Located at the 1^st turn and extending to Heritage Park at turn 2 along Old Golden Lantern; an exciting celebration of music, tasty beer and great food situated directly on the course close to the race action.

Bring your families and friends and prepare to have a great time experiencing the DPGP.   We’ll have activities for the kids including FREE Youth Race Events beginning at 11:50am, great food and beverages and lots of attractions coupled with the scenic beauty of Dana Point, California. All proceeds benefit charity!

We’re No. 1.

No really. The Dana Point Grand Prix is the top ranked bike race in the country.  USA Cycling has advised that in 2011, we attracted the most licensed racers for a single day criterium event.

That’s “all you.” And, on behalf of the City of Dana Point, we thank you.

Are we happy? Yes. Satisfied? No. We can always do better. As my high school football coach used to bellow, “The day you stop getting better, is the day you start getting worse.”

The Dana Point Grand Prix will not coast. We will not rest on our laurels. At the risk of sounding like the Once-ler, that rapacious capitalist creep in “The Lorax,” we do aim to bigger and bigger.

Bigger fields.  More spectators. More kids. More excitement. More action.  More primes.  More burgers. More beers. More money for the 5^th Marine Regiment Support Group and Boys & Girls Club.  More love and respect for cancer survivors and their families.

Listen up. It’s trite but true, but we couldn’t have done it without you. Five years ago, when we raced the course through “dead man’s alley,” you supported us. In 2008 we hosted the Master State Championships and finished the race about 100 feet from a sharp right turn, you supported us.

And when, Praise the Heavens, we finally moved the start/finish line onto the legendary Pacific Coast Highway, you not only supported us, you made us No. 1.  That’s cool.  And that’s the power of listening, learning, committing the resources, and getting it right.

Am I blowing my horn? Yes. Who wouldn’t? Who wouldn’t be happy working with the West Coast’s finest band of uptempo bike advocates –- champions like Councilman Stephen Weinberg, Brad Fowler, Cyndi Elders, Kozo Shimano, Lynn Kelly and Russ Ames. Thank you team: you rock!

And a big bear hug to Amgen for believing in our little bike race. Amgen gets inundated with proposals for charity events daily. They saw that we had the players, the vibe, and they invested.  The Pacific Ocean, palm trees, and harbor didn’t hurt.

The Take-Home: register now. Today. Several fields are already more than 50% full. We’re way ahead of last years record setting pace. Don’t be that guy at the registration desk whining about getting turned away. We expanded the fields, but our smart guys wearing the green shades calculate that we’ll still sell out. 

Sign up now and participate in the rocking-est bike concert in the land!

Oh, the Dana Point Grand Prix also sports unofficially the country’s best kid’s races.  Last year over 325 kids furiously pedaled the clean streets of Dana Point. So, parents, bring your bikes and your kids and their bikes.  We have memories to make!

Cheers!

Roger Worthington
The Prez
The Dana Point Community Cycling Foundation, Inc.