Funk Bottoms Gravel Blogger Site: 2024

Thursday, October 10, 2024

15th Funk Bottoms Gravel June 14, 2025

Registration for the 15th Funk Bottoms Gravel will open December 1, 2024, https://www.bikereg.com/funk-bottoms-gravel-100201

The 15th edition of the Funk Bottoms Gravel will be held on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Glenmont, OH. The 200K will start at 7:00 am and the 100K will start at 8:00 am.

This year there will be a limit of 100 racers for the Men's 100K and Men's Masters 100K. There will be no registration limits for Women, Single Speed, or the 200K.

Funk Bottoms Gravel will once again challenge cyclists to Ohio’s Toughest Gravel Grinder. As usual, we have come up with an exceptional course this year. Two races, one brutal course! A one-lap 100K race and a double-lap 200K race for the ultimate challenge. The course will take riders along some of Ohio’s most scenic backcountry roads. On each lap, riders will be challenged with over 7,000 feet of vertical climbing! The 200K race is an Ohio epic. It is a relentless and grueling climber’s course.

The Funk Bottoms Gravel 100K/200K is a self-supported event and riders must be prepared for any mechanical and nutritional needs. No outside support is allowed. The course will go through small towns so you can resupply with food and water. Our good friends at Hammer Nutrition will again be providing support with Hammer Fuels before the race, and at the secret checkpoint. Be prepared to ride 25-30 miles between water stops

Road conditions are a mix of paved, chip & seal, and 80% gravel & dirt roads. Details on this year's course with maps, cue sheets, and GPX files will be posted in May. Keeping with Funk Bottoms tradition of not using the same route each year. This year’s race will be an entirely new course incorporating various roads from previous years along with some new sections. Funk Bottoms Gravel is a cue sheet race. 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 will be $40 until April 30th, $50 after May 1st, and $60 after June 1st. All racers who register before May 31st will receive a T-Shirt. Racers who enter the 200K will be eligible to earn points for the Ohio Gravel Race Series. Registration will close on Friday, June 6, 2025, and there will be no race day registration.

The winners of each category will receive a custom trophy and a case of Yuengling beer. There will be awards for the Top 3 in Men’s 100K open, Men’s 100K Masters, Woman's 100K open, Woman’s 100K Masters, 100K Single Speed, Men’s 200K open, Men’s 200K Masters, Woman's 200K open, Woman’s 200K Masters and 200K Single Speed.

The Funk Bottoms Gravel the 200K will start at 7:00 am and the 100K will start at 8:00 am sharp at Glenmont Park 108 Main Street, Glenmont, OH 44628.

A portion of this year’s proceeds will be donated to the Holmes County Rails-to-Trails Coalition.

You can learn about the history of Funk Bottoms Gravel and view all previous routes on the History Page

Previous starting locations for Funk Bottoms Gravel

2011 Funk Bottoms

2012 Funk Bottoms

2013 Blachleyville

2014 Lakeville

2015 Lakeville

2016 Lakeville

2017 Big Prairie

2018 Big Prairie

2019 Glenmont

2020 Glenmont

2021 Glenmont

2022 Glenmont

2023 Glenmont

2024 Glenmont

2025 Glenmont

100K Route will be released in May 2025.

200K Route will be released in May 2025.

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

2024 Funk Bottoms Gravel Results

Here are the results for the 14th Funk Bottoms Gravel on Saturday, June 15, 2024. The cool weather in the morning and with 1200 feet less climbing than last year several course records were set.

Searchable results can be found here https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/166595/#re sultSetId-465737;perpage:100

Men 100K Open

1 Ben Ewert 3:33:14

2 Michael Mihalik 3:43:00

3 Jordan Snyder 3:43:00

Women 100K Open

1 Minori Minagawa 4:08:24

2 Ames Mclaughlin 4:51:54

3 Wendy Billings 5:50

100K Single Speed

1 David Helmuth 4:21:09

2 Logan Wallace 4:41:46

3 Joshua Kunz 4:47:41

100K Men Master

1 Dave Stewart 3:52

2 Tom Weaver 3:56

3 Jim Rollins 4:10

100K Women Master

1 Sima Tavazoie 4:14

2 Kathleen Hughes 5:32

3 Paula Stewart 5:55

200K Men

1 Jimmy Toner 3:55:32 8:16:03

2 Mike Kaldy 3:55:28 8:19:10

3 Adam Susong 4:14:20 9:04:04

200K Women

1 Andy Zoldak 5:14 11:30

200K Men Master

1 Garth Prosser 4:34 9:33

2 Eli Orth 4:21 9:35

3 Jason Hall 4:52 10:50

200K Women Master

1 Judith Stutes 5:14 11:30

2024 Funk Bottoms Gravel Results By Distance *Denotes Past Champion

100K MEN

Place Name Time

1 Ben Ewert 3:33:14

2 Michael Mihalik 3:43:00

3 Jordan Snyder 3:43:00

4 Stuart Houltham 3:45:51

5 Andrew Boissiere 3:51:05

6 Dave Stewart 3:59:52

7 Ron Hayden 4:00:15

8 Ryan Jenkins 4:03:27

9 Tom Weaver 4:03:32

10 Jason Suppan 4:03:38

11 Joshua Tarrant 4:06:19

12 Peter Shotwell 4:06:23

13 Adam Karpowicz 4:07:58

14 Chris Minor 4:09:19

15 Charlie Denk 4:10:11

16 Ryun Mielke 4:13:14

17 Cale Mcnamara 4:13:15

18 Jim Rollins 4:17:58

19 Adam Bennett 4:18:00

20 Nathanael Ziccardi 4:19:12

21 Garett Schreier 4:20:24

22 Brad Mccleary 4:20:38

23 Stewart Pozzuto 4:20:51

24 Nate Loman 4:20:56

25 Lucas Porinsky 4:20:58

26 Jack Mcnamara 4:21:46

27 Donald Ahrens 4:24:02

28 Dan Kauffman 4:24:03

29 Patrick Burdett 4:24:09

30 Mike Rucker 4:25:19

31 James Baldesare 4:26:49

32 Ryan B 4:28:28

33 Jake Carr 4:30:56

34 Daniel Margagliotti 4:31:30

35 Andrew Jalbrzikowski 4:33:36

36 Andrew Buford 4:34:01

37 Rick Rick 4:38:19

38 Roma Rukh 4:38:30

39 Paul Miles 4:38:49

40 Zach Thorsky 4:39:14

41 Mark Milliren 4:42:51

42 Ivan Reed 4:47:08

43 Neal Schmitt 4:48:17

44 Ken Bazydlo 4:50:30

45 Brian Campbell 4:51:30

46 Nicolas Zevchek 4:52:45

47 Andy Jones 4:54:11

48 George Stacko 4:56:25

49 Tibor Voros 5:01:10

50 Kevin Kelley 5:03:12

51 Albert Falkenstein 5:04:16

52 Craig Dimitris 5:06:06

53 Scott Young 5:06:10

54 Ezra Bukky 5:06:13

55 Matthew Woodyard 5:07:16

56 Ross Clark 5:09:05

57 Tanner Wooddell 5:09:44

58 Timothy Hansberry 5:09:53

59 John Seydlitz 5:12:30

60 Doug Lohf 5:12:30

61 Garry Blair 5:14:16

62 Patrick Daugherty 5:14:21

63 Jason Lutz 5:16:27

64 Brian Davis 5:16:33

65 Daniel Resetar 5:34:12

66 Michael Matrka 5:38:47

67 Greg Guess 5:39:50

68 David Rowe 5:41:51

69 Joseph Arters 5:42:07

70 Randy Slaubaugh 5:42:35

71 Philip Hershberger 5:43:00

72 Michael Jarosick 5:44:03

73 Larry Pandy 5:47:34

74 Justin Clark 5:55:29

75 Derek Romney 6:00:10

76 Ruslan Devyatko 6:00:11

77 John Barbour 6:00:34

78 Jonathan Bobel 6:17:40

79 Robert Bilinski 6:19:45

80 Richard Nieto 6:20:21

81 Scott Liechty 6:22:22

82 Boris Brezo 6:23:16

83 Mickey Archacki 6:23:52

84 Rick Andersen 6:32:13

85 Eric Kousaie 6:33:06

86 Sam Kloss 6:33:46

87 Noah Donald 6:38:38

88 James Davidson 6:44:34

89 Gene Toy 6:44:35

90 Damen Defago 6:46:37

91 Andrew White 6:50:44

92 Sean Hughes 6:53:01

93 Daniel Blevins 6:56:23

94 Nathaniel Colston 7:06:46

95 Robert Hoff 7:06:46

96 Michael Burnett 7:06:56

97 Devin Daugherty 7:17:05

98 David Nonno 7:27:54

99 Mark Miller 7:29:49

100 Dale Klinect 7:44:15

101 Thomas Bower 7:50:13

102 Joe Connelly 8:30:15

103 Tom Alexander 9:06:50

104 Mark Jones 9:36:10

105 Nick Toney 9:47:01

DNF Morris Miller DNF

DNF Brett Mckay* DNF

DNF Jason Brock DNF

DNS Zach Goodrich DNS

DNS Troy Stehlin DNS

DNS Radu Herbei DNS

DNS Patrik Sartz DNS

DNS Michael Straus DNS

DNS Matt Gockstetter DNS

DNS Matt Butler DNS

DNS Josh Mottor DNS

DNS John Day DNS

DNS Chris Hess DNS

DNS Brian Scozzaro DNS

DNS Bill Childers DNS

DNS Alex Spectorsky DNS

DNS David Tupponce DNS

DNS Dorel Stoia DNS

DNS Douglas Beaulieu DNS

DNS Jeff Davis DNS

DNS Lonnie Welch DNS

DNS Patrick Louchouarn DNS

DNS Sam Patrizi DNS

DNS Steve Patton DNS

100K Women

Place Name Time

1 Minori Minagawa 4:08:24

2 Sima Tavazoie 4:22:25

3 Ames Mclaughlin* 4:51:54

4 Kathleen Hughes 5:43:21

5 Wendy Billings* 6:01:21

6 Paula Stewart 6:07:12

7 Gillian Prater-Lee 6:22:54

8 Alli Greening 6:52:55

9 Jill White* 7:29:41

10 Amy Hoover 9:34:16

DNS Miriam Morgan DNS

DNS Lisa Houser DNS

DNS Amanda Bohley DNS

DNS Rachel Weaver DNS

100K Single Speed

1 David Helmuth 4:21:09

2 Logan Wallace 4:41:46

3 Joshua Kunz* 4:47:41

4 Jack Richardson* 5:44:31

DNS James Pichler DNS

200K Men

Place Name 100K SPLIT Time

1 Jimmy Toner 3:55:32 8:16:03

2 Mike Kaldy 3:55:28 8:19:10

3 Adam Susong 4:14:20 9:04:04

4 Garth Prosser* 4:34:31 9:33:39

5 Eli Orth* 4:21:18 9:35:37

6 Scott Phillips* 4:27:50 9:36:33

7 Joshua Mace 4:21:19 9:48:55

8 Chad Lacher 4:51:24 10:28:40

9 Jason Hall 4:52:13 10:50:14

10 Robert Goetz 5:00:08 10:55:00

11 Matt Orosz 5:15:35 11:37:16

12 Evan Guarr 5:13:56 11:37:26

13 William Rea 5:43:07 12:00:37

14 Arthur Smith 4:59:57 12:00:53

15 Caleb Coates 5:57:28 12:36:24

16 Jeff Shaull 5:51:36 13:30:27

DNF Mason Campbell 5:31:23 DNF

DNF Scott Sutton 5:38:50 DNF

DNF Cody Raudebaugh 6:01:43 DNF

DNF Avery Sponsler 7:13:38 DNF

DNF Aric Sponsler 7:21:21 DNF

DNF Benjamin Horrigan 8:24:06 DNF

DNF Christian Petilli DNF

DNF Grant Feichter 5:09:57 DNF

DNF Nic Hall 4:46:58 DNF

DNF Adam Maier 4:36:21 DNF

DNF Taylor Allen 4:10:00 DNF

DNF Chris Hitchcock 4:03:36 DNF

DNF Jamieson Giefer 4:58:57 DNF

DNF Homero Elizondo 5:00:05 DNF

DNF Mark Damschroder 5:27:12 DNF

DNF Jeff Wass 6:33:54 DNF

DNF Bodo Knudsen* DNF

DNS William Paskett DNS

DNS Nathaniel Orndorf DNS

DNS Jeremy Gudorf DNS

DNS Douglas Ritzert DNS

200K Women

Place Name 100K SPLIT Time

1 Judith Stutes* 5:14:18 11:30:51

2 Andy Zolyak 5:37:04 12:06:23

DNF Kari Hutson 6:36:00 DNF

DNS Mountain Niedermann DNS

See you on Flag Day June 14, 2025 for the 15th Funk Bottoms Gravel!

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

2024 Funk Bottoms Gravel -The Course

The Maps page has the full details for the 14th Funk Bottoms Gravel on Saturday, June 15, 2024. Important course notes with sections of this year's route where you need to pay extra attention to navigation of safety. Once again the year the 200K will start at 7:00 am, and the 100K will start at 8:00 am. The starting location is Glenmont Park.

Registration is on BikeReg https://www.bikereg.com/funk-bottoms-gravel-100201

For in-depth details on course notes with turns and pictures check the Course Maps page

The course will be marked the day before with color-coded turns. Think like a pirate as you navigate the gravel seas of Ohio. All Starboard turns will have green signs, and all Port turns will have red signs. Arrows will be painted on the route to help assist with your navigation. Course markings may be removed or damaged by race morning. Use your cue sheet, it is accurate.

As usual, the course will be a mix of previously used roads along with new roads. Some sections of this year's route are ridden in a different direction than usual to keep it interesting. This year riders will enjoy just over 8 miles of new roads not ridden in previous years. There will be 11 sections of pavement covering around 9 miles.

Learn about the history of FBG and past winners here.

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

14th Funk Bottoms Gravel June 15, 2024

Registration for the 14th Funk Bottoms Gravel will open December 1, 2023 https://www.bikereg.com/funk-bottoms-gravel-100201

The 14th edition of the Funk Bottoms Gravel will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Glenmont, OH. The 200K will start at 7:00 am and the 100K will start at 8:00 am.

This year there will be a limit of 100 racers for the Men's 100K and Men's Masters 100K. There will be no registration limits for Women, Single Speed, or the 200K.

Funk Bottoms Gravel will once again challenge cyclists to Ohio’s Toughest Gravel Grinder. As usual, we have come up with a very special course this year. 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 along some of Ohio’s most scenic backcountry roads. On each lap, riders will be challenged with over 7,000 feet of vertical climbing! The 200K race is an Ohio epic. It is a relentless and grueling climber’s course.

The Funk Bottoms Gravel 100K/200K is a self-supported event and riders must be prepared for any mechanical and nutritional needs. No outside support is allowed. The course will go through small towns so you can resupply with food and water. Our good friends at Hammer Nutrition will once again be providing support with Hammer Fuels before the race, and at the secret checkpoint. Be prepared to ride 25-30 miles between water stops

Registration will be $40 until April 30th, $50 after May 1st, and $60 after June 1st. All racers who register before May 31st will receive a T-Shirt. Racers who enter the 200K will be eligible to earn points for the Ohio Gravel Race Series. Registration will close on Friday, June 7, 2024, and there will be no race day registration.

The Funk Bottoms Gravel the 200K will start at 7:00 am and the 100K will start at 8:00 am sharp at Glenmont Park 108 Main Street, Glenmont, OH 44628.

A portion of this year’s proceeds will be donated to the Holmes County Rails-to-Trails Coalition.

100K Route will be released in May 2024.

200K Route will be released in May 2024.