BC details

We hope everyone is as excited to race cross this weekend as we are! Barry Platte Park has become a quickly become a classic northland venue with plenty of varied terrain with some fast sections and some tough sand runs.
Directions: 1-69 North to Barry Rd. Left (west) on Barry Rd (.5 miles). Right (North) on Platte Purchase Rd, Left (West) on 87th St. Park at Barry School and use sidewalk to connect to Barry Platte Park.
We will be setting up tomorrow afternoon, so if you want to come check out the course stop in around 4:00 or so, and the course will be about set up.

Two of our previous venues, English Landing Park and EH Young Park (home of last year's state championship) were flooded and severerly damaged this year. This has caused a scramble on our end to secure some more venues. We've got a couple up our sleeves for later in the season, but this weekend we'll be racing hard at Barry Platte Park! See you there!

Boss Cross #1 and 2 Flyer

2011 Boss Cross New and Details - Check it!

Hello all for 2011- Sorry for the lack of news. As you have probably figured, the flooding of 2011 dealt Boss Cross a harsh blow. 2 prized venues have spent the spring and summer underwater. The upside is that we have lots of new, natural sand. The downside is that we don't get to race in these parks this year. That's cool. We've been complacent, and it's forced use to find new venues, which is why we've been neglecting an update... Good news for 2011 - Boss Cross is going to do two weekends. We noticed a dearth of weekend racing this year, so we're filling the void. Kansas City Cross is huge, and we think we need to be racing Saturday and Sunday whenever possible. Second good news for 2011 - We are going to be rolling out a new park (to be named later...) in Kansas City North as a new venue for State CX Champs and Boss Cross 4. Which brings us to... Good News #3 - We (I - Jeremy) screwed up last year. I hosed Andy Lucas out of the Overall victory because we squeezed BC categories into MO State CX categories. Not that Dave H isn't a worthy winner, he's fast, a cool dude, and definitely deserved his win; however, I deprived both Dave and Andy the chance to dice it up and throw down for the V... Not this year. We are going to do Boss Cross Finals (#4) and MO State CX on separate days that way I can't be blamed for someone losing... even though I still think about it all the time... So, schedule (flyer to come later) Boss Cross 1 - Saturday, October 1 - Barry-Platte Park Boss Cross 2 - Sunday, October 2 - Barry-Platte Park Boss Cross 3 - Sunday, October 30 - Venue TBD (maybe wyco, maybe KC North, lots of options being tied down) Boss Cross 4 - Saturday, December 3 - Venue TBD (likely Gladstone - Oak Park) MO State CX Championships - Sunday December 4 - Venue TBD A flyer will be put out soon. You can begin preregistration at www.sportsbaseonline.com (as usual) on Tuesday September 5. Same categories and start times as last year, same entry fee, same package deal ($85) for all 4 Boss Cross races. Can't add CX States into that. Sorry. Racing starts on October 1. See you at Manions on 9/24... Hit me up with questions as usual... I'm around and will get back to you! Jeremy and Joe

Boss Cross 4 and MO State CX Champs Results

Man, oh, man... it was COLD yesterday! Many thanks to everyone who has antifreeze in their veins and honched it up out there. I want to especially thank all of the out of towners who came and raced. Lots of fast people...

Not only did the out of towners show us KC racers a clean set of wheels in most of the races, they also showed us how to visit a new scene and retain their dignity. One of our goals in hosting the MO CX Champs was to promote the best that KC racing had to offer. Racers, venues, spectators... I think most of this can be considered mission accomplished. However, a few of us left our manners at the soccer stadium. It's cool to have a rivalry and local pride and all that, but we should always... ALWAYS(!) be gracious hosts. I think that STL won the competition on that front. KC, let's do a better job next year. Save the hooligan shit for when Kevin Hartman comes back to town...

Now that I'm done with that, I want to congratulate all of the newly crowned state champs. Well done. But I do have a bit of warmth in my heart for the local guys who were able to bring a jersey home. Well done.

Here are the results for the day. Joe will calculate overall series points soon. The Bubba Cross guys will do what they will for the double points on their side of the state. There were a couple of rough patches trying to mix categories for USAC and Boss Cross. We will work on that for next year. Any constructive criticism is well received.

Boss 4 Results

Pre-registration closes at midnight THURSDAY

All,
Pre-registration will close at midnight on Thursday night. Remember, if you are not a series leader (boss or bubba), or a defending state champ, then this is your shot to get a call up for the race. Check the link on the sidebar for Sports Base Online.
3 more days...

Boss/Bubba Cross points and 2009 State Champs!

For all to see, here is a list of defending 2009 MO State Champs... As you can see, not a lot of westerners in this list. I'll give Paul Quindry a pass since he's a former/honorary KC resident. Andy Lucas seems to be the only other guy holding up his end of the deal. KC, let's change this. STL and beyond, the gauntlet has been thrown... Good luck to all, and see you guys on Saturday morning!

2009 defending state champs.

cat. p-1-2 men: Josh Johnson
cat. 3 men: Dan Miller
cat. 4 men: Rock Wamsley
30+ men: Matt La Berta
35+ men: Paul Quindry
40+ men: Chris Heirre
45+ men: Andy Lucas
50+ men: Richard George
cat. 1-2-3 women: Carrie Cash
cat. 4 women: stephanie McCreary
jr. men: Aaron Stull
jr. women: Karen Brocket
single speed: Christopher Connolly


Here are the Boss Cross total points through Race #3. Don't ask me about the points, that's Joe Fox's deal. Also, we're going to do you STL guys a solid and post Bubba Cross points below...

Boss Cross Series Points
BossCross Results 2010-1

Bubba Cross Series Points
Bubba 2010 Points(1)

Home Stays (and points)

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I hope everyone is as excited for this Saturdays MO state champs as Jeremy and I are.

It's going to be a fast, yet very challenging course as many of you already know from early October. Series points will be posted by the time you are reading this, so that those of you who have been consistently racing the BC races this season will know exactly where you stand going into Saturday's race.

Also, for any of you out of towners needing a place to stay Friday night, let me know. I have room for 2-3 of you at my house. Keep in mind that getting up bright and early Saturday morning to head to the race (and so will you), but if you want a free bed to sleep in you are welcome to it (cycleciytkc@yahoo.com).

Let us know if you have any last minute questions before this weekend.