Star Meadows Road Race
Whitefish, MT
Saturday, June 2, 2007

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Promoted by Flathead Cycling and our sponsors.
USCF Permit (pending). Sanctioned by USA cycling.
Lance Armstrong Junior Olympic Racing Series event (pending).

Registration
 9:30 am – 10:15 am. Racing begins at 10:30 am.
Click here to register online.
Course Description
 This is same course as last year. All sections are paved. Riders will use the Round Meadows Nordic Center parking lot as staging area and the race will start from there. From the start, riders will descend one neutral mile on Star Meadows Road to the intersection with Farm to Market Road. Riders will head south on Farm to Market for 5.5 miles before turning left on Twin Bridges Road looping around the Twin Bridges, Lodgepole, Farm to Market 6.6 mile loop several times, depending upon category and then proceeding back north to Star Meadows Road, where the race climbs steeply at first and stair steps with steep but not terribly long climbs all the way to the flatlands of the expansive Star Meadows. The race will turn around at the end of the pavement 17 miles from the turn up from Farm to Market, finishing on the flats before crossing Logan Creek on the way back. Course will be marked. Expect some potholes and breakup, but the entire course is paved and will not descend the wall or through the sections that were in bad shape last year. The feed zone will be as riders climb past the Round Meadows parking area. There may be volunteers to help with the feed zone, but please have someone there to guarantee you get a bottle.
Overall
 The course has something for all riders. It is not a pure climber's course and should favor all-around riders that can hang with the climbers on the stair-step climb up to Star Meadows which typically breaks up the field. Center line will be enforced on all sections. Stay right even on unmarked sections of pavement.
Time Schedule
9:30 am – 10:15 am
  Registration
10:30 am
 Women 1/2/3/4 (Category 1/2, Cat. 3, and Cat. 4)
1 lap/50 miles
10:31 am
 Juniors follow
1 lap/50 miles
11:00 am
 Men 1/2 & 3 begin (3s will be scored separately)
4 laps on Lodgepole Circuit
11:05 am
 Men Masters A/B.
1 lap/50 miles
MBRA will observe a Masters A/B format in 2007, with the masters racing age beginning at 40 and prizes awarded to the Masters A division only. Please note that Masters divisions are purely self-seeding.
11:10 am
 Men 4,5 begin.
1 lap/50 miles
*Promoter reserves right to combine or expand race groupings via racer turnout and staff. All categories scored separately.
Directions
 From downtown Whitefish proceed on Rt. 93 north for approximately 11.7 miles, then take a left on Farm to Market Road. Follow Farm to Market road for 1.5 miles then take a right turn onto Star Meadows road. Drive up Star Meadows Road .5 miles to the Round Meadow Cross Country ski area on the right.
All USCF Rules Apply
 Registration by Sports Based On-line $20 + SBO fee; total cost $22
  • Same day Fee is $25 Juniors $0.
  • Riders must have an 2007 annual USCF license and permanent MBRA race number, or purchase the following on race day:
  • One-day license will be available for $10.
  • One-day MBRA number will be available for $2 or a permanent MBRA race number for $15.
  • Racing Starts at 10:30 AM.
  • Promoters reserve the right to combine classes

Rules

 All USCF rules apply. Helmets are mandatory while warming up AND cooling down. Please make sure your bars are properly capped.
Prizes
 To be determined by turnout. Awards and barbecue will be held at Glacier Cyclery in Whitefish as soon as practicable after the finish of the race.). All proceeds after prizes payout and costs will be donated to Fish Trails in support of pedestrian/bike trail efforts in the Whitefish area. Unclaimed prize money will also be donated.
Contact
 Race Director: Ken Campbell, caihlen@gmail.com; Chief Referee: Tom Danley, tdanley@centurytel.net.