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I'd like to try racing my mountain bike before the summer is over.
Trouble is, every time I find some racing events they've already completed their "season" or they're doubled up with a family obligation or motocross race.
Is there someplace to find upcoming races, especially in Washington state or the Pacific Northwest?
If you know of some XC, Enduro, or Downhill stuff, I'd like to know about it.
Apparently there's a downhill event in September up at Dry Hill (Port Angeles, WA).
https://www.racecascadia.com/events
These guys put on really fun events for all levels of experience. There are a couple of individual races left to go in the season, and there are also a couple of team events which are a ton of fun if you can pull together a couple of folks to ride with you.
https://wednesdaynightworlds.bike/series-details/
This league hosts Wednesday night XC races near SeaTac. I haven’t been, but I’ve heard it is a laid back and fun scene.
Thanks!
Wednesday Night World Championships seems right up my alley.
I'll try to get over there next week for their final race of the year.
The race at Dry Hill is right on the heels of the NWCup series that has a race up there. The videos I've seen appear to be mostly natural terrain. I'm no stranger to rough stuff and jumping huge stuff on a motorcycle, but I lack the bicycle jumping skills to hit the man-made BMX stuff.
The season is over, but the NW Cup is probably the most well known, so definitely look into it next year:https://nwcup.com/sip-from-the-cup/2023-race-schedule
I second Wednesday Night Worlds at SeaTac. Great race series. XC short track and beers & tacos after.
Race Cascadia if you want Enduros
Unfortunately, all the other XC racing is done for 2023.
Thanks again for the heads up on the Wednesday night races in SeaTac.
Last night I made it out to their final race. I learned some things about how bicycle races run and had a good time.
I'll be looking forward to more racing, hopefully on more technical terrain.
NW Cup is not over, in fact registration opened last night for the final race at Dry hill in September:
https://www.bikereg.com/nw-cup-finals-dry-hill
I signed up for their e-mail list a while back and they sent a registration link the other day.
There's also that race Cascadia that ColBird posted: https://www.racecascadia.com/events
Port Angeles isn't that far from me and I've raced about a million times at OPMC motocross track in that area.
I am thinking about checking out one of those races. (I don't like the idea of buying some kind of racing license to do a single race).
We'll see how the Two Stroke Dream Race goes at Washougal MX next weekend and then I'll decide.
(I will do the 500cc "Nightmare" class and the "Warrior" class). This is my favorite MX race every year.
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