SUNDAY SHOW THIS WEEK AT IRWINDALE: BICYCLE RACES ... SERIOUS ONES!
Irwindale, Calif. - - Yeah … Saturday night's all right for racin', but, just look what's happening on one of the upcoming Sundays at Irwindale Speedway this season:
SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2001:
Red 5 Adventures presents the IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX, a day of exhilarating bicycle races on the smooth highbanks of the Irwindale ½-mile oval with a rich $3,000+ purse in the offing. Twelve divisions of bikes, from juniors right on up to the top pro criterium riders in the state, will race for fortune and fame in races ranging from 30 to 70 minutes in length and for prize money of up to $1000 for that 70-minute ride. Helmets are mandatory in this first USCF event of its kind ever to be run at Irwindale Speedway.
Upon competition of the timed portion of the race, a five lap counter is displayed at start/finish, like a car race's green-white-checker finish the first rider across the line at the end of those final five laps is the winner. Another unique feature of this type of racing is the "prime" lap: a bell, sounded as the field crosses the start/finish line, indicates the beginning of this lap. Racers sprint the lap, and, whoever leads that lap wins the "prime".
Some 600 riders are expected to take part in the fun and all fans are invited too. The 1000-seat pit grandstands will be open to all in this free-to-the-public event.
First race: 7:30 am - last race: 3:45 pm. This is something truly new and exciting to cheer about at Irwindale Speedway. For more (and direct) information on this event please call (310) 226-2824 or visit www.red5adventures.com.
THANKS! Doug Stokes, Irwindale Speedway