Tresser, Tyrrell repeat PIR Monday night wins

In a repeat of last week's showing, Cyclepath Racing's Christian Tresser rode away with the win in the Masters 1/2/3 race, and Capa Racing Team's Leia Tyrrell won the Women's race.

Tresser finished ahead of Tony Kic (Gentle Lovers) and Guiness Cycling Team's John Mitchem. Tyrrell secured her second consecutive PIR win in front of Hammer Velo's Sam Yeo and Bridgetown Velo's Jenn Levo.

RESULTS
PIR Monday Night Series
June 22

Novice Men
1. Usher, Craigan
2. Munson, John
3. Spillman, Erik
4. Bauch, Todd
5. Echerer, Brian (Butts on Bikes)
Novice Women
1. Gibbs, Zan (Sorella Forte) 15
2. Lewis, Leigh
3. D'Elia, Traci (Portland Velo) 10
4. Brueuing Joy
5. Marcoe Suzanne (Cross Fit Portland)
Masters 4/5
1. Smith, Chad (Team Oakland)
2. Desmond, Richard (Team Oregon)
3. Clemow, Chris (Hutch's-OIC)
4. Burger, Steven (Sunset Cycles)
5. Van Dusen, Ryan (Unattached)
Women
1. Tyrrell, Leia (CAPA Cycling Team)
2. Yeo, Sam (Hammer Velo)
3. Levo, Jenn (Bridgetown Velo)
4. VanValkenburg, Heather (Land Rover-ORBEA)
5. Larson, Elena (Therapeutic Associates/GENR8 Cycling)
Masters 1/2/3
1. Tresser, Christian (Cyclepath Racing)
2. Kic, Tony (Gentle Lovers)
3. Mitchem John (Guinness Cycling Team)
4. Walton, Hugh
5. Romney, Eric (Cynergy)

Complete OBRA results are HERE.

Skerritt, Butler start Portland Short Track Series with wins

Three-time short track champ Shannon Skerritt started the 2009 Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Series in familiar form Monday night at PIR. The Vanilla Bicycles rider took the Pro Men's event ahead of Doug Wilems (Portland Bicycle Studio) and Jonathan Myers (Team S&M)

MonaVie-Cannondale's Sue Butler won the first Pro Women's event of the series ahead of mountain-biking rival Alice Pennington (Veloforma) and Velo Vella's Sara Johnson.

RESULTS
Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Series
June 22, PIR

Pro Women
1. Sue Butler (MonaVie-Cannondale)
2. Alice Pennington (Veloforma)
3. Sara Johnson (Velo Bella)
Pro Men
1. Shannon Skerritt (Vanilla Bicycles)
2. Doug Wilmes (Portland Bicycle studio)
3. Jonathan Myers (Team S&M)
Singlespeed
1. John Weathers (Sunset Cycles)
2. Tim Butler (River City Bicycles)
3. Pete Zlatnik (Bike Gallery)
Cat. 1 Men 19-34
1. Davy Yeater (River City Bicycles)
2. Michael Lilenthall (Team S&M)
3. Nick Gibson
Cat. 1 Men 35+
1. Gene Fae's (Hellriders)
2. John Weathers (Sunset Cycles)
3. Chris Snyder
Cat 2 Men U35
1. Will McDonald
2. Dave Condon (Yakima Bike Vigilantes)
3. Portland Velo (Jeff Ballantine)
Cat. 2 Men 35-44
1. Michael Mann (Word-RCB)
2. Jesse Luckett (Cyclepath)
3. Don MacNaughton (Guinness Cycling)
Cat. 2 Men 45+
1. Ron Strasser (Team S&M)
2. Michael Kender (Portland Velo)
3. Terry Knight
Cat 2 Women 45+
1. Karen Goritski (Tireless Velo)
2. Pam Reid (Team Rose City)
3. Georgeann Shinn (North River Racing)
Cat 2 Women 35-44
1. Elaine Bothe (Sorella Forte)
2. Patty Garland
3. Eileen Kelly-Foulston
Cat. 2 Women U35
1. Lindsay Kandra (Hammer Velo)
2. Rebecca Richards (Tireless Velo)
3. Dawn Riddle (Gentle Lovers)
Cat. 3 Women 19+
1. Addy Sage (Filth & Fury)
2. Kelly Northcutt
3. Lanavilla MacNaughton
Cat. 3 Men 19+
1. Michael Gambee
2. Chris Johnston
3. Spencer Callahan
Cat. 3 Men 10-14
1. Erik Hahn (Team Rose City)
2. Trevor Shauer (Specialized/River City Bicycles)
3. Pearson Kunz
Cat. 3 Women 10-14
1. Sasha Jenkins
2. Erika Cook
3. Maddie Ford
Cat. 3 Men 15-18
1. Kolben Preble
2. Kameron Vaughan
Cat. 3 Women 15-18
1. Corrina Hahn (Team Rose City)
2. Fiona Graham (Specialized/River City Bicycles)
3. Sierra Reid

Complete results are HERE.

Portland Short Track Series rolls out tonight at PIR

Dust off those knobby tires and pull the 'cross bike down off the rack, because the Portland Mountain Bike Short Track Series gets underway tonight on the infield of Portland International Raceway.

The seven-week series runs Monday nights June 22-August 3. In short-track tradition, racers will do multiple laps (3-5) on a course that includes a bumpy dirt track on the motocross course, fast grassy flats and a twisty section of fun singletrack under the trees. The compact course makes for a very spectator-friendly race.

There will be free races for the young ones over 10, starting every Monday night at 5:45 under the trees. There will also be a skills area, featuring skinnies, teeter-totters, even some miniature north-shore style ladders, all built and hosted by Northwest Trail Alliance.

Aslo new for the 2009 season, the series will host FREE clinics for novice and intermediate racers. The Women's clinics will be taught by local pro riders Sue Butler, Alice Pennington, Tina Brubaker and Emily Van Meter. The Men's clinics will feature longtime singlespeed short track racers Ethan and Jake Furniss. There will also be guest clinics by the three-time Short Track champ Shannon Skerritt and possibly some more. The clinics will be held from 5 to 5:45 on the race course. Meet-up is in front of the registration tent. Advance resgistration for clinincs is not required, but you need to fill out and sign a series waiver.

Start Times & Race Duration:
4:00 - Course open for pre-riding
5:00 - Registration opens
5:45 - Kiddie race - racing for 5 minutes (this race is FREE, but registration is required)
6:00 - Cat 3 Men, Cat 3 Women, Junior Men & Junior Women: racing for 20'
6:30 - Cat 2 Women (19-34 & Master 35-44 & 45+), Cat 2 Men Master 45+ & Singlespeed: racing for 30'
7:00 - Cat 2 Men 19-34 & Cat 2 Men Master 35-44 - racing for 30'
7:30 - Pro Men, Cat 1 Men (19-34 & Master 35+) & Pro/Cat 1 Women: racing for 30-40'