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I just walked in the front door from the 1250 mile drive home from Emporia, Kansas to Easton, Pa. So a complete Race Recap will have to wait until later this week. But here is a run down of the Official Race Results. Thanks to all who participated in the 2011 running of Dirty Kanza 200. And a special thanks to our Sponsors and Volunteers who helped make this event happen.

Lance Andre (Seffner, FL) / Barbie Miller (Independence, MO) – 1st Tandem, 1st Overall – 12:53
Dan Hughes (Lawrence, KS) – 1st Open Men – 13:09
Kevin Thomas (Salida, CO) – 2nd Open Men – 13:39
Jason Gaikowski (Apple Valley, MN) – 3rd Open Men – 14:09
Bruce Martens (St. Paul, MN) – 4th Open Men – 14:09
John Williams (Kansas City, MO) – 5th Open Men – 14:21
Joshua Eggar (Manhattan, KS) – 6th Open Men – 14:21
Peter Chrapkowksi (Chicago, IL) – 1st Single Speed – 14:49
Betsy Shogren (Morgantown, WV) – 1st Women – 14:49
John Schlitter (St. Petersburg, FL) – 1st Master Men – 14:49
Steve Goetzelman (Iowa City, IA) – 2nd Single Speed – 15:07
Timothy Ingram(Platteville, WI) – 7th Open Men – 15:11
Andy Lapkass (Breckenridge, CO) – 3rd Single Speed – 15:14
Dale Pinkleman (Lincoln, NE) – 8th Open Men – 15:18
Keith Walberg (Topeka, KS) – 9th Open Men – 15:34
Randy Smith (Emporia, KS) – 2nd Master Men – 15:34
Corey Godfrey (Lincoln, NE) – 10th Open Men – 15:36
Tim Ek (Duluth, MN) – 11th Open Men – 15:36
Eric Brunt (Omaha, NE) – 12th Open Men – 15:36
Mike Neumeyer (Joelton, TN) – 4th Single Speed – 15:38
James Blake (Lincoln, NE) – 13th Open Men – 15:45
Ben Thorton (Dallas, TX) – 14th Open Men – 16:10
Annie Fox (Evergreen, CO) – 2nd Women – 16:12
Andy Fox (Evergreen, CO) – 3rd Master Men – 16:12
Brad & Kelly Skillicorn (Winona, MN) – 2nd Tandem – 16:17
Joe Fox (Kansas City, MO) – 15th Open Men – 16:27
Mathew Stacey (Jefferson City, MO) – 16th Open Men – 16:37
Gerald Hart (Bucyrus, KS) – 17th Open Men – 16:53
Nick Legan (Boulder, CO) – 18th Open Men – 16:57
Jason Shelman (Salida, CO) – 19th Open Men – 17:12
Mike Johnson (Cedar Falls, IA) – 20th Open Men – 17:13
Troy Krause (Lincoln, NE) – 21st Open Men – 17:13
Jim Thompson (St Louis, MO) – 22nd Open Men – 17:14
Stoney Cranmer (Jefferson City, MO) – 5th Single Speed – 17:16
Patrick Tsai (Minneapolis, MN) – 23rd Open Men – 17:26
Scott O’Mara (Emporia, KS) – 24th Open Men – 17:26
Colin Shelman (Rose Hill, KS) – 25th Open Men – 17:42
Curt Shelman (Smithville, MO) – 4th Master Men – 17:42
Matt Gersib (Lincoln, NE) – 26th Open Men – 17:43
Daniel Dougan (Lake Ozark, MO) – 27th Open Men – 17:53
Charlie & Pat Jenkins (Denison, TX) – 3rd Tandem – 17:53
Jim Rank (Belton, MO) – 5th Master Men – 18:25
Trey Harrison (El Dorado, KS) – 28th Open Men – 19:08
Sean Rafferty (Wichita, KS) – 29th Open Men – 19:08
Greg Reed (Derby, KS) – 6th Master Men – 19:08
Andrew Keffer (Omaha, NE) – 30th Open Men – 19:08
Paul Larson / Tim Songster (Omaha, NE) – 1st Team Relay – 19:11
Sean Duckett (Austin, TX) – 31st Open Men – 19:11
Mike Smith (Dallas, TX) – 32nd Open Men – 19:11
Stephanie McCreary (Creve Coeur, MO) – 3rd Women – 19:12
Cristine Carragee (Saint Paul, MN) – 4th Women – 19:18
Adam Moskowitz (Denver, CO) – 6th Single Speed – 19:18
Jeff Scott (Pegram, TN) – 33rd Open Men – 19:18
Jed Sampsel (Emporia, KS) – 34th Open Men – 20:16
Garret Seacat (Emporia, KS) – 35th Open Men – 20:16
Fivos Andonopoulos (Sycamore, IL) – 36th Open Men – 20:17
Aaron Gammel (Lincoln, NE) – 37th Open Men – 20:17
Eric Chambers (Hanford, CA) – 38th Open Men – 20:23
Steve Everhart (La Vista, NE) – 39th Open Men – 20:26
Dan Dreiling (Topeka, KS) – 7th Master Men – 20:27
Frank Dreiling (Kansas City, MO) – 8th Master Men – 20:27
Craig Nadel (Austin, TX) – 40th Open Men – 20:31
Kevin Doggett (Bartlesville, OK) – 41st Open Men – 20:40
John Welsh (Kansas City, KS) – 7th Single Speed – 20:40
Mark Baldwin (Princeton, IL) – 42nd Open Men – 20:41
Don Daly (Lee’s Summit, MO) – 8th Single Speed – 20:41
Charles Mayden (Alton, IL) – 9th Master Men – 21:30
Phil Ellsworth (Topeka, KS) – 10th Master Men – 21:30

Congratulations to all who finished… and to all who stepped up to the Start Line. You are all “Champions” in our eyes.

Well, we are just a little more than two weeks away from the 2011 running of Dirty Kanza 200. The books are now closed on Rider Registration & Transfers… T-Shirts and prizing are rolling in… Number Plates are at the printer… Maps are printed and stuffed into baggies… We have even taken delivery of the first-ever Dirty Kanza Trading Cards!!! All the pieces are falling into place for our biggest and best event ever.

We have received quite a few entries in the “Why I Should Win a Free Salsa Cycles Frameset” Contest, some of which are actually pretty darn good. Judging is now underway, and we’ll announce our Winner at the Riders’ Meeting on the evening of Friday, June 3rd, inside the beautiful Emporia Granada Theater. You won’t want to miss it, as we’ll also have LOTS of swag to give away.

Are you bringing that “special someone” to support you while you ride 200 miles on June 4th? If so, offer to feed them Friday evening at the Emporia Farmers’ Market “Pasta Paloosa” pasta feed. Also, encourage them to sign up for the DKLite Saturday morning – they will still be able to make it to your first checkpoint with time to spare AND get a little bit of a ride in too!

Well, that’s about it for now. We look forward to seeing all of you in Emporia, the weekend of June 3-5.

Last week, I received a phone call from my good friend Josh Patterson, Editor at DirtRag Magazine. Josh is a DK200 Veteran and passionate about gravel grinding. He told me DirtRag was wanting to kickstart our Dirty Kanza 200 Video Contest. Josh shared some ideas… we kicked things around a bit… then Josh made a few more phone calls to further sweeten the deal. Forget everything you might have seen previously about the Dirty Kanza 200 Video Contest. You will definately want to dust off your video camera and start shooting footage. This is SWEET!!!

Enter the Dirt Rag/GoPro Dirty Kanza 200 video contest.

The Grand Prize Winner will receive:

One free entry into the 2012 running of the Dirty Kanza 200.
A One-Year subscription to Dirt Rag Magazine.
One Dirt Rag team kit.
GoPro HD HERO with Chest Harness, Ride Mount… and the new LCD BacPac.

Here is how to enter:

Create a video documenting your preparation for, your participation in, and your recovery from the 2011 running of the Dirty Kanza 200. Post your video online. (On your personal blog, YouTube, Vimeo etc.) Then send us a link to your creation at editor@dirtragmag.com.

Videos will be posted on Dirt Rag’s Facebook page. Users can vote for their favorite video by clicking the ‘Like’ button. The video with the most ‘Likes’ wins!

Begin shooting anytime. However, entries should not be submitted prior to 06-11-2011, as your video will hopefully include your post-event condition (physical, mental & emotional) and comments. Deadline for entry is 08-31-2011. Our Winner will be announced on or around 09-30-2011.

Get creative. Get crazy. Have fun recording your Dirty Kanza 200 experience. Then share it with us.

Disclaimer: Have fun, but keep it clean. Submissions with questionable or obscene content will not be accepted nor considered.

We are happy to announce that Salsa Cycles will be returning in 2011 as our “Premier Sponsor”, and they are coming back in a HUGE way. All of us here at Dirty Kanza Promotions want to publicly state what a privilege it is to work with the fine folks at Salsa Cycles. The best bikes in the business, designed and produced by the best folks in the business. Mike, Jason and the entire crew… You guys are the greatest!!!

Here is a run-down on what Salsa Cycles will be bringing to the party in 2011. This is a fairly long post… and we saved the best for last… so please read all the way to the bottom…

*CUSTOM SALSA/DIRTY KANZA WATERBOTTLES:
Created by Salsa Cycles for the 2011 running of the DK200, each rider will receive one of these custom waterbottles, sure to become a keepsake.

*FARGO or VAYA FRAMESET:
All 200-Mile Finishers will be eligible for this random drawing. The lucky winner will receive his/her choice of a brand spankin’ new steel Fargo or Vaya frameset. SWEET!!!

*SALSA COMPONENTS PACKAGE:
The first place finisher in each of our five 200-mile Competition Classes will receive an awesome Salsa Components Package, consisting of the Rider’s choice of any Salsa Stem, non-carbon Handlebar, Flip-Off Skewers, Flip-Off or Lip-Lock Seat Collar, T-Shirt, and Jersey. Note… Salsa will be awarding (6) of these awesome prize packs… going to the first place finisher in:
Open Men (49 and under)
Master Men (50 and over)
Open Women (all ages)
Single Speed
Tandem (both captain and stoker)

*ASSORTED SALSA T-SHIRTS AND HATS:
These will be randomly distributed at Friday evening’s Riders Meeting. At roughly a 1 in 10 chance of winning, you will want to be there, for sure.

*Limited edition Not For Sale SALSA AMIGO’S BELT BUCKLE:
This item will be awarded to one lucky Dirty Kanza participant for his / her inspirational performance in any of the events, regardless of category, ride length, or how far they got. The Dirty Kanza 200 is not about finishing first. It’s about challenging your own personal limits, inspiring yourself, and inspiring others. This award will go to that one Rider who we feel best epitomizes the Dirty Kanza 200 Spirit.

*SALSA JERSEYS:
Randomly awarded to a select number of finishers of the DK Lite Fun Ride.

And now for the most exciting news of all… Drum Roll, please…

Announcing the “Why I Should Win A New Salsa Fargo or Vaya Frameset Contest.”
This contest is open to all Dirty Kanza 200 participants, family, friends, support crews, and everyone else. Whether you are riding in the DK200, or not… anyone and everyone is eligible for this contest. Entries may consist of just about anything. Submit your essay, poem, original song, digital slide show, photograph, painting, sculpture… anything at all that describes why YOU should win a new Salsa Cylces Fargo or Vaya frameset. Written entries must be 500 words or less. Video or musical entries must be under 3 minutes. Submit your entry to:

Dirty Kanza / Salsa Frameset Contest
20 Brandywine Court
Easton, PA 18040

or email to: jkcummins29@gmail.com

Entry deadline is Saturday, May 14, 2011. Winner will be announced at the DK200 Riders’ Meeting, Friday, June 3, 2011. Must be present to win.

That’s all the DK200 news for now. More to come, so keep watching your email inbox.

See you all in June.

Win a free entry into the 2012 running of the Dirty Kanza 200.

Create a video (or digital slideshow) documenting your preparation for, your participation in, and your recovery from the 2011 running of the Dirty Kanza 200. Post your video online. (On your personal blog, YouTube, etc.) Then send us a link to your creation at jkcummins29@gmail.com.

We will post that link here on the Dirty Kanza 200 website. We’ll then select our favorite video based on creativity, originality and any other subjective and totally arbitrary criteria we can come up with. The winner will receive one FREE ENTRY into the 2012 running of the Dirty Kanza 200.

Begin shooting anytime. However, entries should not be submitted prior to 06-11-2011, as your video will hopefully include your post-event condition (physical, mental & emotional) and comments. Deadline for entry is 08-31-2011. Our Winner will be announced on or around 09-30-2011.

Get creative. Get crazy. Have fun recording your Dirty Kanza 200 experience. Then share it with us.

Disclaimer: Have fun, but keep it clean. Submissions with questionable or obscene content will not be accepted nor considered.