. Nice to see guys with such enthusiasm for these activities at our age. Go Don!
The first prime of the day was for the coveted Ontario Series T shirt. Ricky Shorts thought he needed one and pulled it home. Then the race series points prime came and I finally saw Monty Pettus and David Lang. Monty likes to sumber early in a race and David does as well. Mike "Thunder Thighs" Birditt took the 55+ points and Monty took the 60+ points. Mike has been going through a very hard block of training and wasn't sure how he would do but I knew. Lol. You will too but later.
The race pace kept up nicely. There weren't a lot of break attempts. The high pace made it hard to stay away. I just hung near the front most of the time and on Ricky Shorts's wheel a lot. Ricky was always at the front. Steve Borer had decided to mark me and followed me through the entire race until 3 laps to go when he banged bikes with Alex Collins and fell back.
The 5 laps to go sign flipped over and we were all together. UC Cyclery seemed disorganized. Racing without a plan. Their race leader Kal Szkalak had injuried himself the prior week during a training ride and wasn't in attendance and will be out for a while. We miss the "Muscle Head". UCC still had Alex Collins and Steve Hensler. Swami's was going to work for closers Dale Luedtke and Mike "TT" Birditt. Paramount's goal in 60+ was a sweep of the podium with Monty, myself and Howard. Ricky Shorts was riding with but one teammate and Don Denegal seemed to be lacking some form this time of year. There were a lot of independents in the mix looking for a good finish.
Once the 1 lap to go card came up the pack was bearing down on 3 guys that were off the front. Not far away and it didn't look like they were a threat. I never got the names of the guys that were in that group(anyone want to help me out here). It was probably a good thing to give the peleton a carrot to ride too. Once the small group got caught though the pace slowed and there was some jostling. Unnerving for sure. I lost some position and looking to get on Dale but Bruce Hartley also wanted Dale's wheel. We both got moved off Dale and I was starting to feel buried. Steve Diamond of Swami's went to the front and started working for his team. The pace picked up. Gary Shuey of Swami's was next in line for his club. The pace was good. I was trying to move up on the right side of the pack.

Dale Luedtke and Mike Birditt- Mike 1, Dale 2 in 55+

 Rick Swanson was the last man for Swami's to move forward. Really good teamwork here. Mike and Dale are right there waiting to pounce. Ricky Shorts is on his own and has stayed at the front the entire last lap. Ricky was right next to Rick Swanson and getting very nervous. He knew the big push was coming right after the last corner. Ricky decided to jump just before the last corner. Mike Birditt jumped out of the saddle quickly and got right on Ricky. Dale was right behind him. Rick Swanson's job was done. Good job, Rick. Could Ricky take it all the way to the line. This was too far a sprint for Ricky in the wind. The win was a foregone conclusion. Ricky dropped back and Mike and Dale came across the line 1/2. Dan Nicolet came quietly across the line for 3rd place. Cyril Hunte was quite fluid in the last lap jumping wheels. Cyril got himself in good position and used his power to come across the line in 4th. Nelson Alaan of Cal Pacific in his 1st 55/60+ race got 5th. Good job, Nelson. Alex Collins was next across and the 1st UCC rider. Monty Pettus followed up and was the 1st 60+ rider for the win in 60+. I was 3 places further down overall for 2nd place in 60+. David Lang was right behind me and charging hard and got 3rd place. Howard Miller had gotten himself in good position late in the last lap but had some fuel problems and got passed by Monty, myself and David.

John McKee and Monty Pettus- Monty 1, John 2 in 60+

The icing on the cake for the day was Mike Birditt winning in the 50+ race. Many of us did the 50+ race for training but Mike went for it at the end and pulled a double win home for Spy-Swami's. What a day!!
The speed in the 55/60+ was a good 25.3 mph while the 50+ race which had 84 riders was 27.7. Good day of racing and a good start to the season. We need better participation in the 60+ category though. I know a lot of guys are fearful of crashing but from what I hear all the time of riders getting taken out on our roads, criteriums are pretty safe. NO CARS. Thanks to everyone that did come out and for those that didn't but were thinking about it, next time! Top 12 places are below for both cats. That's all for now folks! Train hard and race safe!

55+ Finishers
1-Birditt
2-Luedtke
3-Nicolet
4-Hunte
5-Alaan
6-Collins
7-Bower
8-Shorts
9-Rino
10-Hartley
11-Lukacs
12-Denegal

60+ Finishers
1-Pettus
2-McKee
3-Lang
4-Miller
5-Fleming
6-Kimper
7-Swigart
8-Seri(Mario was out for 5 months after his crash at MBGP last yr. Glad to have Mario back!)
9-Pags- Pags racing age is 76 and he did both 55/60+ and the 50+ race. Way to go, Robert!
10-Borer
11-Hofer
12-Edwards

2011 SOCAL CUP FINAL STANDINGS- 55+ & 60+

By John McKee

The Socal Cup in 2011 was dominated in 55+ by Swami's Mike Birditt and Dale Luedtke. Kal Szkalak was 3rd and lost part of the season do to a bad crash and injury at Ontario. Kal was 2nd at the time of his accident and out too long to challenge for the top spot and was passed by Dale. Dale had good form at the end of the season and Swami's worked to help him secure the 2nd spot. Kal was able to come back but no one could come back from that kind of injury and be in top form. Fred Hoblit showed consistently good form through the season and secured the 4th spot. Steve Hensler was 5th and the last paying spot in Socal Cup. The SCNCA paid out to 5 spots in both 55+ and 60+. The podium ceremony was Dec. 4th, 2011 in downtown LA during a Socal Cross race.
The 60+ Socal Cup lead changed hands a number of times. Bob Wright and myself traded time in the 1st slot with David Lang right there. Mike Marotta definitely had the best form and once Mike started racing consistently he took over the 1st spot. I was 2nd with Bob taking 3rd place. Bob gave up some Socal Cup points to secure the BAR series lead in 60+ with CBR. David Lang was 4th and Monty Pettus was 5th. I published the Socal Cup down to over 40 places below.

60+ podium- from L to R-David Lang 4th, Mike Marotta 1st, John McKee 2nd, Monty Pettus 5th. Not shown Bob Wright 3rd.

55+ podium- Mike  Birditt 1st, Dale Luedtke 2nd, Steve Hensler 5th. Not shown Kal Szkalak 3rd and Fred Hoblit 4th

SoCal Cup Standings For 2011

Masters 55+

Place	Name	License #	Team Name	SoCal Points
1	Michael Birditt	47255	Swami's Cycling Club	428
2	Dale Luedtke	47262	Swami's Cycling Club	275
3	Kalman Szkalak	54522	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	238
4	Fred Hoblit	16360	Santa Clarita Velo	224
5	Steve Hensler	15874	Team Redlands	217
6	Keith Ketterer	48434	Breakaway-UBS Elite Masters	206
7	Michael Mueller	46688	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	190
8	Gary Shuey	44197	Swami's Cycling Club	187
9	Malcolm Hill	156650	Breakaway-UBS Elite Masters	169
10	Kim Bleth	49191	Swami's Cycling Club	165
11	Alex Collins	46255	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	138
12	Paul Rodriguez	58847	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	131
13	Ricky Shorts	52251	Velo Allegro	121
14	Robert Willcox	69952	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	119
15	Mark Huffman	59572	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	101
16	Steve Bernede	126351	Team Werks	96
17	Donald Denegal	93812	Velo Allegro	81
18	Kenny Fuller	46765	Team Simple Green/Bike Religion	79
19	John Huber	206734	Velo Avanti Cycling Team	72
20	Rick Swanson	34753	Swami's Cycling Club	64
21	Mark Helvie	15760	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	63
22	Richard Barron	2734	Southern California Velo	47
23	Jim Parkhurst	162650	Team Simple Green/Bike Religion	47
24	Cyril Hunte	52086		46
25	Ron Bell	269462	Paramount Racing	46
26	Bill Pinckard	291027	Barry Lasko DDS Race Team	39
27	Reed Moore	61353	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	37
28	Mark Ainslie	1254	Ranchos Cycling Club	35
29	Michael Hines	125061	Ranchos Cycling Club	35
30	Wayne Stetina	34063	Breakaway-UBS Elite Masters	35
31	Robert Downs	9947	Planet Bike	34
32	John Wagenaar	61193	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	33
33	Steve Diamond	178495	Swami's Cycling Club	32
34	Steven Borer	245777	ACQUA AL 2/SDBC	31
35	Thomas Reilly	155459	Santa Clarita Velo	31
36	John Sinz	66553	Canyon Velo	30
37	David Kelley	65663	Webcor/Alto Velo	30
38	Craig Jones	18156	Velo Avanti Cycling Team	27
39	Bob Pellkofer	47652	FRANCO MRI Racing p/b Wins Wheels	27
40	Eddie Morris	49080	Breakaway-UBS Elite Masters	27
41	Steve Cahill	204724	Celo Pacific	27
42	Rodney Malloy	107559	Velo Allegro	27

SoCal Cup Standings For 2011

Masters 60+

Place	Name	License #	Team Name	SoCal Points
1	mike marotta	72880	Action Sports/Simply Fit	371
2	John McKee	180386	Paramount Racing	343
3	Bob Wright	39024	Santa Clarita Velo	327
4	David Lang	107852	DARE	276
5	Leo Pettus	219074	Paramount Racing	254
6	John Rubcic	48760	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	218
7	Bruce Steele	236498	South Bay Wheelmen	216
8	Leo Longo	189814	South Bay Wheelmen	183
9	Phillip Richards	238828	Citrus Valley Velo	173
10	Kenny Fuller	46765	Team Simple Green/Bike Religion	159
11	Glenn Baldwin	45047	SLO Nexus-Gym One	139
12	Michael Fleming	129293	South Bay Wheelmen	116
13	Donald Kimper	195498	ACQUA AL 2/SDBC	114
14	James Morehouse	283640	FFKR Architects/SportsBaseOnline.com	112
15	Michael Crystal	8283	METALMTN Cycling	104
16	Fred Nicolet	26089	ACQUA AL 2/SDBC	92
17	Richard Stahlberg	50911	Ironfly	85
18	Raphael Gomez	3793	Rage Cycling	72
19	Keith Peters	27851	Herbalife LaGrange	71
20	George Chester	196820	LIVESTRONG Army KC / Midwest Cancer Care	67
21	Fred Haim	269972	Herbalife LaGrange	61
22	Robert Paganini	45763	PAA/REMAX	52
23	William Langstaff	49334	Team Simple Green/Bike Religion	51
24	Bob Guglielmelli	14374	Central Coast Tire CCT	47
25	Harold Schneider	315702	Team Simple Green/Bike Religion	44
26	Josef Lemire	46799	SHO-AIR/ SERT	35
27	James Swigart	228631	ACQUA AL 2/SDBC	33
28	Hans Jorgensen	222120	Canyon Velo	30
29	Mick Iwadare	301363	South Bay Wheelmen	30
30	Edgardo Potes	170779	Bike Palace	28
31	mark wisnosky	243425	ACQUA AL 2/SDBC	25
32	Jean Villiot	59805	CA Pools/DeWalt	23
33	William Tippets	125634		20
34	Richard Rodriguez	50498	Pacific Sunset Velo/Pac Sun Velo	19
35	John Edwards	46547	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	19
36	Matias Garcia	314990	Donny's Cafe Cycling Club	18
37	Richard Pfeiffer	27989	UC Cyclery/JW Floors	18
38	Steve Close	204901	Rage Cycling	18
39	Domenick Forte	45342	PAA/REMAX	17
40	Randy Drusen	287291	Judgement Velo/ TBOV	16
41	Michael Edwards	50406	Herbalife LaGrange	15
42	Mario Seri	61278	Herbalife LaGrange	14