! ! ! The Boston Road Club and Broadway Bicycle School Cycling Team, in cooperation with the Lowell Board of Parks Department presents ! BRC Cyclocross Race at Shedd Park Lowell, MA Sunday, November 16th, 2014 ! ! USAC Cross Category Start Time Race Time (minutes) Fee ($) Prize List Places Juniors 9 – 14 8:10 20 $5 Medals Boys & Girls 3 Men Cat 4/5 8:40 40 $25 Medals 3 Women Cat 3/4 9:40 40 $25 Medals 3 Junior Girls 15-18 9:40 40 $15 $280 10 Masters Women 40+ 9:40 40 $30 $180 5 Masters 40+ (Cat 1-5) 10:35 45 $30 $390 8 Masters 50+ (Cat 1-5) 11:35 45 $30 $240 6 Masters 60+ (Cat 1-5) 11:35 45 $30 $150 5 Women P/1/2/3 12:35 45 $35 $1280 20 Men P1/2/3 1:35 60 $35 $1280 20 Men Cat 3/4 2:50 45 $30 $390 8 Junior Boys 15-18 2:50 45 $15 $280 10 Citizen Men (1-day licenses) must race in the Cat 4/5 race at 8:40AM, the Masters 40+ race at 10:35 AM, the Masters 50+ at 11:35AM or the Masters 60+ race at 11:35AM. Citizen Women (1-day licenses) must race in the Cat 3/4 Women’s race, at 9:40 PM. !Course & Venue Notes: • Preregistered riders will be staged based their Crossresults.com ranking. • There are team tent spots available by pre-reg ($20 per spot) and if any spots are left on race day, they will be allotted on a first-come-first-served basis. All proceeds to be donated to the Lowell Sun Santa fund. • A fast course around Shedd Park consisting of a cinder track, grassy flats, barriers, some steep climbs, and a couple of stretches of single/double track, spectator friendly with plenty of on site parking. Parking is on the backside of the park in two lots. Do not park in front of the pavilion, in the lot next to the playground or on Rogers St. Please also be respectful of the Lowell Cemetery and Rogers Fort Hill Park, which border the park. • Registration is at the pavilion. Registration opens at 7:00 AM. • In general, the Shedd Park is not open to cyclocross training. • • Toilets are in the pavilion. We’ll also have portable toilets in the parking areas. • There is a large playground at Shedd Park, great for the kids. Other Notes: • US DOT or CPSC approved helmets required (at all times). • Timing and scoring services provided by Alan Atwood Racing Services. • Promoter reserves the right to combine fields. • USAC Licenses are required and will be available day of race. USAC $3 insurance surcharge is included in fee. One-day licenses available for an additional $15. Add $5 for race day registration. • Mountain bikes welcome, no bar ends please. • Field Limit of 100 for all race times. • For general pre-race questions, email Joe Cady ([email protected]). Please do not leave messages on the BRC hotline, it is not checked regularly. For any questions or issues that come up on race day, please contact BRC Staff. • Riders may do more than one race. The race fee for a second race is $10 • All USA Cycling Rules Apply. • USA Cycling permit applied for. !Registration: Register on-line (the preferred method) at www.bikereg.com -OR- mail check payable to Boston Road Club and standard release form to the address below. ! Brian Morrill 419 Spring Street West Bridgewater, MA 02379 !Race day registration opens at 7:00 am and closes 15 minutes before each event. !Directions & Parking: The race venue is very close to Rte 495 in Lowell. Take Rt. 495 to Exit 38 Rt. 38/Lowell/Tewksbury. At the end of the ramp, turn right toward Lowell. Proceed approximately one mile to the set of lights just after the Wendy's restaurant. Take a left on to Boylston St and take a right into the entrance for the Joe Pyne School and a right on to Park Ave East. Shedd Park is on the right. Please note the Park Ave East is now a one-way street from the Joe Pine School to Knapp Ave. !! Parking Area !! !The Boston Road Club is sponsored by the following organizations. Please support them whenever possible ! !! !! !!