West coast points prestige series

Cyclocross in mid August ? Five races in three days ? -Yes- that's what we had this weekend. The race series was set up to give west coast racers a chance to improve their USAC rankings by racing against some top elite riders. Among the invited riders were four of our team and they really put on a show. On both men's and women's elite podiums we had the top step in all but one race-sometimes the second or third step as well. It was a dominant showing for the team at what looks to be the only major USAC event in Calif. this season with the cancellation of the West Sacramento series. This made it doubly important for the team to have a showing. 

Day 1 results: 

Men's 4-5 race   Keegan Pelton 1st.  Women's 4-5 race Ciara Wing 3rd.

Men's 1,2,3 race Max Judelson 1st, Nate Barton 2nd, Brendan Lehman 6th, Dan English 22nd, Ben Dodge 27th, John Vahlberg 60th, Nate Vahlberg 66th.

Women's 1,2,3 race  Caroline Nolan 1st, Kathleen Bortolussi 16th.

Day 2 race # 1 results:

Men's 4-5 race Keegan Pelton 6th ,Peter Vahlberg 38th.  Women's 4-5 race Ciara Wing 8th.

Men's 1,2,3 race  Max Judelson 1st, Nate Barton 3rd, Brendan Lehman 11th, Ben Dodge 18th, Dan English 21st, Josh Vahlberg 44th, Nate Vahlberg 46th

Women's 1,2,3 race  Caroline Nolan 3rd, Kathleen Bortolussi 19th.

Day 2 race # 2 results:

Men's 4-5 race Keegan Pelton 6th

Men's 1,2,3 race  Max Judelson 1st, Nate Barton 3rd, Brendan Lehman 14th, Dan English 16th, Ben Dodge 38th, Eric 'Houte' Brown 55th, Nate Vahlberg 59th, John Vahlberg 60th, Paul Sadoff 70th.

Women's 1,2,3 race  Caroline Nolan 1st, Kathleen Bortolussi 19th.

Day 3 race # 1 results:

Men's 4-5 race Keegan Pelton 3rd

Men's 1,2,3 race Max Judelson 1st, Brendan Lehman 3rd, Nate Barton 5th, Dan English 30th, Ben Dodge 37th, Eric Brown 41st, Nate Vahlberg 43rd,Paul Sadoff 67th, John Vahlberg 68th.

Women's 1,2,3 race  Caroline Nolan 1st, Kathleen Bortolussi 19th.

Day 3 race # 2 results:

Mens's 4-5 race  Keegan Pelton 2nd

Men's 1,2,3 race  Max Judelson 1st, Nate Barton 3rd, Brendan Lehman 4th,Ben Dodge 26th, Eric Brown 39th, John Vahlberg 40th, Dan English 58th, Paul Sadoff 60th, Nate Vahlberg 62nd. 

The series saw some great riding from the veteran racers but two new additions made some noise with some high placings. In the 4-5 race Keegan Pelton was always in the top-6. Nate Barton was on the podium in nearly every 1-3 race. Caroline and Max put on a show of dominance winning all but one race. Brendan Lehman had three top-6 placings in the 1-3 race. 15 year old Dan English broke the top-20 in one of the 1-3 races and he and team mate Nate Vahlberg put on a barrier hopping clinic for the rest of the field. Bend Dodge broke into the top 20 in one of the 1-3 races as well. 

While it is still very early in the season-really pre season- the team is showing the kind of strength that made it arguably the top Nor-Cal team in CX. Who knows what the 2019 season has in store......