Cycling Event Featured on FSN Bay Area in October
Contact: John Cardinale Infineon Raceway 707-933-3907 Contact: Pamela Heisey Cougar Mountain Classic 415-359-0730 pheisey@o2sm.com Infineon Technologies Cougar Mountain Classic Featured on FSN Bay Area in October One-Hour Show Debuts Saturday, October 1st at 2 PM SONOMA, Calif. (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Cycling fans will have another opportunity to see their sport on television, on Oct. 1, 3 and 30, when FSN Bay Area features a one-hour broadcast on the Infineon Technologies Cougar Mountain Classic at Infineon Raceway. The event, which took place Sept. 9-11 in the Sonoma Valley, featured the best in a variety of cycling disciplines, including: mountain bike downhill, mountain bike cross country, road circuit racing, mountain cross, 8-hour endurance racing and more. The three-day event also boasted a 15K run that incorporated the world-famous NASCAR road course. The one-hour show will premiere on Saturday, Oct. 1, at 2 p.m. It will have two additional airings - Oct. 3, 2 p.m. and Oct. 30, noon (all times PDT). The broadcast will feature color analysts Trent Klasna and Marla Streb. Klasna made history in 2001 by winning the National Time Trials Championships, Redlands Bicycle Classic and Sea Otter Classic all in the same year, while Streb, a member of the LunaChix MTB Team, is a two-time national downhill champion, and finished third in the 2000 World Championships. The broadcast will showcase highlights from each event, including the mountain bike downhill, which marked the debut of Cougar Mountain, and the pro road circuit races. Cougar Mountain sits nearly 400 feet above the raceway and offers panoramic views of the San Francisco skyline and Golden Gate Bridge. Riders raved of the circuit's rolling terrain, challenging jumps - both natural and man-made - and G-force turns. Moreover, nearly 100-percent of the course can be seen from the base of the mountain, providing a spectacular view for spectators. "This is incredible because you can see the whole course. That is unprecedented," Streb said. "On top of that, it is pretty difficult; it's the kind of course that really sneaks up on you. It has a lot of potential to be a world-class course." The FSN Bay Area special will also feature a unique piece on the founding fathers of mountain bike racing, including Charlie Kelly, Alan Bond, Gary Fisher and Tom Ritchey. Kelly, Bond and Fisher are all residents of Marin County. For more information on the Cougar Mountain Classic, visit www.cmclassic.com <http://www.cmclassic.com/> . --------------------------- John Cardinale VP of Media/Community Relations Infineon Raceway Highways 37 &121, Sonoma, CA 95476 wk: 707-933-3907 cell: 707-334-9805