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Results up, how prizes work, New Years day

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After much delay, we’ve got the results from last week posted. We will post the “Second Season” standings after this week’s races. Speaking of which, the percipitation this past weekend should have packed things down nicely. Unfortunately, we are pulling the plug on the race we had planned for New Years Day, however plan on racing on both Tuesday December 23 and Tuesday December 30.

Here is a quick breakdown of how we gonna award prizes:

Season scores are tallied based on awarding points to the top 15 finishers using the following points schedule: 40, 35, 31, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15, 13, 11, 9, 7, 5, 3, 1. There are no “drops.” Scores include races beginning November 25 through January 6.

Categories:

B Race – all B Race category winners will be entered into a drawing for a Yakima HoldUp Bike Rack. Individual category winners will be awarded prizes including Continental and Panaracer tires, HEED Sport Drink and HammerGel, and clothing from Capo Forma and Harlot. The B Race categories are:

MTB Short Track, MTB Masters (40+), MTB Single Speed, Cyclocross, Cyclocross Masters, Cyclocross SS

C Race:

Beginners – bike accessories from Trek and Bontrager

Women-only – Pair of Oakley Minute Two sunglasses

Kids – bike accessories from Trek and Bontrager

Oakley Velodrome Races: all participants will be entered into a drawing for one of three pair of Oakley sunglasses – you get an additional entry each week you enter.

A Race:

MTB Open – Gift Certificate for a pair of Bontrager RaceXLite MTB Shoes from Trek and Mellow Johnnys’s Bike shop

CX Open – Bontrager RaceXLite MTB Shoes

Let us know if you have any questions, and see you at the Track.

Weekly announcements

A lovely fall evening

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It is looking like conditions will be perfect for the Dirt Derby this week. With the road season pretty much over and a big mountain bike race coming up, we are expecting big turn out.

Starting this week, there will be free HEED sports drink on tap, courtesy of our good friends at Hammer Nutrition.  Use the extra juice to power your way through a second race: the Oakley Velodrome races are a blast. This week the heats will be as follows:

 Match Sprints – Heat 1

A Point-a-lap

B Unknown Distance

Sprint Finals

A&B combined Madison

Also, don’t forget that the Dirt Derby goes on a grand scale in a little more than 2 weeks, with the launch of the Lonestar Cyclocross Series at the Second Annual Pflugerville Grand Prix. Mountain bikers can rejoice as well, as the following week at the TMBRA Power Pedal race, we’ll be hosting AggieCross and the first Texas Short Track race.  Registration is now open at BikeReg.com.

Race Results

Week two results and special thanks

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Week two of the Dirt Derby brought dozens of area racers to Del Valle to fill 74 entries in 10 events. Highlights included several close races and our very own Stack being pipped at the line by Zak Moore in the Men’s A CX race.

BIG thanks to all who brought food to help the Capital Area Food Bank

20 people brought food last night to get a lower entry fee, thanks to our partners at Stalelife and Adomatica. We were all shocked at the amount of donations and humbled to know that our racing brethren are so generous.

If you couldn’t make the Derby, but you’d still like to donate, several Austin-based cyclists will gladly pick up at your house on Saturday. To schedule a donation, please email HAMup@stalelife.com.

You don’t need to be home, just leave the food out. They’re starting north, moving south and stopping along the way. More details can be found here.

RESULTS:

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Race Results

Week 1 Results are posted

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The Dirt Derby is underway! We had 55 racers out tearing up the new and improved course, including a great bunch of kids, Longhorns, and women racers. Sol Frost (AustinBikes) dominated most of the night, with C.A.B.A.L. henchman “Keirin” Sikdar stomping the ‘cross field then RIDING BACK TO AUSTIN.

Next week get $3 off your entry fee!

Let’s help feed the hungry. If you bring two food items to the Dirt Derby, you’ll get $3 off a race entry. The food will be donated to the Capital Area Food Bank for their Hunger Action Month initiative, and the race fees will be covered by our online marketing partners, Stalelife and Adomatica.

Racing two events? Bring four items and get $3 off each race. The Food Bank is looking for canned meats like tuna, stew and chili (pop-tops preferred), canned vegetables, pasta & pasta sauce, beans, rice, healthy cereals, peanut butter, baby food & baby formula. For more information, visit the Food Bank website.