Penrose Park Velodrome

One of our favorite, and unique to Penrose events is happening tomorrow at our Thursday Night Races - the "Six Day Style" event where each field races three consecutive events and the winner is determined via overall points - with minimal downtime between each event. Each field will race a scratch race, elimination, and points race. Not quite six days long, but a taste of non-stop racing for each group. See you tomorrow!

An overview of events for the rest of the season - including the second annual (possibly third annual?) River City Omnium on Sunday, August 13th. The River City Omnium is one of the few opportunities to ride a full four event omnium each year, including a tempo, scratch, elimination, and points race for each category, with cash prizes. We'd love a huge turnout this year as we have carefully selected the date to avoid conflicts with other events. It's also the weekend before the Major Taylor Velodrome Midwest Challenge, which offers top-notch events over several days. Register at https://www.bikereg.com/river-city-omnium-at-the-penrose-park-Penrose Park Velodrome

Our regular Thursday Series continues with the feature events listed below:

7/13: 5 & 10 Mile Record Races
7/20: Six Day Style Racing
7/27: Keirin & Points Race
8/3: Three Event Mini-Omnium
8/10: Casey Saunders State Championship Points Race
8/13: Sunday River City Omnium (separate registration)
8/17: Becker State Championship Scratch Race
8/24: Last Race of the season / weather make up

This week - we're featuring a three event mini omnium for each category including tempo, points, and snowball races. The overall omnium winners will take home some cash in each category. Weather looks great and we're excited to be back after last weeks cancellation. See you Thursday!

Ok - so after a vigorous debate, we've decided to cancel track tomorrow evening (June 29) due to the 102 degree forecasted high temperature and the combination of uncertain air quality conditions (maybe fine tomorrow? possibly gross?) We have a great lineup of events the rest of the season and the planned cash prizes for tomorrow will be moved forward to next Thursday (mini omnium for all categories!) See you all soon.

Hello All - we have keirins (and a points race as well) on the schedule for this Thursday. Our usual friendly scooter suppliers are either out of town this week or their scooter is currently out of commission. Does anyone have a scooter we could use for keirins this Thursday? It would need to be at the track by 5pm Thursday and can be returned afterwards. We're happy to pay for gas, etc. Scooter needs a max speed of at least 32 mph (or a bit more) so not every 50cc scooter will get the job done. Let us know if you can help! Thanks!

We've had three great Thursdays of racing so far this season and are looking forward to one our signature events each year, the 5 & 10 mile record races. In this event generally everyone works together to set a fast tempo for most of the races until the last few laps when the strongest riders fight it out for victory, and possibly a new fastest 5 or 10 miles. The current records at Penrose are Nick Leonard in 20:06 in 2022, and Marissa Carter in 11:54 in 2021. We generally run an A/B and B/C field depending on turnout. A big group is good for going fast! See you this Thursday!

First night of 2023 racing is Thursday, May 4th, at 6pm. That's tomorrow! All first night registration is online at https://www.bikereg.com/60011 (but there's no cut off time, you can reg when you roll up) and all the race details are here: https://www.penroseparkvelo.com/event-calendar See you Thursday!

Hello Everyone - Just a quick reminder racing season starts next week, May 4th! All the info you need is at penroseparkvelo.com and all registration is through bikereg - just search for penrose to register for the night or buy a season pass. We also have clinics for new riders!

This saturday 4/29 we'll be combining a new rider clinic with a track cleanup. The clinic starts at 11am - if you want to help with the cleanup show up around noon and we'll start with trash pickup, then do some tree trimming after the clinic ends at 1pm.

See y'all soon!

Hello - there may have been an issue with a link posted earlier for the pre-season new rider clinics. You can sign up here: https://www.penroseparkvelo.com/event-calendar/2023/3/20/2023-new-rider-clinics-three-options - please sign up, especially if you need a loaner bike for the clinic. (There is no cost for the clinics) You may also email any questions to [email protected] Thanks!

2023 New Rider Clinics - Three Options! (4/27, 4/29, 5/7) See Details — Penrose Park Velodrome 3 Pre-Season New Rider Clinics for 2023: Thursday 4/27 5:30 pm Saturday 4/29 11:00 am Sunday 5/7 11:00 am If you are brand new to racing on the track we highly recommend require attending one of our new rider clinics prior to racing. The clinics are free and experienced riders will show

Hello prospective new track riders! Our pre-season clinic dates are posted. We have three on the schedule:
Thursday April 27 @ 5:30pm
Saturday April 29 @ 11:00am
Sunday May 7 @ 11:00am
Slightly more info in the link. Reminder, a clinic is required for every rider new to track racing. There is a signup form in the link, not exactly required but very helpful for us if you would like to borrow a bike. Riders of any experience level are welcome to attend a clinic with a fixed gear bike without brakes. You must bring a helmet and appropriate shoes and pedals (including if you are borrowing a bike). Can't wait to see some new faces, or anyone who wants a refresher before the season starts!
https://www.penroseparkvelo.com/.../2023-new-rider...
Racing Season begins May 4th, register here! https://www.bikereg.com/summer-revolution-at-the-penrose...

Today is 314 day and I can assure you we have not 31-forgotten about this year's track season. In fact, registration is now live and open Bike Reg. https://www.bikereg.com/summer-revolution-at-the-penrose-park-velodrome Expect the track series you know and love every Thursday night from May 4th to August 24th. Buy the season pass for all 17 events for only $215! Are you kidding? In this economy? That's right baby! Same format as recent years with four categories and generally three events per category per night.

Do you still have loaner bikes? Yes we do!

Will there be clinics? Yes there will be (not yet scheduled but soon!)

Will there be weekend events? Yes, also not scheduled yet, but expect one or two weekends on the calendar soon.

Do I need a USAC license to race? No you don't.

Is it going to the be the thing I look forward to most every week? Of course!