THURSDAY NIGHT ROAD RACE 
     Marcia Burnside Memorial Time Trial -- May 1, 2003 -- 20 Kilometers

Thursday, May 1st proved to be a wonderful evening for the Fairbanks 
Cycle Club to usher in the 2003 summer racing season.  Turnout was good, 
with seventeen racers competing in the Marcia Burnside Memorial Time Trial.  

Marcia Burnside was instrumental to the Fairbanks Cycle Club, and devoted 
much of her time and energy to both events and behind the scenes paperwork 
for the club.  Marcia passed away earlier this year.

Racers assembled at the first gravel pit on Murphy Dome road Monday evening.  
There was much chatting and carrying on, as this was the first time that 
many of the participants had seen one another since last fall.  Then, racers 
started at thirty second intervals, pedaling hard into a moderate headwind.  

After a short but agonizing six-mile ride, racers hit the turnaround point 
and steamed back towards the finish.  With most of the energy already used 
up, some of the short hills on the way back seemed excruciatingly long and 
steep.  The finish line was a welcome sight for everyone.

First place women finisher Gail Koepf made it look easy, never losing her 
trademark smile, finishing in 36:23.  Second place finisher Christine Matson 
was nearly four minutes behind Koepf, and almost a minute ahead of the 3rd 
place women finisher.

Top men's finisher Dave Dohnal burned the course up with an excellent time 
of 30:38, and even managed to look fresh and unscathed at the finish.  Dohnal 
edged out the "brash and obnoxious" Rocky Reifenstuhl by a mere four seconds.  
Reifenstuhl looked almost as fresh as Dohnal at the finish.  

In the "aww, that's nice" category, man-of-steel Bruce Gard rode with his 
sweetie Lynn Gilbert.  The couple tied for last place, but they were out for 
a nice evening ride instead of racing.  

Thanks to Gar and Jan Pessel for putting on the race, and to the various 
volunteers who helped manage the course, making the evening a safe and fun 
event.  More volunteers were on hand, including the ever-present Liam 
Wescott and another nice lady who we didn't get the name of.


Women
 1st  Gail Koepf				36:23
 2nd  Christine Matson				40:21
 3rd  Laura Jacobs				41:16
 4th  Lynn Gilbert				49:12

Men
 1st  Dave Dohnal				30:38
 2nd  Rocky Reifenstuhl				30:42
 3rd  Doug Stewart				31:34
 4th  Tom Clark					31:53
 5th  Brandon Acheson				32:12
 6th  Fred Harbison				32:43
 7th  Dave Cerny				33:14
 8th  Fred Raymond				33:19
 9th  Tom Stokesbury				33:52
 10th Paul Gregory				35:34
 11th Mike Quinn				36:00
 12th Steve Clautice				36:45
 13th Bruce Gard				49:12