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Welcome to the 2009 Prairie City Race Series 2009 will be the 14th season of our "grass roots" event. The races were started back in 1995 by Sherwood Gibson of VENTANA MOUNTAIN BIKES USA as a way to give back to the community and for everyone to have FUN. The first races had barely 60 or 70 riders each week... today we regularly get over 400 racers! We still have that fun grass roots feel in a first class, professionally run event. We try to provide mountain bike racing for EVERYONE! Update: The online registration is now back open (remember, you only need to register once each Series/season, not each race)
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check the confirmed pre-registration list of NEW sign ups after the
first race. Registration Fee: $25 single $35 tandem (total) the first time you race if you pre-register on line. NOTE: there is no payment at the time you online register, you pay on race day. Add $10 if you wait and register at the race on race day. It is then only $15 per race after that including tandems! Juniors are $10 each following race. Only pre-registered racers will be guaranteed a T-shirt. (Limited to first 600 racing racers) Schwag bags are first come first served. SEASON PASS DISCOUNT: This will be available all the way through the 6th race and can be purchased at a discount any time. See forum posting HERE for more info. Aside for the discount, the best benefits are:
On-line pre-registration Will close each Tuesday before that weeks race and will re-open each Thursday. Yes, you may start racing any time during the season with us. You can always register at the event on any race day (but add an additional $10 for race day registration). NOTE: You only need to register ONCE per race Series. Registration notes: You only need to register ONCE but you will still need to check in and pay each race day (unless you got a Season Pass). Kids Race registration will open in May. If you are a minor you will need to have this WAIVER signed by your parent or legal guardian! I would HIGHLY recommend getting to the your first race of the season early for sign in and SCHWAG pick up!. Gates open at 4:30, registration closes at 6:00 sharp! There is NO fee to enter the park and you do not need any type of license to race with us! :-) 2009 Race Dates: 12 races Wednesday evenings from April 1st until June 24, 2009 (We will count your 10 best finishes toward your points total) NOTICE!!! There will NOT be a race on May 27th due to the Hang Town Motorcycle Races!
APRIL: 1st, 8th, 15th,
22nd*, 29th Start times: The adults will start at 6:10 sharp with Experts followed by the sport and beginner classes. The waves will start approx. 1 minute apart. The JUNIORS CLASS will start at 5:45 sharp on April 22nd.Racing Classes and Rules: For racing rules or if you are not sure which class to sign up for, go HERE. Facilities: There are bathrooms available, tap water and plenty of parking. (PLEASE KEEP YOUR SPEED DOWN IN THE DIRT AND GRAVEL PARKING LOT AREA - (The park service will issue SPEEDING TICKETS! - you have been warned). For a map with directions, go HERE NOTE: The gate opens at 4:15 and RE-CLOSES at 6:25 pm - don't be late! Races are held RAIN or SHINE... (extra points for rain or 100 deg+ days!) For local WEATHER FORECAST and current Doppler radar check HERE. COURSE LAYOUT: Our races are held within the Prairie City Off Road Vehicle Park south of Folsom, CA. (see the map page for directions) or click HERE for an aerial view of the area. Each lap around the course is between 3 and 4 miles long. Beginners do 2 laps, Sport is 3 laps and Expert is 4 laps. The new Juniors race is 1 lap on the adult beginner course. The course gets a little LONGER and a little HARDER every week as your skill and fitness improve! Because of the numerous trails and dirt roadways on the property I am able to set up a different course each week. This makes for some exciting racing and keeps this 12-week series exciting and unpredictable! I set up the course using 12" high ORANGE plastic cones. If there is a sharp turn I place 2 or 3 orange and blue cones on their side "pointing" in the direction of the turn. If there is a steep drop or technical part of the track it will be preceded by orange and blue cones. Because there are so many different trails I ALWAYS recommend PRE-RIDING the course, this will help prevent you from making a mistake the first time around at "race speed". NOTE TO BEGINNERS: We will most probably be splitting the Beginners racers off of the main course on their own separate course for part of the lap, especially for the first few races. This will help the Beginners by not having to deal with excess traffic, passing of faster racers etc. We have three main hills on the course and I usually include at least one of these in the course each week. Typically, I leave the real steep ones for a little later in the season. One of these hills has a very steep decent and although it is somewhat short in distance, speeds of 40 mph by the Experts are not uncommon! There is plenty of single track and I prefer to keep you on it most of the time. I do usually start the first mile or so on a wider dirt road (or do a lap around the parking lot) so that the racers can sort themselves out a bit before hitting the tight single track. See ya out there!
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