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Hopefully this Tuesday we’ll be able to get the spring Peddler Dirt Derby underway. There are some chances of rain between now and then, but we’re currently going to say that racing is on and if it needs to be cancelled we’ll let y’all know.

So, Tuesday! New course! Fun times! Short-Track MTB and cyclocross! And a reminder that we’ve got an updated schedule as well:

6:15 PM Kids Race
6:30 PM Beginner Race (20 min)
7:00 PM Intermediate Short Track MTB & Cyclocross
7:30 PM Open Race

If your bike has gotten a bit dirty between now and the last time we raced, clean it up with some Grease Monkey Wipes. If you’ve gotten a bit dirty between now and the last time we raced then take a shower. Seriously. And then come out and get dirty with us again this Tuesday at…

-The Peddler Dirt Derby

Alright,

So we were all ready to start up The Peddler Dirt Derby tomorrow evening – complete with a new course – but then the rains came.  So we’re hoping mother nature will allow us to start the spring series next Tuesday on the 28th.

We have a new course? Yes. The main motocross course has been moved south of the parking lot and we helped the owner design a new course that we can use in the old location. So the races this spring will have a different feel than ones we’ve done in the past – we hope you like it. What this also allowed us to do was design a more exciting kids race, so bring the kiddos out and have them race on something that was designed specifically with them in mind.

Also, there will be a slight schedule change for the spring. We are combining our Intermediate Races so that the race schedule now looks like this:

6:15 PM Kids Race
6:30 PM Beginner Race (20 min)
7:00 PM Intermediate Short Track MTB & Cyclocross
7:30 PM Open Race

Importantly, the Intermediate Cyclocross has been moved up and combined with the Intermediate MTB, and the Open Race has also been moved up by 30 minutes, which will allow us all to get out of there a bit earlier.

So that is all the news for our 2012 spring series; we hope to be able to start racing as soon as the weather allows. In the meantime, check out our friendly sponsors: The Peddler Bike Shop, f3 Designs, Tom Mahnke Real Estate, Austin on Two Wheels, Grease Monkey Wipes and Rising Phoenix Adventures – they all support us and allow us to put on this spring series as well as the one last fall, so we’re very grateful for their support.

We hope to see y’all next Tuesday,

-The Peddler Dirt Derby

All,

Unfortunately the six inches or so of rain that fell this past week have forced us to delay the spring iteration of The Peddler Dirt Derby by a couple weeks. There is still some track construction that needs doing and they will be starting that up once the course is drained out. We have decided to start up again on Tuesday, February 21st. Sorry about the various delays this spring; we’re as anxious to get this up as y’all are and we look forward to racing as soon as possible.

Best,

-The Peddler Dirt Derby

We were excited about starting up the Peddler Dirt Derby for six weeks in 2012 on Jan 10th, but we are going to have to push that date back to the 31st.

We are excited now though about new construction on the track. If you were out for our last week in 2011 you saw a new course being built south of the parking lot, this is where they will put all their motocross offerings starting later in the spring. They are working with us on getting a course up that we can use on the old motocross course so we are going to be talking with them in getting a course designed with some of our specifications in mind. Nothing too crazy, but having an input in the process will be enjoyable.

For this reason we’re pushing the start of The Peddler Dirt Derby 2012 series back until January 31st. Sorry for the delay, but hopefully you’re excited about what these changes can bring – we know we are.

-The Peddler Dirt Derby

Thank you to everyone who braved the rain and came out tonight to The Peddler Dirt Derby. Despite the showers in Austin the track was in wonderful shape, the weather was perfect, and we had some great performances.
Tonight was the last race for the 2011 season and we saw many of the familiar faces and even some new racers coming out for the last week of derby action. Thank you to everyone who made the 2011 season competitive and fun.

We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday month, but don’t forget to ride your bike because The Peddle Dirt Derby is back in action January 10th. So enjoy the few weeks off, but we hope to see everyone back out and spreading the Derby cheer in January.

Go check out the results page and thanks again for a wonderful 2011

-The Peddler Dirt Derby

We received too much rain over the weekend, so we have to cancel the Peddler Dirt Derby tonight.

Results have been posted from last night’s race over at the results tab. Also, there were some photos taken by Jay Archibald which he has posted to his flickr site – so check ’em out!

We had our largest kids races of the year in conjunction with giving away free entries to those that brought kids – it was certainly a fun promotion which we’ll have to do again sometime, probably when it’s warmer. It was the first real cold night of the year, and armwarmers, legwarmers and jackets were out in plenty. A fair amount of the Open field dropped out in favor of getting out of the cold, so we were left with an epic six-man cyclocross race complete with push-ups, jumping jacks, and other challenges at the end of every lap. You know, to keep them warm.

I hope everyone had a wonderful thanksgiving and is enjoying their post thanksgiving turkey sandwich week. Although I did in fact give thanks for the much needed rain here in Austin, I was also preemptively thankful for a rain free tuesday night this week. With a few days clear of rain and a forecast of sunny skies we are hopeful for great track conditions this week to be able to get back to racing.

This week will finally be the kids night that we have promised and if you bring a kid you race for free. With the two extra weeks of time to look for a kid to bring to the races, we expect a huge kids field and lots of new young faces having fun out at The Peddler Dirt Derby.

So finish up that turkey, pump up your tires, and we will see you out at a dry track for The Peddler Dirt Derby this tuesday night

-The Peddler Dirt Derby

Mother Nature continues to enjoy raining in the beginning of the week. There was over half an inch out at the airport last night and that’s enough to keep the course unrideable for the evening.

Next week though we will be having our much anticipated ‘bring a kid and race for free night.’ We’ve been mentioning it for weeks and we look forward to the rain staying away and allowing us to give out some free entries.

But that’s next week. As for this week – we hope everyone has a good thanksgiving and travels safely if you’re travelling. In the spirit of the holiday, we’ve thrown up a friendly image below that we didn’t make. In the spirit of the holiday nevermind usage rights,

– The Peddler Dirt Derby

The biggest chance for rain is going to roll through tonight and perhaps some will linger until the morning, at least The Peddler Meteorological Department assures us. The afternoon is clear though, so we will be able to get a call on whether or not we’re racing sometime in the afternoon. At that point, we will let everyone know.

-The Peddler Dirt Derby