Endlessly debatable as an actual DH course, the short-but-sweet-and-painful Fontana venue kicked off the 2018 U.S. race season thanks to organizers at Southridge USA. 174 competitors raced the clock and the dreaded Wall pedal section under pristine Southern California winter conditions. Thankfully for all, the first rain in 8 months kissed the region days before the race turning the dustbowl into a place of traction. Though short, the steep, technical rock sections of the track attract racers as they shake off the cobwebs, prepping for National and World Cup seasons. Bruce Klein, who recently announced his move to Commencal from KHS narrowly edged out Nik Nestoroff, who was on his first ride for KHS Factory Racing after moving over from Intense Factory Racing. In other sponsor news, Nick Hernandez (Sport Men 30-39) has his support dialed thanks to his sponsor, "Wife," LOL. Nice one, Nick.
On-board with race winner, Bruce Klein.
The encouraging participant numbers in the young rider classes are a sign that racing is still where it's at and that the future is looking bright in the area.
Thanks to Amanda Wentz (2nd place Pro Women) for the podium photos.
| 1 | Bruce | Klein | Pro Men | 810A | 00:01:56.03 | Commencal/100% |
| 2 | Nik | Nestoroff | Pro Men | 154A | 00:01:56.37 | KHS Factory Racing
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| 3 | Steven | Walton | Pro Men | 824A | 00:01:57.03 | Commencal |
| 4 | Cody | Johnson | Pro Men | 845A | 00:02:00.25 | Chainline |
| 5 | Jarod | Hanson | Pro Men | 793A | 00:02:01.15 | Incycle/Intense |
| 6 | Denis | Sharov | Pro Men | 177A | 00:02:07.03 | |
| 7 | Jeff | Leishman | Pro Men | 843A | 00:02:08.65 | |
| 8 | Troy | D'Elia | Pro Men | 5A | 00:02:11.34 | Foes Racing |
| 9 | Kyle | Doyle | Pro Men | 189A | 00:02:13.08 | Better Buzz Racing |
| 10 | David | Cordero | Pro Men | 813A | 00:03:24.13 |
| 1 | Dani | Johnson | Pro Women | 846B | 00:02:44.20 | Chainline |
| 2 | Amanda | Wentz | Pro Women | 835B | 00:02:50.95 | Gamut/Fox/Transition |
| 3 | Emily | Gacad | Pro Women | 156B | 00:02:51.61 | Incycle/Incycle |
| 1 | Troydon | Murison | Vet Pro | 6C | 00:02:04.81 | Worldwide Cyclery |
| 2 | Eric | Carter | Vet Pro | 2C | 00:02:08.99 | Hyper |
| 3 | Alex | McElyea | Vet Pro | 3C | 00:02:13.58 | AirparkBikes/100%/TeamWinded |
| 4 | Brett | Heuer | Vet Pro | 441C | 00:02:16.38 | Menifee Bikes |
| 5 | Jerome | Lacote | Vet Pro | 18C | 00:02:21.03 | |
| 6 | Brian | Parker | Vet Pro | 17C | 00:02:22.17 | Knolly/TruckerCo./Mynesweepers |
| 1 | Ryan | Pinkerton | Expert Men 14 & Under | 395D | 00:02:20.34 | Rock n Road Cyling |
| 2 | Nathan | Luna | Expert Men 14 & Under | 11D | 00:02:21.11 | Chainline Bikes/Intense |
| 3 | Sean | Edmiston | Expert Men 14 & Under | 223D | 00:02:21.66 | |
| 4 | Maison | Duncan | Expert Men 14 & Under | 7D | 00:02:25.81 | |
| 5 | Justin | Maliska | Expert Men 14 & Under | 299D | 00:02:30.70 | |
| 6 | Colin | McElyea | Expert Men 14 & Under | 20D | 00:02:31.08 | Airpack/100%/TeamWinded |
| 7 | Hunter | Kroepel | Expert Men 14 & Under | 548D | 00:02:36.61 | |
| 8 | Merrick | Otto | Expert Men 14 & Under | 13D | 00:02:40.16 |
| 1 | Cole | Suetos | Expert Men 15-18 | 23E | 00:02:00.23 | Incycle |
| 2 | Austin | Dooley | Expert Men 15-18 | 29E | 00:02:02.94 | Incycle Race Team |
| 3 | Dante | Silva | Expert Men 15-18 | 36E | 00:02:03.17 | FactoryGT/100%/Onyx |
| 4 | Skylar | Arcidiacono | Expert Men 15-18 | 235E | 00:02:07.65 | Intense Bombers |
| 5 | Kaden | Pankow | Expert Men 15-18 | 228E | 00:02:08.48 | ChainlineBikes/IntenseCycles/100Percent/DVO/RaceFace/WD40Bikes/FiveTen/OnzaTires/OneIndustries |
| 6 | Tyler | Ervin | Expert Men 15-18 | 37E | 00:02:08.95 | |
| 7 | Shane | Farrow | Expert Men 15-18 | 25E | 00:02:09.81 | |
| 8 | Seth | Butera | Expert Men 15-18 | 815E | 00:02:14.39 | |
| 9 | Riley | Morgan | Expert Men 15-18 | 772E | 00:02:14.45 | Oneal |
| 10 | Angelo | Loskota | Expert Men 15-18 | 157E | 00:02:14.56 | Team Block |
| 11 | Adam | Durbin | Expert Men 15-18 | 35E | 00:02:14.80 | Ellsworth/KMC/Maxxis/HT |
| 12 | Owen | Davis | Expert Men 15-18 | 249E | 00:02:14.88 | |
| 13 | Jakob | Snow | Expert Men 15-18 | 440E | 00:02:14.90 | |
| 14 | Kyle | Wineteer | Expert Men 15-18 | 56E | 00:02:19.83 | |
| 15 | Oskar | Adamson | Expert Men 15-18 | 817E | 00:02:20.68 | |
| 16 | Zane | Fletcher | Expert Men 15-18 | 803E | 00:02:20.75 | |
| 17 | Liam | Donohue | Expert Men 15-18 | 857E | 00:02:22.88 | Commencal |
| 18 | Caleb | Holland | Expert Men 15-18 | 5E | 00:02:23.64 | DAD |
| 19 | Jantz | Kulz Kowski | Expert Men 15-18 | 838E | 00:02:40.04 | |
| 20 | Jeremy | Hindert | Expert Men 15-18 | 360E | 00:02:44.64 | |
| 21 | Jacob | Gomez | Expert Men 15-18 | 170E | 00:03:13.81 | ODI/RYNO/LEATT |
| 1 | Zach | Rante | Expert Men 19-29 | 369F | 00:02:09.65 | FullertonBikes/DragonAlliance/RevolutionGrips/KendaTires |
| 2 | Grant | Rogers | Expert Men 19-29 | 774F | 00:02:11.17 | |
| 3 | Drake | Barron | Expert Men 19-29 | 660F | 00:02:14.44 | Monster Army/ 100 Percent |
| 4 | Andrew | Parker | Expert Men 19-29 | 799F | 00:02:15.58 | Auburn Bike Co |
| 5 | Juan | Escobar | Expert Men 19-29 | 852F | 00:02:16.44 | |
| 6 | Seth | Datin | Expert Men 19-29 | 14F | 00:02:16.95 | |
| 7 | Drake | Booten | Expert Men 19-29 | 75F | 00:02:20.37 | |
| 8 | Eddie | Matthiesseu | Expert Men 19-29 | 844F | 00:02:29.32 | |
| 9 | Kevin | Shabaz | Expert Men 19-29 | 828F | 00:02:31.92 | |
| 10 | Martin | Chacon | Expert Men 19-29 | 851F | 00:02:33.56 | |
| 11 | Trevor | Ford | Expert Men 19-29 | 775F | 00:02:40.72 | Gravity Pirates |
| 12 | Matt | Clark | Expert Men 19-29 | 830F | 00:02:41.85 | |
| 13 | Griffin | Hallett | Expert Men 19-29 | 832F | 00:02:48.14 |
| 1 | Wes | Peebles | Expert Men 30-39 | 445G | 00:02:11.11 | |
| 2 | Wes | Mendel | Expert Men 30-39 | 786G | 00:02:13.82 | Ryno Power |
| 3 | Brian | Weaver | Expert Men 30-39 | 777G | 00:02:27.43 | Orange Vise |
| 4 | Brian | Morgan | Expert Men 30-39 | 773G | 00:02:32.48 | |
| 5 | Jason | Farnsworth | Expert Men 30-39 | 22G | 00:02:49.80 |
| 1 | Chris | Jean | Expert Men 40-49 | 527H | 00:02:24.36 | |
| 2 | Richard | Gomez | Expert Men 40-49 | 454H | 00:02:24.43 | |
| 3 | Christian | Duncan | Expert Men 40-49 | 837H | 00:02:29.05 | |
| 4 | Buck | Goodrich | Expert Men 40-49 | 34H | 00:02:29.28 | SouthridgeUSA |
| 5 | Marlon | Hilbert | Expert Men 40-49 | 420H | 00:02:32.97 | Neighborhood Cyclery/TruckerCo./Applebox |
| 6 | Josh | Trevithick | Expert Men 40-49 | 523H | 00:02:38.48 | |
| 7 | Jason | Brown | Expert Men 40-49 | 151H | 00:02:38.90 | TCMTB Racing |
| 1 | Bobby | Bondurant | Expert Men 60+ | 8J | 00:12:46.98 | Trucker Co/ Big Bear Free Riders |
| 1 | McKenna | Merten | Expert Women Open | 2K | 00:02:55.39 | Cissters Racing |
| 2 | Dixie | Owens | Expert Women Open | 3K | 00:03:16.34 | Commencial USA/ODI/Deity |
| 3 | Zoe Ray | Wood | Expert Women Open | 357K | 00:07:42.59 |
| 1 | Connor | Solis | Sport Men 15-18 | 322N | 00:02:38.21 | |
| 2 | Travis | Geerstner | Sport Men 15-18 | 814N | 00:02:46.70 | |
| 3 | Thomas | Laswson | Sport Men 15-18 | 500N | 00:02:48.05 | |
| 4 | Shane | McGregor | Sport Men 15-18 | 393N | 00:02:51.26 | |
| 5 | Levi | Duffy | Sport Men 15-18 | 30N | 00:02:52.53 | Menifee Bicycles |
| 6 | Ben | Friedman | Sport Men 15-18 | 225N | 00:02:54.13 | |
| 7 | Andrew | Webb | Sport Men 15-18 | 856N | 00:02:54.37 | |
| 8 | Jackson | Wootton | Sport Men 15-18 | 770N | 00:03:02.30 |
| 1 | Nicholas | Abeyta | Sport Men 19-29 | 833O | 00:02:42.59 | |
| 2 | Sullivon | Van Way | Sport Men 19-29 | 831O | 00:02:44.30 | Raising Canes Racing |
| 3 | Lucas | Ault | Sport Men 19-29 | 248O | 00:02:48.25 | Incycle |
| 4 | Christopher | Johnson | Sport Men 19-29 | 323O | 00:02:48.80 |
| 1 | Devon | Hauser | Sport Men 30-39 | 237P | 00:02:39.60 | |
| 2 | Nick | Hernandez | Sport Men 30-39 | 245P | 00:02:40.66 | Wife |
| 3 | Leandro | Parada | Sport Men 30-39 | 201P | 00:02:40.88 | |
| 4 | Nick | Duffy | Sport Men 30-39 | 5P | 00:02:43.24 | Menifee Bicycles |
| 5 | David | Hardwick | Sport Men 30-39 | 202P | 00:02:49.52 | The Path Bike Shop |
| 6 | Art | Marquez | Sport Men 30-39 | 841P | 00:02:52.44 | United Demon |
| 7 | John | Oloughlin | Sport Men 30-39 | 456P | 00:02:52.93 | The Gravity Cartel |
| 8 | Travis | Chase | Sport Men 30-39 | 295P | 00:02:58.12 | Roy's Cyclery |
| 9 | Eric | Sun | Sport Men 30-39 | 778P | 00:03:09.25 | |
| 10 | Richard | Macias | Sport Men 30-39 | 858P | 00:03:22.00 |
| 1 | Jeremy | Ault | Sport Men 40-49 | 247Q | 00:02:52.25 | Incycle |
| 2 | Robert | Bledsoe | Sport Men 40-49 | 400Q | 00:03:21.20 | |
| 3 | Johnny |
| Sport Men 40-49 | 834Q | 00:05:10.72 |
| 1 | Rito | Sanchez | Sport Men 50-59 | 427R | 00:02:54.89 | |
| 2 | Bert | Huerta | Sport Men 50-59 | 310R | 00:03:04.42 | 3ten racing |
| 3 | Robert | Kuhn | Sport Men 50-59 | 16R | 00:03:13.10 | |
| 4 | Fred | Valencia | Sport Men 50-59 | 464R | 00:03:41.09 | TNT Racing |
| 1 | Summer | Hull | Sport Women Open | 847U | 00:03:29.12 | |
| 2 | Nancy | Harris | Sport Women Open | 5U | 00:03:40.11 | Intense Bombers Team |
| 1 | Justin | Duncan | Beginner Men 9-10 | 9V | 00:03:11.48 | |
| 2 | Travis | Maliska | Beginner Men 9-10 | 19V | 00:03:48.36 | |
| 3 | Connor | Calnan | Beginner Men 9-10 | 853V | 00:03:48.47 | |
| 4 | Rocco | Piazza | Beginner Men 9-10 | 840V | 00:03:49.51 | |
| 5 | Julian | Muniz | Beginner Men 9-10 | 32V | 00:04:01.33 | |
| 6 | Dylan | Hyde | Beginner Men 9-10 | 599V | 00:04:01.40 |
| 1 | Mason | Salazar | Beginner Men 11-12 | 5W | 00:02:45.35 | |
| 2 | Eddie | Reynolds | Beginner Men 11-12 | 17W | 00:02:48.10 | |
| 3 | Everette | Otto | Beginner Men 11-12 | 14W | 00:02:56.81 | |
| 4 | Slate | Clark | Beginner Men 11-12 | 6W | 00:03:01.71 | |
| 5 | Mason | Kroepel | Beginner Men 11-12 | 2W | 00:03:07.75 | Commencal |
| 6 | Jeffrey | Ross | Beginner Men 11-12 | 18W | 00:03:15.95 | Bike Alley |
| 7 | Tanner | Jackson-Hernandez | Beginner Men 11-12 | 153W | 00:03:16.01 | Southridge USA |
| 8 | Diego | Muniz | Beginner Men 11-12 | 26W | 00:03:39.77 | |
| 9 | Ethan | Walters | Beginner Men 11-12 | 163W | 00:03:43.45 | |
| 10 | Aiden | Walters | Beginner Men 11-12 | 164W | 00:03:52.85 |
| 1 | Matthew | Beasley | Beginner Men 13-15 | 165X | 00:02:52.33 | |
| 2 | Ethan | Carter | Beginner Men 13-15 | 199X | 00:02:57.42 | |
| 3 | Joseph | Millek | Beginner Men 13-15 | 787X | 00:02:59.04 | |
| 4 | Bryan | Folland | Beginner Men 13-15 | 432X | 00:03:03.34 | |
| 5 | Logan | Blanchard | Beginner Men 13-15 | 234X | 00:03:08.07 | |
| 6 | Jakob | Parsons | Beginner Men 13-15 | 848X | 00:03:08.19 | |
| 7 | Toby | D'Avignon | Beginner Men 13-15 | 468X | 00:03:11.66 | |
| 8 | Porter | Lacy | Beginner Men 13-15 | 855X | 00:03:13.11 | |
| 9 | Brian | Ross | Beginner Men 13-15 | 469X | 00:03:18.65 | |
| 10 | Cole | Solis | Beginner Men 13-15 | 836X | 00:03:29.67 | |
| 11 | Ellis | Corbell | Beginner Men 13-15 | 58X | 00:03:48.06 |
| 1 | Chaisson | Sisson | Beginner Men 16-18 | 257Y | 00:02:40.94 | Kali Protectives |
| 2 | August | Wagner | Beginner Men 16-18 | 850Y | 00:02:44.12 | Jenson USA |
| 3 | Jack | Nazaroff | Beginner Men 16-18 | 288Y | 00:02:58.11 | |
| 4 | Zachary | Waters | Beginner Men 16-18 | 188Y | 00:03:04.83 | |
| 5 | Alec | Burton | Beginner Men 16-18 | 37Y | 00:03:07.38 | Bear Valley Bikes |
| 6 | Justin | Thomas | Beginner Men 16-18 | 842Y | 00:03:42.08 | |
| 7 | David | Masini | Beginner Men 16-18 | 839Y | 00:03:42.44 |
| 1 | Noah | Unhassobiscay | Beginner Men 19-29 | 321Z | 00:02:59.25 |
| 1 | John | Strait | Beginner Men 30-39 | 421ZA | 00:03:13.07 | |
| 2 | James | Strait | Beginner Men 30-39 | 424ZA | 00:03:19.24 |
| 1 | Brian | Cannan | Beginner Men 40-49 | 187ZB | 00:02:39.24 | |
| 2 | David | Walters | Beginner Men 40-49 | 162ZB | 00:02:52.06 | |
| 3 | Brock | Le Donner | Beginner Men 40-49 | 829ZB | 00:02:54.93 | |
| 4 | Chris | Jones | Beginner Men 40-49 | 214ZB | 00:03:20.17 | Stonehaus/Trek |
| 1 | Manning | Merten | Beginner Women 18 & Under | 2ZE | 00:04:00.26 | Cissters Racing |
Stay tuned for more racing action this season.
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