Prairie City Prologue Online Registraton Ends Tonight !

Quick note for those of you looking to race Sunday at Folsom Prison:

Online Registration for the FIRST race this Sunday closes on Friday, March 25 at 10pm

The season opener is HERE. Sunday March 27 will kick off the Prairie City Race Series season on the new Prison/Rodeo course.  There will be several bike shops and vendors at the new season opener "Expo". Be sure to stop by and say "Hello and Thank You!" for sponsoring the Series.     This first race is on the  Folsom Prison course, staging out of the Folsom Rodeo arena - this is a points race. This is a very unique and limited use venue with lots of brand new singletrack.    Check out the BikeCam video and race photos from the Sierra Nevada High School race on the Prison course last weekend... awesome!          Online registration for this first race closes Friday March 25 at 10 pm (limited to first 500 racers)

Via Prairie City MTB Race on Sun, March 27 is 3/4 full - online reg closes Fri

 

PCRS Moving to Folsom Prison for 9/15/10

This week's Prairie City Race Series Fall FLASH will be moving (for one week only):

YIPPE!WOO HOO!HURRAH!
The 2010 Fall FLASH race #4 will be held at a different venue: Folsom Prison and Rodeo grounds!
The details of this event on Sept. 15, 2010 are still being worked out. Stay tuned to the website for more information.
http://www.racemtb.com/

This is the same venue as last weekend's Folsom Cyclebration XC.

2010 Prairie City Fall Flash Announced

Following on the popular Spring/Summer race series, Bicycling Events / Prairie City Race Series has announced their Fall Flash series:

This Series came into being in 2003 because YOU all asked for it!  This Series is un-sponsored and supported entirely by your participation!  It is a "compact" version of our regular season...the "FLASH" courses are a little shorter, flatter and faster than our Spring season courses because of the limited sunlight hours... other than that, same great fun! These races are great for the first time racer or the Expert looking more training.

Online registration will be open Thursday through Monday during the Series. Registering online instead of waiting to register on race day will save you $10.

Dates:  August 25 and September 1,8,15

Full details at Prairie City Race Series Fall FLASH.

NorCal MTB Racing THIS WEEK (Weeknight Edition): May 10 - 14, 2010

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

1. Prairie City Race Series (Wednesday)
2. Summit Shorty (Wednesday)
3. Reno Wheelmen Twilight MTB Series (Thursday)
4. Blazing Saddles Mountain Bike Race Series (Thursday)
5. Paper Plate Races (Thursday)

Prairie City #4 CANCELLED !

Bad news:

Prairie City Race #4 is CANCELLED TODAY!
(Wed April 21) - yup, first time in history???

Sorry folks, we could not even begin to set up a course today, IT WAS THAT BAD.

We will try to schedule an additional race at the end of the season! Everything that was supposed to start today, will start next week (like the Juniors races).

Living pretty near to Prairie City, I can vouch that it has rained cats and dogs for the past few days.

2010 Prairie City #1 Results

I'm really, really late on this (as race #2 is tonight), but better late than never ...

• Results are posted here
• Photos are here
• Kevin had the best race report

Prairie City Race Series #1 Full

Did you get around to registering for the first race of the Prairie City Race Series? No ? Get in line for race #2:

NOTE: The first race on March 31 is FULL and registration for that race is now closed.
Check back Thursday April 1st to see what the availability is for race #2.

Via Prairie City Race Series website.

2010 Prairie City Race Series Registration Opens

In about 15 minutes, registration for the hugely popular Prairie City Race Series begins. With the growth of the series over the past few years (now topping 400 racers on some days), they've made a few changes:

• On-line registration deposit. In years past you could register your info and then if you never showed up no big deal. The problem is that we are reaching the max allowable number of racers for our races (500 max) and if you registered and do not show up then others that could have raced could not. This year you will need to put forth a $10 NON REFUNDABLE deposit (plus $1.25 processing fee) to hold your space at the first race on March 31. The $15 racing fee is then due at the race day check in on March 28.
• RACE DAY CHECK IN and schwag pick up will be on Sunday March 28th at Bikes Plus in Folsom from noon until 5:30. Unless you are sick or dying you will need to come pick up your number plate, t-shirt and goody bag. This will speed up the race day check in at the first race.
• "CHIP" TIMING. Yes, chip timing for PCRS this year. If you raced at the Folsom RodeoCross you saw our system in action. You should know that although very accurate, it is not 100% accurate 100% of the time. We will still run a video or bar code scanning for back up. For this reason, after you finish under the Lap/Finish timing arch you will continue like in years past through the "corral" past the video camera. You MUST STAY IN ORDER AFTER YOU CROSS UNDER THE TIMING ARCH.
• MEDALS! We have grown by leaps and bounds over the last three years and starting in 2010 we will award 1st through 3rd place "medals" in each class.

Full details at Prairie City Race Series website.

Tonight's Rodeo Cross To Benefit Haiti Relief

Come out for the first day of sunshine in FOREVER and support a great cause:

NEXT EVENT: is Wed night practice on Jan 27th.
THIS RACE WILL BENEFIT the RED CROSS/HAITI FUND!
100% of proceeds will go to the American Red Cross. Please come out, have some fun and support a worthy cause. Also last NIGHT in Sherwood Forest! Online registration is now open!

Via Folsom Rodeo Cyclocross

2010 Prairie City Race Series Dates

The dates for next Spring's Prairie City Race Series (PCRS) have been posted:

12 races Wednesday evenings from March 1st until June 23, 2010 (We will count your 10 best finishes toward your points total) NOTICE!!! There will NOT be a race on May 26 due to the Hang Town Motorcycle Races!

MARCH: 31
APRIL: 7, 14, 21*, 28
MAY: 5, 12,** 19 (NO RACE the 26th!)
JUNE: 2***, 9, 16, 23

This XC series runs weekly on Wednesday nights near Folsom, CA. Every race has a different course design, but all of them consist of several laps (depending on skill) of two to four miles in length. The races are held at Prairie City Off Highway Vehicle Park [ MAP ] near Folsom, CA (just east of Sacramento on Hwy 50). Prairie City OHV is a off-roads motorsports (i.e. Motocross) mecca where the annual Hang Town Motorcycle Races are held. You race over the same enduro style course, with numerous steep, short climbs and quick descents on the hardpack trail. Check out the race gallery photos for a better idea of the course conditions. Better yet, check out the previous several year's archives and see GPS maps of the actual courses.

2009 Folsom Rodeo Cross Series

The folks behind the ever popular Prairie City Race Series have introduced a new winter Cyclocross series for the Sacramento area:

Introducing the all NEW Folsom Rodeo Cross 2009 Series

The most fun you will have on your bike all week!

This is a brand new series being held at the Folsom Rodeo grounds. A challenging course has been laid out and anyone with a bicycle is welcome. So grab your cross bike... your mountain bike... or your neighbors bike. Come out and join in the fun at the all new Folsom Rodeo Cross.

Weekday NIGHT! Under the lights!!
Shorter course within the lighted arena area.

Weekend DAYS! Under the sun!
Includes all of the Weekday night course plus surrounding trails outside the rodeo grounds.

All the dates are on the sidebar or BICYCLINGEVENTS.COM.

2009 PCRS Fall Flash Finale Results

Last night was the finale of the Prairie City Race Series Fall Flash and all the details have been posted:

• Race #5 Results
• Full Series Standings
• Photos (Brian's)
• More photos (Logan's)

The PCRS starts up again in the fall (although they hinted at a possible winter CX series).

2009 PCRS Fall #3 Results

Results have been posted for last night's Prairie City Fall Flash #3. There are also photos and more photos as always.

RACE REPORT: 2009 PCRS Fall Flash #1

After a summer mostly full of knee problems, I returned to racing tonight at the local weeknight series, Prairie City. It was a perfect night for racing -- the 100F temperatures never materialized. We used the standard northward course of about 3 miles in distance and 200 feet of climbing.

Results and picture are already posted .

I won't go into my race (let's just say I was happy with how I rode but I need to go a bit easier on my tires to actually finish...) but I did take some quick video:



Next race in the series in Wednesday, August 26th near Folsom, CA.

Weeknight Racing This Week

For those of you missing your racing fix from a light weekend, it's weeknight racing time:

• Prairie City Fall Flash starts tonight near Sacramento. It's the start of a five race short XC series.
• Howarth Park Dirt Crits have their second to last race of the season in Santa Rosa.
• Northstar at Tahoe has their last XC race of the season TOMORROW night (Thursday) near Truckee.

If you miss out on the mid-week fun, don't worry. We'll have a preview of the big weekend ahead of us tomorrow.

2009 Prairie City Fall Flash Opens Registration

My favorite (and hometown) weeknight race series has opened registration for their fall edition:

The Fall FLASH Series is unsponsored and supported entirely by YOU!

A little lower key but the same great racing as our regular Series. The courses are a little shorter due to limited sunlight hours and we add a Cyclocross class. Please check HERE for all the details.

If you need to register you can save $10 and valuable time (your's and ours!) on race day so please pre-register by going to THIS page.

People that raced in the Spring series don't have to reregister (You can check the 2009 racer list HERE).

The Prairie City Race Series is held in the Prairie City OHV near Folsom, CA (east of Sacto). It is a short XC course (4-5 mile laps) and will run on August 19th, 26th, September 2nd, 9th and 16th.

2009 PCRS #5 Results

Although I have been strangely silent on the Prairie City Race Series this spring (sorry guys!), it appears that it hasn't hurt attendance at all. Wednesday night's PCRS #5 (results posted here) drew the usual mass of racers with Keith Hillier taking the Expert Plus Men's and Jennifer Marie Zierke capturing the Women's Experts. Photos are in the usual place.

2009 Prairie City Race Series Starts Tonight

For those of you in the Sacto area, the weeknight XC Prairie City Race Series starts tonight near Folsom. Unfortunately, it's a bit of a victim of it's own success:

NOTICE: Online registration for the first race IS NOW CLOSED. We have reached our field limit for the first race. THERE WILL BE 20 WALK UP REGISTRATION SPOTS AVAILABLE (By lottery @ 5:50pm). Sorry but if you did not pre-register you are not guaranteed a race spot at the first race.

There are also season passes available.

You can find several years of race reports, pictures and details about the PCRS in the archives.

Prairie City Race Series Pre-reg Open

Registration is open for this spring's Prairie City Race Series near Folsom, CA. The PCRS is one of the largest weekday XC race series in NorCal, often attracting over 400 riders.

On-line pre-registration is now open! Confirmed pre-registration list is HERE.

NOTE: The 2009 Series will be limited to 500 racers per race.

Via Prairie City Race Series website.

2009 Prairie City Race Series

The race dates for the spring 2009 Prairie City Race Series have been posted. This XC series runs weekly on Wednesday nights near Folsom, CA:

"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
MAY: 6th, 13th**, 20th (NO RACE the 27th!)
JUNE: 3rd***, 10th, 17th, 24th
JULY: BBQ & Awards - Date: July 1st - Location: Beal's Point at Folsom Lake. 6pm-ish"

Via Prairie City Race Series.