Coastal Racing - Coastal Racing Club

 Virginia Beach Sportsplex Criterium Course

   *Cash prizes may increase based on field size.  **CAT 1/2 BAR only

Race Location: Virginia Beach Sportsplex, 2181 Landstown Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23456

Course Description: Flat, 7 mile course; no curbs; four corners; new course built for criterium racing. 

Registration: Opens at 7am and closes 15 minutes before start of each race. Pre-registration online at www.bikereg.com  starting May 1st.

Directions: Take I-264 to Indian River Road Exit 268B (east). Just past intersection with Kempsville Road take slight left and continue on Ferrell Pkwy. Ferrell merges with Princess Anne Road – continue down Princess Anne to Right on Dam Neck Rd. Take left onto Landstown Rd. and another left into the Sportsplex parking lot. Park in designated areas only. No parking in grass.

Entries: $5 late fee for registration day except for junior races.  Pre-register online at www.bikereg.com starting May 1, 2008.  

Questions: Contact race director Tom Fournier at (757) 897-0911 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; or email club cycling rep Julie Lestyan at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Visit the Coastal Racing website at www.coastalracing.org for more information.

Promoter reserves the right to combine races if 15 rider minimum is not met. Entry fee includes $2 USCF insurance fee. Riders under 18 require parent’s signature to race. All USCF rules apply. All entrants must have a current USCF license or MUST purchase a one-day license at registration. Helmets are required for all races; no aero bars. 

In the event of bad weather: Change in race status will be emailed out to Virginia Cycling list by 9pm the night before the race. Promoter reserves the right to combine/cancel events.

Coastal Racing is sponsored by: SISU Multisport & Endurance, Conte’s Bicycle and Fitness (Hilltop location), East Coast Appliance, In Motion Sports Performance, HealthWorks, Smokehouse and Cooler, Norfolk Dredging Co., SPC Structural Engineering, CP Shucker’s, Jarrett Chiropractic and Patient First on Holland Rd. Please support businesses that support local cycling! 

This event will serve as a collection site for used bikes and bike parts for the charity Bikes for the World.

Win cool schwag during race day* when you donate a repairable or better-condition, complete (or nearly-complete) bicycle or usable bike parts to the charity Bikes for the World. At the race, we will collect ANY serviceable bicycle, adult or children’s size, accompanied by a suggested $10 per bike donation to defray overseas shipping costs.            *must include $10 donation.

Bikes for the World, in partnership with Coastal Racing Club, collects repairable or better-condition complete (or nearly-complete) bicycles and usable bike parts, for donation in developing countries. 

1. Bicycles

We accept ANY serviceable bicycle, adult or children’s, accompanied by a suggested $10 per bike donation to defray a share of the costs in getting bikes to quality programs overseas and get information back for donors and the public.  Flat tires or a missing seat or pedal matter little.  Mountain bikes are the most-desired models.  Also highly desirable are fat-tired one-speed “cruisers”, three-speed touring bicycles, and good-quality men’s road bicycles.  We also accept tandems, recumbents, adult tricycles, trail-a-bikes, and even unicycles.  We accept scooters in good condition.

We DO NOT generally accept: children’s tricycles, “Razor” scooters, bicycle frames lacking any or most components, or “rust-bucket” bikes whose painted frames are beginning to rust through or whose chains are frozen solid with rust.

We welcome children’s bikes, because (1) they get children to school, (2) servicing a kid’s bike overseas generates mechanic employment just as an adult bike does, and (3) they fit well into the interstices of a shipping container (and increase the value of the shipment)!

2. Bike-related items

In addition, we gratefully accept most bicycle spare parts and components (e.g., tubes, tires, chains, cables, and mountain bike handlebars, but not “drop” handlebars), accessories (e.g., pumps, locks, helmets, gloves), bicycle books and manuals, bicycle tools (including wrenches, screwdrivers, and hammers), and operating portable sewing machines. These items fit well within the shipments of bicycles, adding value without displacing bicycles, and are much welcomed.

 
RACE COMMITTEES:

Race Director- Tom Fournier

Course & Race Logistics- Erin Crean

Registration- Julie Lestyan, Patti Maloney

Hospitality- Natalie Bray

Bikes for the World- Maria Poranski, Jason Widstrom

Promotions- Allison Coultas

Race Day Volunteers- Jimmy Deaton, Derek Russell, Kim Torgerson, Carrie

Miller, Tami Cole, Steve Knott, Taylor Knight, Tiffany Russell