Recap and Results

Thanks all for coming out to Carver county and carving out a nice slice of gravel hot dish. These gravel rides are all different and this year it was a battle against heat and humidity. There were around 175 starters and just over 100 logged finishers. The highlight of many riders' day was getting sprayed down but a friendly bystander who was working her garden. Kudos for her! Those who took it to the next level dipped into the Minnesota River at the end of the race and dropped the core temperature properly.

Huge thanks goes out to Mike, John, Greg, and the whole crew at Michael's Cycles in Chaska. They provided a hub and much help. So much appreciated. Big thanks for Banjo Brothers, Donkey Label, and Molten Speed Wax. All quality products from truly supportive people. Much respect! We hope you enjoyed the ride and forgive us for any mistakes in the results. Thanks!!

Place	Name	Category	Time
1	Ian Hoogendam	Open Men	5:08
2	Ben Doom	Open Men	5:14
3	Charlie Schad	Open Men	5:14
4	Ted Loosen	Open Men	5:14
5	Joe Hamlin	Open Men	5:14
6	Greg Alexander	Open Men	5:18
7	Jim Bell	Master 50+	5:29
8	Matt Abel	Open Men	5:29
9	Devon Palmer	Open Men	5:29
10	Scott Hippen	Open Men	5:44
11	Sam St.Pierre	Master 50+	5:50
12	Matt Hoven	Open Men	5:50
13	Jared Lewis	Open Men	5:50
14	John Struchynski	Master 50+	5:51
15	Brian Delaney	Open Men	5:53
16	Pete Moody	Open Men	5:53
17	Charles Wolf	Open Men	5:53
18	David Herbert	Master 50+	5:56
19	Emily Flynn	Open Women	5:56
20	Don Douglass	FATBIKE 50+	5:56
21	Michael Theiler	Open Men	5:56
22	Martin Andrusiak	Master 50+	5:57
23	Mark McLain	Master 50+	5:57
24	William Pass	Open Men	5:58
25	James Lueth	Master 50+	5:59
26	Paul Inkala	Open Men	6:00
27	Papito Gregorio	Open Men	6:10
28	Alan Eastlund	Open Men	6:15
29	Adam Staufenberg	Open Men	6:15
30	Rob Mosimann	Master 50+	6:19
31	Chad Millner	Open Men	6:19
32	Joshua Schneider	Open Men	6:21
33	Grant Braasch	Open Men	6:28
34	unknown		6:31
35	Chelsea Strate	Open Woman	6:36
36	Max von Hohenberg	Open Men	6:36
37	Steve Bobusch	Open Men	6:36
38	Hurl Everstone	Open Men	6:36
39	Jared Gazda	Open Men	6:36
40	Tom Bendson	Master 50+	6:36
41	Ryan Wudtke	Open Men	6:40
42	Chris Nelson	Open Men	6:40
43	William Feiges	Master 50+	6:40
44	Jon Lane	Master 50+	6:40
45	Jim Schultz	Open Men	6:40
46	Tim Holmstrom	Master 50+	6:40
47	Robert Lyng	Open Men	6:41
48	Andy Lageson	Open Men	6:42
49	David Peterson	Open Men	6:44
50	Scott Klein	Open Men	6:46
51	Stephen Wilson	Open Men	6:46
52	Shawn Brick	Open Men	6:47
53	Jim Brick	Open Men	6:47
54	Jeff Henkemeyer	Open Men	6:48
55	Ted Clausen	FATBIKE	6:52
56	Eric Kehrberg	Master 50+	7:03
57	Gary Lindberg	Master 50+	7:04
58	Ben Roshko	Singlespeed	7:08
59	Brett Sloma	Open Men	7:17
60	Shaggy-Chad Rice	Singlespeed	7:19
61	Thomas Pann	Singlespeed	7:24
62	Mike Cambell	Master 50+	7:26
63	Jay Dellis	Open Men	7:27
65	unknown		7:31
66	Allen Sanborn	Open Men	7:32
67	Phil Velo	Open Men	7:42
68	Robert A. Brown	Open Men	7:42
69	Wade Mueller	Open Men	7:48
70	Matthew Gryniewski	Open Men	7:48
71	Carl Bostroem	Open Men	7:49
72	Bill Callas	Master 50+	7:51
73	Bruce Anderson	TANDEM	8:00
73	Peggy Bartz	TANDEM	8:00
74	Mark Butcher	Open Men	8:13
75	Jose Pascual	Open Men	8:13
76	Suzanne Zaayer	Open Women	8:19
77	Daniel Glisczinski	FATBIKE	8:19
78	Walt Burns	Master 50+	8:22
79	Cale Swanson	Open Men	6:22
80	Bryan Jacobson	Open Men	8:22
81	Erika Sawinski	Open Women	8:26
82	Joe Pond	Open Men	8:26
83	John Carline	Open Men	8:26
84	Luis Rodriguez	Open Men	8:28
85	Luke Schmitz	FATBIKE	8:30
86	Robert Williams	Singlespeed	8:37
87	Kyle Davis	Open Men	8:44
88	Chad Kelly	Open Men	8:44
89	Kathy Bates	Open Women 50+	8:45
90	Bill Ayotte	Open Men	9:15
91	Jason Wasson	Open Men	9:16
92	Daniel Randolph	Master 50+	9:22
93	Michael Bunda	Open Men	9:30
94	Aaron Olsen	Singlespeed	9:30
95	Tim Lupfer	Open Men	9:30
96	Ted Bergstrom	Open Men	10:01
97	Christopher Manea	Open Men	10:16
98	Greg Henningsen	Open Men	10:22
99	Madeline Harms	Open Women	10:27
100	David Graham	Open Men	10:27
101	Tyler McKay	Open Men	10:45
102	Michael Knoll	Master 50+	10:46
103	Brian Hoese	Open Men	11:20

Cue Card #5 Updated

Cue Sheet #5 has been updated Maplewood Rd. at mile 86.9, it should be a LEFT turn.  The PDF has been updated as of 10:45pm 6/9.   Please print a new card or make sure to change your existing.

PDF Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B45tutGk8I3TaVltVmhIYlNEbVU/view?usp=sharing

Parking & Drop Bags

Parking:

Recommended parking areas can be found here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1X58yttxGMqxMHzD_nQGyfoloVk8&usp=sharing

Drop Bags:

The park where the drop bag site is coming up a little quicker this year at mile 44.   We will keep it running until 1:00 pm.  Drop Bags should be back at Micheal's Cycle by 1:45.  Please consider using a bag you don't need back and water bottles you aren't concerned about (we have had a lot of unclaimed items in the past).  Attach your rider number to your bag and drop it off at registration.

Numbers, Cue Sheets, GPX, Waivers, & Water

A few things here...

Numbers:
To keep registration times & costs down we would prefer if you prepare your own race number.  The blank number can be found on the second page of the Cue Sheets.  Find the number next to your number in the Final Roster post and write it on the number blank and attach it to your bike the right side on the top/down tube or front of handle bars (see photo below).  2" packaging tape, zip, or twist ties are the recommended way to do this.  We will have numbers, tape, & zip ties available at the start... But it's recommended to do this before registering.  (Feel free to trim the number a bit if needed to make it fit)

Cue Sheets:
The Cue Sheets will guide you through the course.  Some of the will be marked along the way but please use the cue sheets for course directions.  The last 6 miles of the course will be marked. All but the last 1.5 miles and the first 4 miles are not on the Cue Sheets.

Waiver:
We need a sign waiver in order for you ride this event. Again to keep registration times & costs down please have your waiver ready & signed

PDF Link: (has been updated 6/9)
2016 Westside Dirty Benjamin Cue Sheets, Number Blank, & Waiver:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B45tutGk8I3TaVltVmhIYlNEbVU/view?usp=sharing

GPX File:
Thank you to Chris Nelson for converting our Google Map into a GPX file.  Link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B45tutGk8I3TMlQtUWh6TzRNWFZDWU5BM2czOTZHSEY5enVj/view?usp=sharing

Water:
Due the weather forecast we would like to add additional water stop at mile 65.  There is a park there but no water fountain so we would like to bring 1 gallon jugs of water that are preferably almost frozen.  If we could get some help here it would great if about 75 people could bring a 1 gallon jug of water that was put into their freezer the night before.  This way we will hopefully have cold water available at mile 44, 65, & the finish.

2016 Race Details

The 2016 Westside Dirty Benjamin will start at Micheal's Cycles in downtown Chaska at 8:00am Saturday June 11th.

Registration will be at 6:30 - 7:45am at Micheal's Cycles 700 N Chestnut St, Chaska, MN 55318

The course will be 100 miles with the last 8 miles being marked trails. The trails are mostly flat and double track, a couple sections of paved path, and there is a short single track section that ends about 1500 feet from the finish line.

Depending on the weather the finish line may change due to weather and/or time.  The main finish line will be down by the river.  Later in the day or if it is raining the finish line may shift over to the Micheal's Cycles Parking lot, the course markings will reflect any changes to avoid any confusion.

The checkpoint is at mile 44 this year, there is one other location we are looking at a park around mile 64 but have to verify a couple things first with that location. Keep this in mind when deciding on what to pack in a drop bag if you are planning on using one.  (More on this to come)

The map is now updated.
link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1r_fJ-Ip7cdz-Td_SeuYVtgVgSdM&usp=sharing

Final Roster

Here is the final roster for the 2016 Westside Dirty Benjamin:

#	Name	Category
100	Greg Alexander	Open Men
101	Jeff Ali	Open Men
102	Bruce Anderson	TANDEM
103	Martin Andrusiak	Master 50+
104	Bill Ayotte	Open Men
105	Ian Bachman Sanders	Open Men
106	Dan Bailey	Open Men
107	Peggy Bartz	TANDEM
108	Kathy Bates	Open Women 50+
109	Lake Bechtell	FATBIKE
110	Jim Bell	Master 50+
111	Tom Bendson	Master 50+
112	Robin Bennett	Master 50+
113	Callie Bensel	Open Women
114	Larry Bereuter	Open Men
115	Jess Berghoff	Open Women
116	Ted Bergstrom	Open Men
117	Mike Berns	Master 50+
118	Keith Bianchi	Open Men
119	Joe Bischoff	Open Men
120	Terry Blackford	FATBIKE 50+
121	Steve Bobusch	Open Men
122	Travis Boss	Open Men
123	Carl Bostroem	Open Men
124	Joe Bottensek	Open Men
125	Jenn Bouma	Open Women
126	Grant Braasch	Open Men
127	Luke Breen	Master 50+
128	Jim Brick	Open Men
129	Shawn Brick	Open Men
130	Tars Brick	Open Women
131	Gary Brown	Master 50+
132	Robert A. Brown	Open Men
133	Christoph Bruhn	Singlespeed
134	David Bruming	Open Men
135	Michael Bunda	Open Men
136	Walt Burns	Master 50+
137	Brett Busacker	Open Men
138	Mark Butcher	Open Men
139	Bill Callas	Master 50+
140	Mike Cambell	Master 50+
141	John Carline	Open Men
142	Derek Carlson	Master 50+
143	Philip Carlton	Open Men
144	Mike Casey	Open Men
145	Sarah Castle	Open Women
146	Kevin Chang	Open Men
147	Ted Clausen	FATBIKE
148	Dan Copeland	Open Men
149	Pete Crabtree	Open Men
150	Jason Creighton	Open Men
151	Mike Criego	Open Men
152	Jim Cuene	Open Men
153	Devin Curran	Open Men
154	Kyle Davis	Open Men
155	Mikal Dean	Open Men
156	Brian Delaney	Open Men
157	David Delforge	Master 50+
158	Jay Dellis	Open Men
159	Scott deVillers	Master 50+
160	John Dobbs	Open Men
161	Brendan Dolan	Open Men
162	Caleb Donaldson	Open Men
163	Ben Doom	Open Men
164	Bryan Dougherty	Singlespeed
165	Don Douglass	FATBIKE 50+
166	Mark Dykes	Open Men
167	Ken Earley	Open Men
168	Alan Eastlund	Open Men
169	David Edge	Open Men
170	Kevin Ellsworth	Open Men
171	Erik Englund	Open Men
172	Pete Erenberg	Open Men
173	Rick Erickson	Open Men
174	Hurl Everstone	Open Men
175	William Feiges	Master 50+
176	Nicole Felt Mann	Open Women
177	Eric Flom	Open Men
178	Jeffrey Florence	Open Men
179	Shawn Flynn	Open Men
180	Shawn Flynn	Open Men
181	Emily Flynn	Open Women
182	Nick Folger	Open Men
183	Jess Ford	Master 50+
184	Jeff Frane	Open Men
185	Steve Freese	Open Men
186	Bonnie Gagnon	FATBIKE Women
187	Adam Garberg	Open Men
188	Jared Gazda	Open Men
189	Paulie Glatt	Open Men
190	Daniel Glisczinski	FATBIKE
191	David Graham	Open Men
192	Lynn Gregory	Master 50+
193	Trisha Groth	Open Women
194	Matthew Gryniewski	Open Men
195	Linda Gutowsky	Open Women
196	Leo Haefemeyer	Open Men
197	Peter Hagerty	Open Men
198	Theo Halvorson	Open Men
199	Joe Hamlin	Open Men
200	Greg Hansen	Master 50+
201	Boyd Hansen	Singlespeed
202	Madeline Harms	Open Women
203	Ed Hasselman	Master 50+
204	Ed Hedblom	Master 50+
205	Cory Hedin	FATBIKE
206	Bob "Thor" Heinzen	FATBIKE
207	Chris Heller	Open Men
420	Jay Henderson	Open Men
209	Kristi Henderson	Open Women
210	Jeff Henkemeyer	Open Men
211	Greg Henningsen	Open Men
212	David Herbert	Master 50+
213	Robert "Infinite" Hest	Open Men
214	Scott Hippen	Open Men
215	Matthew Hockers	Singlespeed
216	Brian Hoese	Open Men
217	Mitch Hoffman	Open Men
218	Stefanie Hollmichel	Open Women
219	Tim Holmstrom	Master 50+
220	Hal Holt	Master 50+
221	Ian Hoogendam	Open Men
222	Angela Hop	Open Women
223	Matt Hoven	Open Men
224	Navar Hren	Singlespeed
225	Emir Ibrahimpasic	Open Men
226	Mike Ile	Master 50+
227	Paul Inkala	Open Men
228	Bryan Jacobson	Open Men
229	Dan Jansen	Open Men
230	Vincent Jenning	Open Men
231	Robbie Jenson	Open Women
232	Corey Johnson	Master 50+
233	Ian Johnson	Open Men
234	Wayne Kalal	Open Men
235	Tim Karels	Open Men
236	Eric Kehrberg	Master 50+
237	Chad Kelly	Open Men
238	Steven Kenny	Master 50+
239	Andy Keogh	Open Men
240	Jon Kern	Open Men
241	Irfan Khan	Master 50+
242	Kirk King	Master 50+
243	Patrick Kinney	Open Men
244	Scott Klein	Open Men
245	Kierstin Kloeckner	Open Women
246	Michael Knoll	Master 50+
247	Daven Kokkila	Singlespeed
248	Paul Krumrich	Open Men
249	Brent Kvittem	Open Men
250	Ben Lagerquist	Open Men
251	Andy Lageson	Open Men
252	Mark LaLonde	Open Men
253	Jon Lane	Master 50+
254	Tom Lapinski	Open Men
255	Maria LaQua	Open Women
256	Mike Lee	FATBIKE
257	Crisi Lee	Open Women
258	Scott Lenz	Master 50+
259	Peter Lenz	Open Men
260	Paul LeRoy	Open Men
261	Jared Lewis	Open Men
262	Brett Lien	Master 50+
263	Bradly Lindberg	Master 50+
264	Gary Lindberg	Master 50+
265	Ted Loosen	Open Men
266	James Lueth	Master 50+
267	Jason Lybarger	Open Men
268	Robert Lyng	Open Men
269	John Mack	Master 50+
270	Karl Madcharo	Open Men
271	Christopher Manea	Open Men
272	Andy Martens	Open Men
273	Mike Mason	Open Men
274	Marty Mathis	FATBIKE 50+
275	Ed Matthiesen	Master 50+
276	Sean Mattner	Open Men
277	Peter Maxwell	Open Men
278	Jamie McDonald	FATBIKE 50+
279	Michael McElhinney	Open Men
280	Andy McInnis	Open Men
281	Tyler McKay	Open Men
282	Mark McLain	Master 50+
283	Dave Melcher	Master 50+
284	Rigel Menard	Open Men
285	Michael Miles	Master 50+
286	Tom Miller	Open Men
287	Chad Millner	Open Men
288	Desta Millner	Open Women
289	Josh Molnar	Open Men
290	Pete Moody	Open Men
291	Steve Mose	Master 50+
292	Rob Mosimann	Master 50+
293	Bob Mueller	Master 50+
294	Wade Mueller	Open Men
295	Peter Mueller	Open Men
296	Kenton Munthe	Open Men
297	David Nauman	Master 50+
298	Chris Nelson	Open Men
299	Lisa Nelson	Open Women
300	Jason Ness	Open Men
301	Kyle Ness	Open Men
302	Mark Nestande	Master 50+
303	Austin Neuburger	Open Men
304	Matt Nikodym	Open Men
305	Wookiee Nixon	Open Men
306	Jeremy Norton	FATBIKE
307	Eamon O'Hara	Open Men
308	Jeff O'Neill	Open Men
309	Bill O'Reilly	Master 50+
310	John Ohotto	Open Men
311	Adam Oliver	Open Men
312	Aaron Olsen	Singlespeed
313	John Oman	Open Men
314	Tim Oolman	Master 50+
315	Benjamin Ortega	Singlespeed
316	Devon Palmer	Open Men
317	Thomas Pann	Singlespeed
318	Jose Pascual	Open Men
319	William Pass	Open Men
320	Lee Penn	Open Women
321	David Peterson	Open Men
322	Erik Peterson	Open Men
323	Brian Peterson	Open Men
324	Jeff Pettes	Open Men
325	Joe Pond	Open Men
326	Tom Quinn	Master 50+
327	Adam Ramerth	Open Men
328	Daniel Randolph	Master 50+
329	Trenton Raygor	Open Men
330	Stuart Raymond	Open Men
331	Jessica Redenius	Open Women
332	Shaggy-Chad Rice	Singlespeed
333	Tom Ringold	Master 50+
334	Franz Rinkleff	Open Men
335	Scott Robertson	Open Men
336	James Robin	Open Men
337	Luis Rodriguez	Open Men
338	Cole Rogers	Open Men
339	Mike Rose	Open Men
340	Ben Roshko	Singlespeed
341	Ray Samide	Master 50+
342	Allen Sanborn	Open Men
343	Shawn Save	Open Men
344	Erika Sawinski	Open Women
345	Charlie Schad	Open Men
346	Luke Schmitz	FATBIKE
347	Joshua Schneider	Open Men
348	Paul Schoening	Master 50+
349	Justin Schuetz	Open Men
350	Jim Schultz	Open Men
351	Luke Schuttenhelm	Open Men
352	Todd Shanafelt	Open Men
353	Darryl Shoemaker	Open Men
354	Corey Shouse	Open Men
355	Jeff Shupe	Open Men
356	Kelli Simpson	Open Women
357	Deo Sioco	Master 50+
358	Mark Skarpohl	Master 50+
359	Henry Slocum	Open Men
360	Brett Sloma	Open Men
361	Harlan Smith	Open Men
362	Elliot Spronk	Open Men
363	Sam St.Pierre	Master 50+
364	Adam Staufenberg	Open Men
365	Keir Stiegler	Open Men
366	Guy Still	Open Men
367	Chelsea Strate	Open Woman
368	Erik Sudheimer	Open Men
369	Jared Sundstrom	Open Men
370	Chris Sur	Open Men
371	Anna Sviben	Open Women
372	Cale Swanson	Open Men
373	Tom Taylor	Singlespeed 50+
374	Ryan Terpening	Open Men
375	Michael Theiler	Open Men
376	Tony Thomas	Open Men
377	John Thompson	Master 50+
378	Bil Thorne	FATBIKE
379	David Toews	Open Men
380	Gillian Tomasini	Open Women
381	Ben Tramm	Open Men
382	Evan Tweed	Open Men
383	Paul Urbanski	Master 50+
384	Brent Vacinek	Open Men
385	Phil Velo	Open Men
386	Jana Velo	Open Women
387	Sveta Vold	FATBIKE Women
388	Max von Hohenberg	Open Men
389	Roy Vosberg	Singlespeed 50+
390	Steve Vrchota	Open Men
391	Mike Waataja	Open Men
392	Steven Wachholz	Master 50+
393	Brian Waletzko	Open Men
394	Beth Walser	Open Women
395	Denise Ward	Open Women
396	Cassie Warholm-Wohlenhaus	FATBIKE Women
397	Jason Wasson	Open Men
398	Kevin Wells	FATBIKE
399	Steve Wells	Master 50+
400	Josie Welsh	Singlespeed Women
401	Danny Whipple	Open Men
402	Robert Williams	Singlespeed
403	Kurtis Wilson	Open Men
404	Stephen Wilson	Open Men
405	Holly Windschitl	Open Women
406	Charles Wolf	Open Men
407	Jonno Woutat	Open Men
408	Ryan Wudtke	Open Men
409	Suzanne Zaayer	Open Women
410	Dave Ziemer	Open Men
411	Jonathon Ziemer	Singlespeed
412	Dann Zinke	Open Men
413	Ken Zylstra	Master 50+
414	John Struchynski	Master 50+
415	Matt Abel	Open Men