DON'T MISS THE RACE OF THE YEAR!  SPOOKY CROSS NIGHT RACE - IRVINE, CA - SATURDAY 10.24  Bring your favorite costume and be prepared for the time of your life! Music, Halloween madness, costumes and beer will be the call as the 2009-10 Southern California Prestige Series of Cyclocross presented by Shimano brings you Spooky Cross Night Race hosted by Rock N Road Cyclery on Saturday, October 24th in Irvine, CA.

This is sure to be an unforgettable event filled with Halloween-themed festivities beginning with Juniors and Youth cyclocross racing at 2:30pm.  Spooky sounds begin to fill the air.  At 3:15pm, the kids will get the chance to show off their costumes with the Clif Kids Costume Race!  The schedule continues with Prestige Series racing culminating with full on live concert, food, beer and elite cyclocross racing at dusk and into the night.

In between pumpkin carving contest nominees will become illuminated Jack-o-lantern barriers and will put racers to the test on the Spooky Costume Race course – starting out with a celebration lap for everyone to show off their Halloween garb.  Team Duke hosts the Spooky Costume Relay Race – 2 person teams or go solo to benefit the John Wayne Cancer Foundation. Prizes awarded to top men, women, co-ed and best costume podium.

The Halloween themed course is a mix of pavement and dirt and grass. The racers will head out on with a full-out sprint taking racers out of the field and onto the Planet Bike Hill of Fame sending racers up and down then into a steep run up and back onto the infield heading through the Ellsworth Tunnel. Racers will charge around the Sock Guy go cart track and onto the Moots Gucci off-camber dirt bank before heading over to the H2O Overdrive Stairs and back around the SoCalCross Expo and Shimano fast-track double barriers.  This will take racers into the darkness of the Kool N Fit DJ Dead People Zone and immediately into the Fluid Sand Pit. Racers complete the loop and finish on pavement in the middle of the SoCalCross Expo and Beer Garden. Each lap is approx. 3.5km in length. Races are timed circuits on the course based on category.

Race Day registration is available opens at 1:00pm and closes 20 minutes prior to each race category start.  Demo.rental bikes are available for new riders to ‘cross.  Reserve yours today.  A beginner’s CX clinic will take place at 1:30pm by MTBChick.com.

The elite categories will race at dusk and night. Look for challengers for Elite Men’s Series Leader Brent Prenzlow (Celo Pacific) from the Gritters brothers – Brandon and Kyle of Rock N Road.  Pro Road and MTB Champions Brian Lopes, Sid Taberlay, and Tony Cruz are schedule to be in the line-up as well.   Elite Women’s Series Leader Dorothy Wong (Team SoCalCross) will work with her up-and-coming cycling elite Kendall and Alexis Ryan as challengers Tonya Bray (YOR Health-MTBChick.com) and more look to challenge the trio.

SPOOKY PUMPKIN CARVING CONTEST!  BYO-PUMPKINS ENCOURAGED!!! Which pumpkin will will?  All entrants will then become the jack-o-lantern barrier section for the Spooky Costume Race. Best carvers win prizes!!! Let's see what you got!!!

TEAM JENSON USA MEMBER FOR A DAY CONTEST @ SPOOKY CROSS NIGHT RACE!  Jenson USA is giving away an amazing prize - your chance to be a member of Team Jenson USA for a day!  We love cyclocross and want to give one lucky cyclist a chance to experience it as well, with the full support of pro equipment and advice behind you. "Congratulations to Genny DeVries, the winner of the "Team Jenson USA for a Day" contest. Look for Genny in the Women's 35+ 3/4 category this Saturday at Spooky Cross! She'll be sporting the pro-level Yeti ARCx bike, Bell Volt helmet, and be fueled up with nutritionals from Pacific Health Labs. Good luck Genny!"

ENERGY EFFICIENCY SOLAR AND THE GREEN TRUCK ON THE GO MEAN ECO-FRIENDLY EVENT Energy Efficiency Solar and The Green Truck on the Go powered by veggie oil bring the green theme to Spooky Cross! The bicycle-centric series provides an ideal platform to bring awareness to athletes and the local community about reducing our carbon footprint and promoting an eco-friendly lifestyle.  Every race in the Prestige Series is SOLAR POWERED and racers are encourage to recycle and reuse with the GoGreenRacer contest each week on our website!

LIVE MUSIC PEAKS THE SPIRITS AT SPOOKY CROSS!  Look for some rockin’ Halloween themed sets from three cool bands on tap for Spooky Cross. The Gruesome Twosome will open the show as the dynamic duo jam rock-style with original and classic hits including some spooky rock tunes.  The Rims trio will bring their classic rock sounds Hollywood style also with original flavor as the day turns to night.  After the Spooky Costume race, Kinkade will bring the par-tay full-tilt with the elite men’s race!

SPOOKY CROSS LINE UP:  2:00P-9:00P

2:00PM   *Beginner Clinic

2:30PM   *Youth racing and Kids Costume CX Race/Best Costumes

3:30PM   *Beginner CX racing - Begin Pumkin Carving Contest

4:30PM   *DJ Echo Brown - spins the vinyl - Dance and Spook the racers in shte Spooky Dead People Zone!!!  

5:30PM    *Gruesome Twosome Band kicks off the 35+ masters races

6:30PM   *The Rims take us into the night 3/4, Elite SingleSpeed and Women

7:30PM   *Costume Parade, Spooky Cross Relay Race/Best Costumes

8:00PM   *Kinkade rocks out the finale celebration and Elite Men's race

GOOGLE MAP DIRECTIONS: 8800 Irvine Center Drive – Irvine, CA

MORE INFO AT: www.SoCalCross.org