Spam with your turkey

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See you at the race!

Earn you turkey at the Dirt Derby

Come work up an appetite and take a break from obsessing over the BCS calculations by pondering your fate in the Dirt Derby! Starting this week we will be accumulating season points for special prizes at the end of the season from Hammer Nutrition, Yakima, Bontrager, Continental, Capo Forma, Panaracer and more!

Also, this week the Oakley Velodrome Races are back! We have a new INFIELD loop for all your track racing action. This week only: sign up for the A or B races and the Velodrome Races are FREE!

11-18 B race results corrected

After a bit of a technical snafu, the B results are now correct.

New Dirt Derby Series, T-giving

As temperatures dropped in Del Valle (the refrigerator of Austin) the race action heated up, and the amount of cliche expressions rose as well. The air was as about as thick with dust as the beginner race was with racers. One quarter of 100 people showed up for the beginner race, and 30+ for the intermediate.

What is new will be old, and what is old will seem older as the Dirt Derby kicks off a new series of racing next week with a little thanksgiving themed cross. Swanky custom fitted shoes, a slick Yakima bike mount and suave sundry items are also on the line. Come out, put the hurt on other people in your category, do it again and again, and win some sweet swag. How will it be Thanksgiving themed you ask? Well, it’ll be two days before Thanksgiving, that’s how. And you’ll want to race hard so that you can justify sitting around all day eating and watching football two days later.

Race for pride, race for fun, race for a preemptive strike against turkey and stuffing (maybe yams, if you’re into that sort’ve thing), just race.

A Swing and a Miss!

Somehow the rain completely missed Del Valle, and about 50 folks made the trip, including comparably large Beginners Women’s-only fields. Thanks especially to a big crowd of volunteers who believed me when I said it was going to be perfect weather, and our friends from the Violet Crown for rushing out with the course marking materials.  It turned out to be a beautiful evening for spectators and racers.

Veteran’s Day Dirt Derby: cautiously optimistic

Its 10:30 AM and the weather is looking hit-or-miss.  So far there has been NO rain at the airport, which is only about 2 miles from the track, and looking at the radar it seems like the storm bands have passed. So at this point WE ARE RACING.  However, we’ll check back in at about 3PM for an update, and then Diesel Dom will inspect the track at 4:45 for the final word. 

Oh, and here is a little something one of the C.A.B.A.L. indoctrinates stumbled across:

Election night results

The most important results from election day are now online. Don’t forget to register for the Lonestar Cyclocross Series’ final event: Diablo Del Valle. Online registration - with its $5 discount – closes Wednesday at 7; onsite registration opens Saturday at 9AM and runs until 10 minutes prior to each start.

Spooky and kooky …

Check out the photos page for a link to Robert’s photos and a small gallery from Jonathan.