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Mellow Johnny's Pro XCT (TEAM SHO-AIR ORIGINAL) 4640 views

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March 5, 2012

Highlights and race footage from the Mellow Johnny's Classic US Pro XCT in Austin, Texas. Video by Team SHO-AIR Original.

The USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour (Pro XCT) kicked off the mountain bike season this weekend with the Subaru of Georgetown Mellow Johnny's Classic in Johnson City, Texas. Canadians Max Plaxton (Specialized Racing) and Catherine Pendrel (Team LUNA Chix) earned wins to take narrow leads following the first of the five-race series.
to win the Mellow Johnny's Classic for a third straight time, despite the new Flat Creek Ranch venue. Mid-way through the event Plaxton and Kabush were able
Plaxton emerged from a duel with Geoff Kabush (CAN/Scott-3Rox Racing) and Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Racing) to ride away from USA Cycling Mountain Bike Cross-Country National Champion Wells and soon the three-time champ was riding out front alone. Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont./Subaru-Trek) won a battle with Jeremiah Bishop (Harrisonburg, Va./Cannondale Factory Racing) for the final podium spot behind another Canadian Derek Zandstra (Scott-3Rox Racing).

World champion Pendrel rode to a comfortable win on a plesant Texas day. American Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./Luna Pro Team) jumped out front early, but suffered a series of mishaps that saw here fall back to fifth place. Judy Freeman (Littleton, Colo./Crankbrothers Race Club) rode nearly flawlessly over the rocky, technical singletrack, slowly making her way through the field and into second place, just 44 seconds behind Pendrel. Long distance specialist Monique Mata (Westminister, Calif./Sho-air-Specialized) won the battle with cyclo-cross champion Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Giant-Rabobank) to earn third.

"We worked hard to have a great course that both riders and fans enjoyed," said Ted Arnold, Mellow Johnny's Classic media director. "We couldn't ask for more in terms of response to the event, and the overall vibe. We had an extremely talented field and the racing was fantastic so it makes it easy for us to go into 2013 with a focus and energy to continue to grow the event."

Full results from the Mellow Johnny's Classic.

After the first of five events Plaxton and Pendrel establish narrow leads the men's and women's standings with Team Luna Chix holding a slight edge over Team Specialized Racing in the team standings.




USA Cycling Pro XCT Standings:

Men
1. Max Plaxton (CAN/Specialized Racing) - 200
2. Geoff Kabush (CAN/Scott-3Rox Racing) - 190
3. Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Racing) - 180
4. Derek Zandstra (CAN./Scott-3Rox Racing) - 170
5. Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont./Subaru-Trek) - 160

Women
1. Catherine Pendrel (CAN/Team LUNA Chix) - 200 points
2. Judy Freeman (Littleton, Colo./Crankbrothers Race Club) - 190 points
3. Monique Mata (Westminister, Calif./Sho-air-Specialized) - 180
4. Katie Compton (Colorado Springs, Colo./Giant-Rabobank) - 170 points
5. Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./Luna Pro Team) - 160

Team
1. Team Luna Chix - 46
2. Specialized Racing - 45
3. Subaru-Trek - 40
4. BMC Mountain Bike Development Team - 18
5. Kenda/Felt Pro MTB Team - 11

Speakers: Geoff Kabush, Max Plaxton, Catherine Pendrel, Todd Wells, Ty Kady, Pua Mata, Ben Bostrom
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The son of Dave and nephew of Paul Bostrom, both successful dirt-track racers, Bostrom began his career in the same fashion by winning the AMA National 600 Dirt Track Championship in 1993. He moved to road racing in 1995.
Bostrom captured the AMA Superbike championship as a Honda rider in 1998, without winning a race. A year later Bostrom, astride a Ducati and still racing full time in the AMA series, won a Laguna Seca World Superbike race (and finished second in another) as a wild card entry.
Bostrom first raced full time in the Superbike World Championship in 2000 on a factory Ducati. In 2001 he won an unexpected 6 races, including 5 in a row on a factory L&M;Ducati, to finish third overall. Bostrom didn't win a race in 2002, and scored weaker results as the season progressed.
For 2003 Bostrom returned to the domestic series for American Honda on an RC51, staying there in 2004 on the brand new Honda Fireblade CBR1000. He finished 4th in AMA Superbike in both years. He made a return to international racing for 2005, with the Renegade Honda team in the World Superbike Championship, but was not successful. He qualified slowest of the 28 international entries in Qatar at the first round, but scored a few top ten finishes during the season to come 14th overall.
Bostrom returned to Ducati as Neil Hodgson's teammate for the 2006 AMA Superbike Championship. Ducati withdrew from the AMA Superbike Championship at the end of 2006, leaving Ben to join the Yamaha/Graves Motorsports team in 2007 for a rebuilding year, riding in the AMA Superstock Championship, where he finished second in points, though unable to score a win.
In 2008, Ben Bostrom switched from Superstock to Supersport and led the Graves Motorsports Yamaha team to an AMA championship in the 600cc class. At Virginia International Raceway that year, Bostrom finished 2nd and gave his trophy to Sam Koup (the Grandson of racer Larry Koup), and distributed his champagne bottle and hats to others. Ben went on to win the 2008 Supersport Championship for under the Graves Motorsports banner. This was the last year of the AMA series before ownership transferred to the Daytona Motorsports Group, and the 600cc class was renamed AMA Daytona Sportbike.
For 2009, Ben will be racing a 1000cc Yamaha YZF-R1 in the American Superbike class. He will also be moonlighting in select 600cc events, including the season opener, Daytona 200, in which he took 1st place.
In addition to Superbike, Bostrom races Supermoto- a multi-discipline format involving off-road, flat track and road-racing in one event. Bostrom won the 2004 AMA Supermoto championship and the gold medal at the inaugural X-Games Supermoto competition. The X-Games race (whose field included European Supermoto Champion Eddy Seel and seven-time Supercross champ, Jeremy McGrath) saw Bostrom win after nearly tipping over five laps from the finish. Ben also dabbles in journalism with an article entitled "Boz Bros Chronicles" which is featured in 2Wheel Tuner Magazine each month as well as Sportbikeclub.com, You can visit the Boz bros personal profiles and stay up to date with their latest adventures at http://my.sportbikeclub.com/bozbros
His brother, Eric Bostrom, is also an AMA rider.

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