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The race season is well upon us! Come celebrate the start of the Monday Night PIR season with Team Oregon and Laurelwood Brewing Company on Sunday, April 10th from 4-8PM.

Kick off for the Monday Night Race Series Season at PIR along with introduction of Team Oregon’s Elite Team and celebrate our fantastic sponsor Laurelwood Brewing Company. Taking place on Sunday, April 10th from 4-8PM. We’d like as many Team Oregon members in attendance as possible to have a good showing, plus there’s free snacks and happy hour beer, so what’s not to like?

The event will be Sunday, April 10th from 4-8PM. Upstairs on deck.
Laurelwood Brewing Company, 5115 NE Sandy Blvd Portland, OR 97213, tel: 503-282-0622

This event will be open to the public and OBRA will be invited. Many of our team and event sponsors will be there to promote their products, coaches from Upper Echelon Fitness will be present to talk about clinics and coaching, and there’s a chance for everyone in attendance to win free PIR passes. Other team sponsors will be donating items for a raffle. So don’t miss out! Raffle tickets are free and available that night.

There’s also a Facebook event I created and invited many of you to – be sure to click the “invite people to come” link on the event page and share with your friends.
Here’s the link – SHARE WITH FRIENDS: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190832020959586

Special thanks to Laurelwood Brewing Company for space donation, food and discounted beers.

See you there:
Sunday, April 10th from 4-8PM.
Laurelwood Brewing Company, 5115 NE Sandy Blvd Portland, OR 97213

Laurelwood Brewing Company has been with the series for two years now and is a sponsor of the organizing group, Team Oregon. They are a local craft brewery (started in 2001) with locations at the Rose Garden, PDX Airport, Battleground and in the Hollywood District. For the series they provide an amazing amount of support and provide gift certificates to the winners of the series each month! Find out more about Laurelwood Brewing Company

Castelli USA provides leader jersey’s for all winners of each month series! These custom jersey’s are a one-of-a-kind! Check them out!

Racing at PIR is finally for the 2011 OBRA season! Oregon racing is very fortunate to have amazing race coverage from Oregon Cycling Action. While you are there be sure to check out the coverage of the early season races in Oregon and great photography. You can be sure to read fantastic race reports, photos and results almost each week for the 20 race series. For the 2010 series Oregon Cycling Action was there to cover the action and do a report (see links listed below). Be sure to stop by Oregon Cycling Action for the latest news on bike racing in Oregon!

2010 Reports from Oregon Cycling Action:

• August Series 2010
• August Series 2010 – Final Race
• June Series 2010
• May Series 2010
• April Series 2010 – Opening Race

Monday Night PIR is organized promoted, and run by the Team Oregon Elite Team.

Since the 1980s, Team Oregon has been one of the premier amateur cycling teams in the state of Oregon. Team Oregon is a completely open team with very basic requirements for membership. We accept new members off all abilities year-round and want to provide a great atmosphere for everyone interested in racing.  We currently have a very active roster of cat 4/5 racers, cat 3 racers, and cat 1/2 racers, and we’re looking to grow our masters, juniors, and women’s teams this season and into the future.

Team Oregon’s Saturday ride leaves every Saturday at 9:00 from Liberty High School in Hillsboro rain or shine. If you’re interested in joining the team, show up for a ride or approach us at a race. We’re happy to share more about the team with you.

Beginning during the 2009 racing season, the team put in place plans to begin and grow an elite team of riders that would be competitive both locally and on a national level. Team Oregon wants to see the elite team grow into the best ground-up developmental team in the state, allowing up-and-coming racers to live up to their full potential as bike racers. Funds raised from PIR racing go to supporting these racers and ensure they have the ability to travel to races.

TEAM PASSES:

Individual:
Get a great deal on racing on monday night by purchasing an individual season pass for only $200 (that’s about $10 per race!) Beat the crowds and purchase your pass before the first race by mail (Adam Edgerton – 12 N Sumner St, Portland, OR 97217), online at ORBike.com or at registration at first race on April 18th. Individual season passes are non-transferable and non-refundable.

Team:
Get your team together and pay only $12/race when you buy a pass for 10 or more races, or purchase 50 or more race entries for your team for just $10/race! The pass can used by any combination of team members. Each team member just signs in at registration each night (clearly legible name and team, please) and we will keep track of passes used. So get organized with your team, and purchase your team pass today! Available to purchase prior to first race by mail (Adam Edgerton – 12 N Sumner St, Portland, OR 97217), online at ORBike.com: (Purchase 20 race entries | Purchase 50 race entries | Purchase 100 race entries) or at weekly Monday night races during registration. Non‐refundable, fully transferable. Please contact me to purchase.

We’re getting ready for another exciting season of Monday PIR! Expect the same great racing action, fun competition with friends, educational clinics, and more!

See the Updated 2011 Schedule and Info for everything you need to know about this upcoming season.

Thanks to everyone for a great 2010 racing season. We’ll be back next year, every Monday starting in April.

2011 Monday PIR will be better than ever, including a special event we’re in the early stages of planning: The PIR 100. Details still to come, but yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like it is (with some fun twists thrown in).

Here are the final results for August. Thanks to all for a great season! Thanks again to our sponsors:

Laurelwood Brewing – Prizes, free beer, and more!
Castelli – Monthly winners jerseys
River City Bicycles – monthly prizes
Blue Competition Cycles – demo bikes
Upper Echelon Fitness – weekly clinics
Strava.com – Garmin 305 units for August Men 1/2/3 and Open Women winners

See the full results PDF

Here are the top 5 for each category:

Novice Men
1 – Rob Fleskes, Harder Cycling – 44 Points
2 – Mark Armstrong – 33 Points
3 – Mike Owens – 31 Points
4 – Dustin Harder – 31 Points
5 – Brian Hansen, Red Lizard – 30 Points

Novice Women
1 – Catherine Cooper, Word RCB – 56 Points
2 – Sandra Clark – 52 Points
3 – Maria Atkinson, Bike Tires Direct – 41 Points
4 – Inge Wortman, Verge – 36 Points
5 – Sally Landham – 25 Points

Open Women
1 – Lise Reeve, Veloforma – 92 Points
2 – Mindy Simmons, Hammer Velo – 31 Points
3 – Karey Miles, Theraputic Associates – 27 Points
4 – Jenn Levo, Bridgetown Velo – 26 Points
5 – Jan Moss, Sorrella Forte – 24 Points

Men 4/5
1 – Aaron Aikin, Team Oregon p/b Laurelwood Brewing – 57 Points
2 – Kieth Levesque, Hammer Velo – 46 Points
3 – Scott Mares, Verge – 42 Points
4 – Peter Seelig, Dr Will Bar – 39 Points
5 – Kevin Drake, Liberty Cycle – 34 Points

Men 1/2/3
1 – Christian Tresser, Cyclepath – 57 Points
2 – Eddie French, Guinness – 38 Points
3 – John Mitchem, Guinness – 36 Points
4 – Cliff Heaberlin, Guinness – 31 Points
5 – Joe Holcomb, Specialized River City – 27 Points

Top 3 finishers in each category that haven’t picked up their prizes yet can email adam@racemondaynight.com to arrange pickup or I will be in touch to get a mailing address.