Tamarancho Dirt Classic Returns for 2012

After a year hiatus, the Tamarancho Dirt Classic in Fairfax is being held on September 30th, 2012!

The Tamarancho Dirt Classic was on hiatus for 2011, but we are back for another amazing event September 30th, 2012.
Tamarancho Dirt Classic is the only Cross Country Mountain Bike race in Marin County! Mostly technical single-track with a few fire road climbs and lots and lots of vertical feet of climbing.
The race benefits the NorCal High School MTB league and the new Off-Road Advocacy Program of the MCBC. Others benefiting include Stafford Lake Bike Park and Access4Bikes.
You MUST have both an annual USAC license and a Friends of Tamarancho (FOT) pass to race. If you don’t, you MUST purchase a one-day license and/or one-day FOT pass.

More details available at http://tamaranchodirtclassic.com/.

NorCal MTB Racing This Weekend: June 5-6, 2010

For those of you making your weekend plans, here is quick rundown of this weekend's MTB racing schedule for NorCal:

1. Return On The Jedi (06/05/10)
2. Tamarancho Dirt Classic (06/06/10)
3. Peavine Challenge (06/06/10)

2010 Tamarancho Dirt Classic Opens Registration

The Tamarancho Dirt Classic is Marin County’s only annual XC mountain bike race, taking place Sunday, June 6, 2010, at Camp Tamarancho outside of Fairfax, California: Prizes 3 deep in each category, and a tough 6 mile singletrack & fire road course including the infamous Dead Heifer (20+ percent).

Proceeds will go to BTC Marin and Access4Bikes for trail maintenance, creation and advocacy throughout Marin.

Registration is open now via active.com, and ends a week before the race. No day-of registration. $40 adults, $25 juniors 18 and under.  More information at http://tamaranchodirtclassic.com/.

2009 Friends of Tamarancho Announced

The Fairfax Fat Tire Festival and Friends of Tamarancho Invitational Mountain Bike Race 2009 has been set for June 7th, 2009. The cross country race is described as:

The race course will be a six- to eight-mile loop through Camp Tamarancho, with finish distances dependent upon category:

• Pro / Expert / Cat 1 (Men & Women): 20-24 miles
• Sport / Cat 2 (Men & Women): 14-16 miles
• Beginner / Cat 3 (Men & Women): 6-8 miles

Because the race takes place at Camp Tamarancho, all racers are required to have a current Friends of Tamarancho Pass.

You can register on this site.

Norcal MTB Racing This Weekend: Memorial Day

It's a big holiday weekend of MTB racing in NorCal:

Saturday (5/24): Going south towards the coast, you have the first CCCX Cross Country (XC) race since April. It's the last XC race of the series that will be held at Toro Park (instead of the usual Fort Ord). For those of you in the Sierras (and not at Northstar), the second leg of the Nevada Cup, Gardnerville's Pine Nut Cracker is also Saturday. Finally, for those of you looking for a longer ride, Team Bigfoot's 12 Hours of Weaverville will be the third race in the Silver Cup of the Solo series.

Sunday (5/25): Closer to the Bay Area, the 2008 Friends of Tamarancho headlines the Fairfax Fat Tire Festival. A cross country (XC) race held on Tamarancho Boy Scout Camp trails. Also on Sunday, the second day of CCCX racing brings the CCCX Spring DH #6 to Toro Park near Monterey. The course is described as:

"The race route for the May 25 DH will be fast and wide open in most sections, as well as tight and technical in others. Many of the technical corners are extremely challenging due to loose dirt combined with the off camber nature of the trails. Set up speed and braking into the corners will determine who can get thru the turns and onto the the speedy finishing portions of the route fastest. This race route will have possibly the highest overall speeds of all the courses used for the CCCX Series."

Finally, there is also another day of racing up North. Team Bigfoot presents the second race in the NorCal Super D and DH series in Weaverville with the 2008 Gravity Day.

2008 Friends of Tamarancho

As part of the Fairfax Fat Tire Festival, the Friends of Tamarancho MTB race will be held on May 25, 2008. It looks like a similar course to last year: "Race course will use camp roads and trails, including Broken Dam trail and Serpentine trail counter-clockwise, as well as some race day only routes. Multiple lap race. 6 Mile lap. Beginners 1 Lap, Sport 2 Laps, Elite 3 Laps." Find more information from last year's race in the archives.

Thanks to Alex for the heads up.

RACE RESULTS: Friends of Tamarancho

Final results have been posted for last weekend's Friends of Tamarancho XC race. Congratulations to Mark Weir, who took the Expert Mens title.
The course appeared to be 5 mile loop with about 900' of climbing.

2007 Friends of Tamarancho

Velo Club Fairfax is again presenting the 2007 Fairfax Fat Tire Festival, featuring the Friends of Tamarancho Invitational race. This year's festival/race will be held earlier in the season, over the May 12 - 13 weekend. The race (Sunday, May 13th) will feature the same course as previous years will be used, with two trail and two fire road sections, in the only race held at Marin’s single track trails. The race is held at Tamarancho Boy Scout Camp, located in Fairfax, CA.

RACE REPORT: Tamarancho

After seeing today's high temperature and reading a few of the race reports on MTBR, I am kinda glad I didn't make it out for the Friends of Tamarancho race. I haven't seen any results yet, but there are some photos posted.

UPDATE (07/25/06): The good people over at Team Motionbased have posted their race report , GPS plots and pro results. Olivier Bock won the Pro class with a 1:21 time for three laps.

UPDATE (08/09/06): Some results have been posted.

Friends of Tamarancho XC Announced

So I haven't seen any real details on this race yet, but the 2nd Annual Fairfax Fat Tire Festival is holding a NORBA sanctioned XC race on Sunday, July 23rd, 2006. From the press announcement:

On Sunday, the NORBA sanctioned Friends of Tamarancho Invitational Mountain Bike Race will take place at Tamarancho Boy Scout Camp, located in Fairfax [ MAP ]. The Junior Race (18 and under), begins at 10:00 AM; the Senior Race (over 18) at noon. Categories will be grouped on race day according to attendance. Cash and merchandise prizes will be awarded. No parking is available due to emergency road closure; course access by bike is mandatory.

Although I don't see any more details, the website for this festival is Fairfax Fat Tire Festival.com. I'll post more as I get the details.

UPDATE (07/03/06): The race costs $25 plus NORBA and Tamarancho pass fees ($5/each if you don't have one). Register at their website.

UPDATE 2 (07/21/06): There are some course details and maps over at this MTBR thread. Looks like 4.5 mile laps.