OBRA: Alpenrose Velodrome: Thursday Racing

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Thursday Night Racing
6:30 pm to dusk every Thursday unless it rains
Registration starts at 5:00 pm
May 6th to September 30th

A few changes are taking place at Alpenrose this year. There will no longer be Sprint Nights on Thursdays. Sprinters can test themselves during Fast Twitch Friday sessions.

The first three Thursday nights will focus on timed events: Kilo/500M TT, Pursuit, 200M TT & Team Sprints.

After that all, all Thursday night racing will be mass start racing. The first Thursday of each month will be scheduled with a single long points race for each group. Other nights will have 3 mass start races for each group and a madison. The mass start races are a mixed bag each night and can include races like miss-n-outs, win-n-outs, points, tempo, snow ball, avalanche, unknown distance, paced-points, scratch, and grudge-match. After the first week in September, there will be only madison racing.

Thursday Racing Schedule

May 6            Kilometer/500m TT
May 13           Pursuit
May 20           200m TT, Team Sprints
May 27           3 omnium events & madison


June 3           Kiddie Kilo starts, points races
                 (1 long race each category)
June 10          3 omnium events & madison
June 24          3 omnium events & madison

July 1           Points races
                 (1 long race each category)
July 8           3 omnium events & madison
July 15          3 omnium events & madison
July 22          3 omnium events & madison
July 29          3 omnium events & madison


August 5         Points races 
                 (1 long race each category)
August 12        3 omnium events & madison
August 19        3 omnium events & madison
August 26        3 omnium events & madison

September 2      Rescheduled state track events (details)
                 Points races 
                 (1 long race each category)
September 9      Madison racing only 
September 16     Madison racing only
September 23     Madison racing only
September 30     Madison racing only

See below for fees, prizes and other details.

Race Details

Categories         Fees                      Prizes

Spectators         Free!                     
Kiddie Kilo        Free!                     Ribbons for all participants
Senior 1/2         $10/night, $100/season    1st $30/2nd $20/3rd $10 each session*, season trophy   
Senior 3           $10/night, $100/season    Ribbons each session, season trophy
Senior 4/5         $10/night, $100/season    Ribbons each session, season trophy
Women              $10/night, $100/season    Ribbons each session, season trophy
Juniors <16        $5/night, $50/season      Ribbons each session, season trophy    

* Cash prizes for time trials and sprints go to the fastest riders regardless of category

• Race categories may be combined
• GT rental bikes available, $5
• Bike lockers available. $100 individual/$300 team/season. Sold first come first serve at the track.
• Racing cancelled in the event of rain
• OBRA membership required.  OBRA membership may be purchased at the track.
• Event organized by Portland Velodrome Committee
• Info: Mike Murray, 503-661-5874.


Please see the Thursday schedule to see what's happening each week.

(1.42 MB PDF flyer for weekly track events)