Funk Bottoms Gravel

Friday, October 19, 2018

Funk Bottoms Gravel Kits

We had Voler make some FBG kits order your here https://www.voler.com/browse/cat2/?cat=grp&store=25850

Monday, September 17, 2018

The 9th Funk Bottoms Gravel June 15, 2019

More details on the 9th edition soon.

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

2018 FunkBottoms Gravel Results

Woman's 200K Rachel Weaver 11:42

Men's 200K Jimmy Pooler 9:03

200K Single Speed Jordan Calvery 9:55

100K Single Speed Jack Richardson 5:38

Woman's 100K Sandy Sherry 6:00

Men's 100K Jeff Pendlebury 3:51

		Mens 100K
	Name	Team/ Club	Time
1	Jeffrey Pendlebury	Ride On Wooster	3:51
2	Matthew Weeks	Lake Effect Cycling Team	3:52
3	Tim Proctor	The Bicycle Station	3:54
4	Brad Rogers	Y-Not Racing Team	3:57
5	John Wischmeier	Bicycle Station	4:07
6	Nate Loman	Team Lake Effect p/b Bike Authority	4:10
7	David Jolin	Y-Not Cycling & Fitness	4:10
8	Sean Odonnell	Bicycle Station	4:10
9	Zachary Mellion	Bike Ohio	4:14
10	Michael Chapman		4:16
11	Aaron Grabber	Ride On Wooster	4:17
12	Brent Thompson*		4:17
13	Chad Lacher	Steadfast Cycle Club	4:18
14	Jay Ellis	3T / Q+M	4:25
15	Jason Baldwin		4:25
16	Jamie Williams	Lionheart Juniors/Cincinnati Cyclocross	4:29
17	David Steiner	Spin/Litzler Automation	4:33
18	Scott Young	Roll Racing	4:36
19	Joseph Ipacs	Team Athens Cycling	4:36
20	Craig Burland	Bike Ohio	4:37
21	Tom Sherry*	Pirate Cycling League	4:37
22	Jeff Kompa	TEAM SPIN / Litzler Automation	4:38
23	Steffan Garcia		4:41
24	Rick Voithofer	Team SixOneFour	4:45
25	Paul Miles		4:46
26	John Porter*		4:49
27	John Eldred	Club Spin	4:51
28	Joel Schmidt	Ride On Wooster	4:53
29	Jeremy Stratton		4:54
30	Robert Meester		4:55
31	Martin Zakes		4:58
32	Marc Mancini*	Pirate Cycling League	5:00
33	Jacob Connor		5:03
34	Kurt Molter		5:03
35	Evan Wachs		5:07
36	Larry Pandy	Stray Dog	5:07
37	Albert Macso	Akron Coffee Roasters	5:12
38	Richard Allesee	Maumee Valley Wheelmen	5:12
39	Ron Smedley	Ride On Wooster	5:15
40	Garry Blair*	Champion City Cycling	5:19
41	Dan Payton*	Champion City Cycling	5:19
42	John Barney		5:20
43	Jeff Wass	Team Dayton Cycling	5:21
44	jay ganser*	Bike Ohio	5:25
45	Scott Evans	Team Spin/Litzler Automation	5:25
46	John Proppe	Lake Effect Racing	5:25
47	Mike Hlauaty		5:29
48	Michael Roach	Lake Erie Wheelers	5:29
49	Mark Milliren		5:29
50	David Binkley	Paradise Garage Racing	5:30
51	Ken White	Rubber City Ratz	5:37
52	Tobias Deardorff	Athlete Octane Racing	5:37
53	Bill Childers	Little River Racers	5:37
54	Justin Webb		5:37
55	John Kagan		5:37
56	Rudy Sroka	Lake Effect	5:37
57	Michael Burnett		5:39
58	Colin Murphy	Joy Machines Racing	5:43
59	Joe Stratton	Joy Machines Racing	5:46
60	Daniel Nolan		5:50
61	Brian Ochocki	Team Lake Effect	5:50
62	Dom Burneikis		5:53
63	Boris Brezo		5:55
64	Nathan Burks	Elitist Cycling Dicks	5:57
65	Alex Steinker	Monogram Mambas	5:59
66	Mike Whitlow		5:59
67	James Campbell		6:01
68	David Spurlock	Roll: Racing	6:02
69	Sean Hughes		6:15
70	Jeff Shaull		6:16
71	Michael Meiser	Flatlanders Bicycle Club	6:19
72	Jordan Katterheinrich	Paradise Garage Racing	6:21
73	Matthew Wagner		6:22
74	Alexander Rigda	Joy Machines Racing	6:25
75	Neal Schmitt	Team SixOneFour	6:28
76	Samuel Jones	Kenda Tires USA	6:28
77	Daryl Breedlove	Blue Sky Bicycle	6:41
78	Mark Farmer	Team SixOneFour	6:43
79	Takahiro Nozaki	Breakaway Quickdirt	6:46
80	Randy Hammons		6:56
81	Eric Rudnitakas		6:58
82	Brian Anderson	Ride On	6:59
83	Joey Shearer	Ride On	6:59
84	Ben Shaevitz	SOCIETY Race Team	7:06
85	Brad Minkowski		7:10
86	wesley jones		7:11
87	Radu Herbei		7:14
88	Paul White	Pirate Cycling League	7:21
89	eric Laurence	TeamMCPc	7:21
90	Jon Scudamore		7:25
91	Mark Jones	Orrville Cycling Club	7:38
92	Jason Weigman		7:44
93	Eric Browne		7:45
94	larry brenize	Team Integrity	7:46
95	Ron Kubala	Lake Effect Racing	7:48
96	Craig Bickle	Dark Creedence	7:57
97	Chris Daiber		7:57
98	Craig Baker		8:16
99	Clifford Myers		8:46
100	Sean Grady		9:20
101	Dhruvang Darji		10:37
102	glenn johnson		10:48
103	Ben Anderson	Kenda Tire	DNF
104	Paul Hamad		DNF
105	Adam Karpowicz		DNF
106	Ryan knopf	River Day Racing	DNF
107	Scott Rooks		DNF
108	Steve Silver	Stark County Bicycle Club	DNF
109	Christopher Smith	Stark Velo	DNF
110	STEVE TWINING	team lake effect racing/tru wheels	DNF
111	Jared Zollars	Ride On Wooster	DNF
112	Shawn Jones	River Day Racing	DNF
113	Jack Vrana		DNF
114	Aaron Hershberger	Ride On Wooster	DNS
115	Allan Ruddy		DNS
116	Ben Weaver	Texas Roadhouse Cycling	DNS
117	Chris Crandall	Elitist Cycling Dicks	DNS
118	Chuck Bortz	Blue Sky Bicycles	DNS
119	Craig Carroll	Mad Cow Ramble	DNS
120	DAVID DEL RIO		DNS
121	Douglas Kinnear		DNS
122	Gerald Schmidt Jr	Mad Cow Ramble	DNS
123	James Pooler	Ride On	DNS
124	JASON SUPPAN	RideOn	DNS
125	Jeremiah Hoggatt	Last Call	DNS
126	John Lorson	River Day Racing	DNS
127	Lamar Bruce Miner	Wheelcraft Bicycles	DNS
128	Mark Aulfinger		DNS
129	Matt Locke		DNS
130	Paul Tucci	Stark County Bike club	DNS
131	peter czerwinski		DNS
132	Quintin Bressler	Vertical Runner	DNS
133	Rajiv Westlick	Flatlanders	DNS
134	Rick Wetherald	Athletes on Track	DNS
135	Sean Burkey	A dash of Trash	DNS
136	Stephen Rajek		DNS
137	Tim Watkins		DNS
138	Tracy Allen		DNS
139	Westley Puse		DNS
140	Zac Waugh	Eddys Bike Shop	DNS
	*Past FBG Winner

		Womans 100K
	Name	Team/ Club	Time
1	Sandy Sherry*	Pirate Cycling League	6:00
2	Chrissy Sarns		6:16
3	Theresa Augustin	Team Stelleri	DNS
4	Margaret Barawskas	J's Bikes Racing	DNS
5	Meredith Gabriel		DNS
6	Christine Ingersoll		DNS
	*Past FBG Winner	100K Single speed

	Name	Team/ Club	Time
1	Jack Richardson	Blue Sky Bicycles	5:38
2	Andrew White	Rubber City Ratz	5:39
3	Chris Karpowicz*	Hammer Nutrition	5:50
	*Past FBG Winner


		Mens 200K
	Bib#	Team\ Club	Lap #1	Final Time
1	Jimmy Pooler*	Ride On	4:11	9:03
2	Matt Kretchmar	Freeze Thaw Cycle	5:00	12:09
3	Matt Curry	Team Nebo Ridge	5:07	DNF
4	Anthony Bunt	Ashland Bike Company		DNS
5	Andrew Cohen			DNS
6	Steve Curran	Ghisallo Cycling		DNS
7	Richard May			DNS
8	Adam Shepard	Squadra Gregario		DNS
9	Nicholas Vorwerk	Kreitler Racing Team		DNS
	*Past FBG Winner

		Womans 200K
	Bib#	Team/ Club	Lap #1	Final Time
1	Rachel Weaver	JMac Cycling p/b Margie Bars	5:32	11:42
2	Staci Hamby			DNS

		200K Single Speed
	Bib#	Team Club	Lap #1	Final Time
1	Jordan Caverly*	Roll Models	4:35	9:55
2	Chris Schroeder	MEAT WAVE	4:32	10:38
3	Corey Gregg	Joy Machines	5:43	DNF
4	Neil Perko	Joy Machines	5:43	DNF
	*Past FBG Winner

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Time to break out your boogie shoes as the Funk Bottoms Gravel is on the move again. The 8^th edition of the Funk Bottoms Gravel 100K/200K race will be 8:00 am on June 16, 2018 at the Lake Park in Big Prairie, OH. We are moving the race 2 miles away to Big Prairie since we are finally able to reserve the pavilion. The new start location will have a much larger pavilion, plenty of parking for everyone and real bathrooms. Don’t worry there still is an outhouse for the Funk Bottoms purist. The only downside to the new start location at the Lake Park is that we had to move the race to one week earlier.

The 8th edition of the Funk Bottoms Gravel 100K/200K race will be 8:00 am on June 16, 2018 at the Lake Park in Big Prairie, OH.

Another plus to the new start location is the course is only a quarter mile from the first hill and gravel, looks like it will be a very short neutral roll out this year. Funk Bottoms Gravel will once again challenge cyclists to Ohio’s Toughest Gravel Grinder. Two races, one brutal course! A one lap 100K race and for the ultimate challenge, a double lap 200K race. The course will take riders through some of Ohio's most scenic roads. On each lap, riders will be challenged with over 7,000 feet of vertical climbing! Road conditions are a mix of paved, chip & seal, gravel, and dirt roads. The Funk 100K/200K is a self-supported event and riders must be prepared for any mechanical and nutritional needs. No outside support is allowed. Our good friends at Hammer Nutrition will once again be providing support with Hammer HEED before the race, and at the secret checkpoint. As usual the course will have sections from the previous year’s races along with some new sections. This is a cue sheet race. The course is NOT marked, and the roads are open to normal traffic in the area. Expect to encounter cars, trucks, horses, buggies, farm equipment, ATV's, buzzards, road kill, and the occasional farm dog at any given time. Rain or shine, it’s Funk time!

Registration opens Friday December 1, 2017. To enter send a postcard with your name, hometown, email address, and category (see below) for the event to:

Funk Bottoms Gravel

150 Bellus Rd

Hinckley, OH 44233

Friday, May 4, 2018

2018 Shirts

Potenza has been burning the midnight oil to finish the shirt design for this years Funk Bottoms Gravel. Deadline to pre-order shirts Friday June 1st. There will be a limited number available on race day. Pre-order for $15 on BikeReg https://www.bikereg.com/funk-bottoms-gravel-100200

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

2018 Funk Bottoms Gravel-The Course

For 2018 the 8^th edition of the Funk Bottoms Gravel 100K\200K race will start promptly at 8:00 am on June 16, 2018 at the Lake Park in Big Prairie, OH. Google maps directions can be found here.

Course notes can be found on the Maps page. Learn about the history of the FBG and past winners here.

Registration on BikeReg https://www.bikereg.com/funk-bottoms-gravel-100200

Course Notes, GPX file, and Cue Sheet

The 2018 Funk Bottoms Gravel 100K\200K routes

100K https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27326816

200K https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27326965

The course will be marked the day before with color coded turns. All Starboard turn will have green signs and all Port turns will have red signs, think like a pirate as you navigate the gravel seas of Ohio. There will also be arrows painted on the ground before turns.

Leg Dir Notes Total

← Slight Left on Twp Rd 508 0.1

3 → Right on Twp Rd 473 2.8

0 ← Left on Twp Rd 478 3

2 → Right on OH-514 S 4.5

0 ← Left on Twp Rd 503 4.7

1 → Right on Twp Rd 501 5.6

2 ← Left on Twp Rd 217 7.4

1 → Right on Twp Rd 218 7.8

1 ← Left on Co Rd 280 8.8

1 ← Left on Co Rd 51 9.3

1 → Right on Twp Rd 259 10

1 → Slight Right on Twp Rd 257 10.6

2 → Right on Twp Rd 256 12.8

0 ← Left on Twp Rd 255 13.1

1 ← Left on Twp Rd 252 14.2

0 → Right on Twp Rd 55 14.4

2 ← Left on Twp Rd 54 16.7

1 → Right on Twp Rd 64 17.8

1 ← Left on OH-520 18.6

1 ← Left on Co Rd 621 19.6

0 → Right on S Railroad St 20

0 ← Left on Grover \S Railroad 20.1

1 → Right on Twp Rd 79 21.3

1 → Slight Right on Twp Rd 81 22.2

2 → Right on Twp Rd 85 24.3

1 → Right on Co Rd 19 25.3

2 ← Left on OH-60 S 26.8

0 → Right on Twp Rd 490 27.1

0 ← Left on Co Rd 19 27.2

1 → Right on Twp Rd 324 27.7

1 → Right on Co Rd 323 29.1

0 ← Left on Twp Rd 67 29.5

2 ← Left to stay on Twp Rd 67 31.9

1 ↑ Continue on Twp Rd 22 32.7

2 → Sharp Right on Twp Rd 19 34.4

3 → Right on Co Rd 33 36.9

2 ↑ Right on Co Rd 401 38.9

1 → Slight Right on Co Rd 20 39.6

0 ← Slight Left stay on Co Rd 20 39.7

1 → Right on OH-206 N 41

1 ← Left on County Rd 368 42

2 → Right on Twp Rd 368 43.7

1 ← Left to stay on Twp Rd 368 44.5

0 → Right on Twp Rd 136 44.9

1 ↑ Continue on Twp Hwy 8 46

0 ← Left on US-62 W 46.1

0 → Right on Co Rd 10 46.3

1 → Right on Twp Rd 11 46.7

2 → Right on Twp Rd 4 48.4

0 ← Left to stay on Twp Rd 4 48.5

1 ↑ Continue straight on Hwy 75 49.3

1 → Right on Twp Rd 32 49.8

1 ← Left on Twp Rd 14 50.3

3 → Right on OH-520 E 53.1

0 ← Left on Monroe St Co Rd 52 53.5

2 → Right on Twp Rd 222 55.1

1 ← Slight Left on TTwp Rd 221 56.3

1 → Right on Co Rd 280 57.4

1 ← Left on Twp Rd 218 58

1 ← Left on Twp Rd 217 58.9

1 → Right on Twp Rd 501 59.4

2 ← Left on Twp Rd 503 61.2

1 → Right on OH-514 N 62.1

0 ← Left on Twp Rd 478 62.2

2 → Right on Twp Rd 473 63.8

0 ← Left on Twp Rd 508 64

3 ↑ Continue on Co Rd 100 66.7

Time to break out your boogie shoes as the Funk Bottoms Gravel is on the move again. The 8th edition of the Funk Bottoms Gravel 100K\200K race will be 8:00 am on June 16, 2018 at the Lake Memorial Park in Big Prairie, OH. We are moving the race 2 miles away to Big Prairie since we are finally able to reserve the pavilion. The new start location will have a much larger pavilion, plenty of parking for everyone and real bathrooms. Don’t worry there still is an outhouse for the Funk Bottoms purist.

Another plus to the new start location is the course is only a quarter mile from the first hill and gravel, looks like it will be a very short neutral roll out this year. Funk Bottoms Gravel will once again challenge cyclists to Ohio’s Toughest Gravel Grinder. Two races, one brutal course! A one lap 100K race and for the ultimate challenge, a double lap 200K race. The course will take riders through some of Ohio's most scenic roads. On each lap, riders will be challenged with over 7,000 feet of vertical climbing! Road conditions are a mix of paved, chip & seal, gravel, and dirt roads. The Funk 100K/200K is a self-supported event and riders must be prepared for any mechanical and nutritional needs. No outside support is allowed. Our good friends at Hammer Nutrition will once again be providing support with Hammer HEED before the race, and at the secret checkpoint. As usual the course will have sections from the previous year’s races along with some new sections. This is a cue sheet race. The course is NOT marked, and the roads are open to normal traffic in the area. Expect to encounter cars, trucks, horses, buggies, farm equipment, ATV's, buzzards, road kill, and the occasional farm dog at any given time. Rain or shine, it’s Funk time!

The winners of each category will recieve a custom trophy, along with a case of Yuengling beer and Kenda Tires. Any racer doing the 200K in under 12 hours will receive the coveted Cook'em Kwick Hobo Stove.

The 2018 Funk Bottoms Gravel 100K\200K will start at 8:00 am at The Lake Memorial Park 13367 County Road 100, Big Prairie, OH .

Friday, October 19, 2018