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REPACK RESULTS

 Races #1 through #15 original documents
This page: Complete stats with notes

Joe Breeze has compiled the all-time Repack statistics. I have posted them here for your research or amusement. At the right is his hand-drawn map of the course. Click the image to see it full-size.

Repack ended in 1984, after 91 racers, the biggest field by far, descended on the course in the NORBA sanctioned event. Downhill racing is a worldwide sport now, and Repack links the underground racing of the past to the major sport it is today. It is fitting that the first sanctioned downhill races were the last two Repack races.

The history of downhill bicycle racing starts at Repack, and here are the records of that birth.

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Joe Breeze in a Wende Cragg photo

Poster for the 1983 Repack event. This was the first NORBA sanctioned downhill race.

Race #1, Thursday, October 21, 1976

1. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

5:12

Only rider who didn't fall

2. ?

3. ?

4. ?

5. ?

This is the only result page that no longer exists.

Race #2, Tuesday, October 26, 1976

1. Bob Burrowes

San Anselmo

4:50

First run timed under five minutes. This would become the

2. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

5:19

standard that divided the novice from the expert category.

3. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

5:19

4. Wende Cragg

Fairfax

5:43

5. Bob Peterson

Fairfax

6:24

Racers: 9

Fastest dog was Ariel, Alan Bonds' dog (7:30)

Race #3, Saturday, October 30, 1976

1. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:56

First Repack race

2. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

5:08

3. Bob Burrowes

San Anselmo

5:08

4. George Newman

Larkspur

5:17

First Repack Race

5. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

5:34

Racers: 11

Race #4, Saturday, November 13, 1976

1. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:44

2. George Newman

Larkspur

4:46

3. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:55

4. Jerry Riboli

Corte Madera

4:59

5. Otis Guy

San Anselmo

5:09

First Repack race

Racers: 13

The title is a little misleading. This is a partial list of personal best times for each rider.

Race #5, Saturday, November 20, 1976

1. George Newman

Larkspur

4:47.51

2. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:49.58

3. Gary Fisher

San Anselmo

4:50.36

First Repack race

4. Otis Guy

San Anselmo

4:50.44

5. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:50.95

Racers: 21

Race #6, Sunday, November 28, 1976

1. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:32.17

2. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:37.66

3. George Newman

Larkspur

4:44.58

4. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

5:05.74

5. Eric Fletcher

San Anselmo

5:10.52

Racers: 15

First out of county riders, Berkeley Trailers Union (BTU)

Race #7, Sunday, December 5, 1976

1. Gary Fisher

San Anselmo

4:22.14

Course record

2. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:33.81

3. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:40.65

4. Otis Guy

San Anselmo

4:43.59

5. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:56.46

Racers: 14

Art Black, 1978 Wende Cragg photo

Gary Fisher celebrates a win. Wende Cragg photo

Race #8, Sunday, December 12, 1976

1. Otis Guy

San Anselmo

4:25.68

3rd fastest time ever, including a stop to avoid a dog on the course

2. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:27.71

3. Charles Kelly

San Anselmo

4:57.82

4. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:59.50

5. Les Degan

Fairfax

5:06.46

Racers: 19

First racer from out of Bay Area, Craig Smith (Sacramento)

Photo by Larry Cragg. The starting area for Repack, 1977. A time for bike inspection while Bob Burrowes shows off his new "Marin Klunkers" t-shirt. Photographer Wende Cragg is at right.

Race #9, Sunday, December 19, 1976

1. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:24.07

Personal best, second fastest time ever

2. Otis Guy

San Anselmo

4:40

3. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:42

4. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:46

5. George Newman

Larkspur

4:47

Racers: 18

Last race until the next spring

Race #10, Sunday, April 3, 1977

1. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:50

2. Benny Hendricks

Berkeley(?)

5:03

3. Charlie Kelly

San Anselmo

5:04

4. Bob Burrowes

San Anselmo

5:06

5. Ron Brookman

Tiburon

5:07

Racers: 9

Race #11, Sunday, April 10, 1977

1. Bob Burrowes

San Anselmo

4:39

1. (Tie) Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:39

Personal best

3. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:40

4. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:49

5. Ron Brookman

Tiburon

4:52

The only race with a tie for first place

Racers: 16

All subsequent races were recorded in hundredths of a second

Race #12, Monday, July 4, 1977

1. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:28.83

2. Bob Burrowes

San Anselmo

5:01.82

3. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

5:03.43

4. Tim Dupertuis

Mill Valley

5:04.23

Due to the low attendance and casual record keeping

Racers: ?

these times are not considered "official".

Race #13, Sept. 17 or 18, 1977 (Last leg of first cross-country "Enduro" race shown in Jerry Riboli photo)

1. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:27.61

2. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:52.66

3. Robert Stewart

Larkspur

5:01.97

4. Roy Rivers

Larkspur

5:07.57

5. Craig Mitchell

Fairfax

5:08.39

As part of the longer race, this Repack time had a

Racers: 16

"rolling" start. Alan Bonds promoted and won the race.

Race #14, Sunday, October 2, 1977

1. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:34.58

2. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:40.95

3. Bob Burrowes

San Anselmo

4:41.69

4. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:42.36

5. Charlie Kelly

San Anselmo

4:58.99

First Repack for Kent Bostick, later to be national road champ

Racers: 16

and Olympic cycling team member

Race #15, ???, 1977

1. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:25.55

First race on first "Breezer" bike

2. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:35.60

3. Bob Burrowes

San Anselmo

4:36.04

4. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:48.64

5. Charlie Kelly

San Anselmo

4:49.33

Personal best

Racers: 10

Same finish order as previous race

Race #16, ???, 1977

1. Gary Fisher

San Anselmo

4:42.49

2. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:50.40

3. Eric Bredt

Fairfax

5:14.93

4. Gordon Meyer

Berkeley

5:15.54

5. Chris McManus

Mill Valley

5:21.77

Racers: 16

Race #17, Sunday, December 4, 1977

1. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:30.10

 

 

2. Otis Guy

San Anselmo

4:39.18

3. Ken Fuetsch

Corte Madera

5:14.20

4. Toby Hardman

San Anselmo

5:27.95

5. Pat Oliver

Berkeley

5:41.18

Racers: 7

Race #18, Sunday, October 29, 1978

1. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:40.00

Three "Breezer" bikes in race

2. Gary Fisher

San Anselmo

4:44.92

3. Mark Green

Novato

4:51.32

Personal best

4. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:55.20

5. Bob Burrowes

San Anselmo

4:55.45

First mountain bike race ever to be advertised on a poster.

Racers: 18

 Race poster

Race #19, Sunday, November 26, 1978

1. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:31.65

2. Bob Burrowes

San Anselmo

4:35.74

Personal best

3. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:40.85

4. Gary Fisher

San Anselmo

4:41.21

5. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:43.73

Racers: 26

Race #20, Saturday, December 30, 1978

1. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:44.19

2. Ralph Venne

Larkspur

4:58.87

3. John Drum

Larkspur

4:59.43

4. Toby Hardeman

San Anselmo

5:04.41

5. Ed Vickart

Greenbrae

5:05.28

Racers: 11

Wende Cragg finished 7th with a personal best of 5:29.82

 

Race #21, Saturday, January 20, 1979

1. Gary Fisher

San Anselmo

4:30.36

2. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:31.30

Six "Breezer" bikes in race

3. Craig Weichel

Larkspur

4:37.27

Personal best

4. Otis Guy

San Anselmo

4:39.68

5. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

4:49.01

6. Bob Burrowes

San Anselmo

4:50.79

7. Mark Green

Novato

4:53.00

8. Fred Wolf

Fairfax

4:54.44

9. John Drum

Larkspur

4:56.19

10. Art Gleck

Corte Madera

4:58.52

Tom Ritchey's first Repack race, on a converted Schwinn "clunker." 5:17.51

KPIX (Ch. 5, San Francisco) "Evening Magazine" filmed a segment on Repack, later broadcast nationally

From Joe Breeze's History of Repack:

Race #22, Saturday, August 11, 1979

1. Gary Fisher

Fairfax

4:38.70

First race on the first Ritchey Mountainbike

2. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:41.50

3. Noel Agajan

San Anselmo

4:50.50

4. Alan Bonds

San Anselmo

5:01.40

5. Roy Rivers

Larkspur

5:02.50

Racers: 12

"MountainBikes" shop opened one month later in San Anselmo

Race #23, Saturday, October 8, 1983 (Gary Fisher put this race on.)

1. Jimmy Deaton

Roseville

4:41.50

2. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:43.70

3. Mike Jordan

Redding

4:45.88

4. Roy Rivers

Larkspur

4:52.33

5. Otis Guy

Fairfax

4:53.26

6. Larry Slate

Greenbrae

4:53.18

7. Marcus Ganister

Monte Sereno

4:58.56

8. Rob Nilsen

San Anselmo

4:58.65

9. Brian Skinner

Canoga Park

4:59.31

10. Mark Michel

Santa Cruz

5:00.85

First Repack race run under a NORBA sanction, also the first NORBA sanctioned downhill race. This was the first "official" downhill mountain bike competition ever held.

Participants included Mike Sinyard, owner of Specialized (5:12.59), and Dan Hannebrink (5:39.30)

Race #24, Saturday, May 19, 1984 Grand Finale

1. Jimmy Deaton

Roseville

4:34.20

2. Erik Westerhof

San Rafael

4:39.50

3. Joe Peterson

Stinson Beach

4:40.70

4. Roy Rivers

Larkspur

4:46.80

5. Joe Breeze

Mill Valley

4:47.00

6. Dirk Denny

Novato

4:53.20

7. Rob Nilsen

San Anselmo

4:53.80

8. Noel Agajan

San Anselmo

4:53.80

Racers: 91

This was the last Repack race, a victim of its own success.
It was co-sponsored by Fat Tire Flyer and Ross Valley Fire Department. The downhill finish was combined with the next day's "Rockhopper" race in Santa Rosa for a two-stage event.

A map of Repack
Drawn by Joe Breeze

Joe Breeze drew this map as his own "secret weapon," a means of memorizing the course. "Vendetti's face" and the "Breeze tree" mark the sites of major crashes. Marc Vendetti left a lot of his face at "Vendetti's face."

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