Registration is now open for Boone-Roubaix, the Hell of the High Country, and opens Monday at 5PM for the High Country Tour Du Life Sponsored by LifeStore Banking and Insurance. Sign up now on BikeReg.com
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The Lone Star Cyclocross Festival was a huge success. The event featured two days of racing, including the Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop Texas Age-group Championships on Saturday and the Skill-based Championship on Sunday, drawing over 250 racers from across Texas, as well as Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, and Oregon.
The races were featured on the local KEYE nightly news, and Cyclocross Magazine had reporter and photographer at the race. This follows on coverage leading up to the race in both Bicycling Magazine and Spirit, the Southwest Airlines in-flight magazine. A number of nationally ranked professional riders attended the race, and thanks to numerous amateur photographers in attendance, pictures and video of the event are circulating on dozens of blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter feeds, and bulletin boards, giving our sponsors even greater coverage.
The race was also the official premier of Team Pirate Race Productions, where we solidified our position as the number one women’s cyclocross team in Texas, and demonstrated our team’s ability to host exceptional events. Our 60 members in Texas, the Carolinas, New England and Colorado not only win races, but they provide the backbone of volunteer support necessary to make our races a success.
Next up is Boone-Roubaix, April 3 in Boone, North Carolina. The next great American Classic, the race will feature miles of unpaved roads and unpredictable weather, balanced by breathtaking scenery and and the High Country’s legendary hospitality. Are you up for the challenge?
Mark your calendar for the most exciting events of 2010:
April 3: Boone-Roubaix The Hell of the High Country. A 37 mile loop with 9 miles of unpaved roads, finishing with a lap of the Hill Billy Velodrome
May 14, 15, and 16: The High Country Omnium Benefiting the Seby B. Jones Regional Cancer Center. Beech Mountain Hill Climb Time Trial Friday Night, a mountainous road race Saturday, and a three corner circuit race on Sunday
September 25: Three Peaks Challenge NC: America’s Most Brutal Cyclocross Race
Crit Series Wednesday Nights April through August
High Country Cyclocross Series Wednesday Nights September though October, under the lights at the High Country Fairgrounds
Register for the Lone Star Cyclocross Festival before December 1 for a chance to win a free stay for the weekend!
Come to Austin, Texas for MLK Weekend, January 16-17 for the last, best race of the season. We have incredible deals from our host hotels, the Courtyard by Marriot Airport and Downtown, making this an affordable race vacation for your family or team.
Saturday features age-based categories and collegiate races presented by Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, with skill categories and single speed on Sunday. Spend Monday’s holiday seeing the sights, riding Austin’s legendary roads and trails, or recovering from the legendary night life of the Live Music Capital of the World.
The Lone Star Cyclocross Festival is the Texas State Championships, the final race in the TXBRA Premier Cup, and the SCCC Collegiate Conference Championship, so expect great competition. We have a beautiful venue, featuring an enclosed lakeside pavilion with a pier from which you can see all the action. The course is a fun mix of fast paved and grass sections with a series of off-camber turns, a double sandpit, a short run up, and a thrilling 90 degree turn at the water’s edge.
Sign up now for a great weekend in Austin, and come enjoy our great weather, hospitality and racing.
Team PRP racked up some impressive results in the overall standings of the five race Texas MTB Race Association (TMBRA) Fall Cup Series:
Chris Koob 1st of 74 – Cat 2 Men 40-49
Trevor Rosson 1st of 80 – Cat 2 Men 30-39
Patrick Barrett 5th of 19 – Cat 1 Men 19-29
Colleen Quindlen 5th of 12 – Cat 3 Women 30-39
Derek Delpero 8th of 80 – Cat 2 Men 30-39
Ian Margrave 11th of 42 – Single Speed
Congrats to the dozens of Team PRP riders who lined up over 100 times at XC MTB races in Texas this fall.
News 8 Austin, Austin’s 24-hour news network features Pirate Race Productions
Thanks to Team Chupacabra for the editing and upload.
You can view the entire segment, which ran throughout the day on November 1, 2009 at the News 8 Austin website.
Twenty-three of us toed the line this week, the course was dry and fast, everyone’s bike was clean at the end of the night, and there was lots of chatter about heading down to Cary and Raleigh this weekend to go school the Flatlanders at the NCCX opener. Results are posted. Please take a moment and familiarize yourself with the people you will be riding behind.
Check out the great article in today’s High Country Press about our weeknight cyclocross series in Boone, North Carolina. Two great pictures by Katie Langley shows one of our sponsors, Shaw Brown of Boone Bike and Touring, as well as a shot prominently displaying the name of his company. That is the kind of earned media you can expect from your sponsorship investment!
Image: Katie Langley Photography
We are half way through the inaugural season of the High Country Cyclocross Series and 100 of you have toed the line. This week was all about the out-of-towners, as the crews from Mock Orange Bikes and Luna Cycles packed the starts, with Boone Velo proudly represented by Noah Niwinski who recovered from a near disastrous start to soft pedal to an impressive win in the As and Jeremy Edwards and Justin Canipe working the Bs. Boone area teams: get Rick Presnell and Steven White on your roster quick – these guys look fast.
Also, if you have not seen it yet, check out this a rad race video from Week 4.
We are no longer taking the course down every week, so expect more time to pre-ride on a better marked track. However, please don’t head out there and poach on non race days. We’ve got big plans for the Fairgrounds in the coming years, and want to stay in good with the property owners, who live on site.
It was another record night at the Fairgrounds, with Terry Jennings joined by a huge crew from Mock Orange Cyclocross Syndicate who made the drive up from Winston. Furthermore, this week saw sponsor Mike Boone‘s return to competition. No head-to-head yet between he and Shaw Brown, but with the Mock Orange staff on hand, all we need was Jeff Welch to show and it will be something of a high country shop rat championship. Me, I’m waiting for the Sara Brown v. Shelli Welch grudge match.
Results and Standings are up – we’ll have the hometowns updated for next week.
