Penn Cycle Announces 2012 Thursday Night at the Races Schedule at Buck Hill

Would you like to try your hand at a little mountain bike racing?  Never raced before or you're a beginner, intermediate or advanced mountain biker looking for a new challenge?  Penn Cycle has the event for the thrill seeker in you.  They have announced the 2012 schedule for what has become a summertime Thursday night tradition at Buck Hill, "Thursday Night at the Races".

The races are broken down into three classes, a Beginner Class which consists of approximately a 20 minute race, a Recreational Class which is about a 40 minute race, and the Advanced Class which races for 1 hour.  A free kids race is held after the adult races have finished.

There will be two series of races:

Series One:  May 10, 17, 24, 31, and June 7, 14.
Series Two:  June 21, 28, July 12, 19, 26, and August 2.

This is a great opportunity to test yourself in a race setting on a challenging wooded course at Buck Hill.  The Beginner Class costs $5, the Recreational and Advanced Classes cost $10. Registration for the races runs from 5:00-6:15 pm.  The Advanced and Recreational races start at 6:30 pm followed by the Beginner race at 7:15 pm.  For additional details you can visit the link above for Penn Cycle's Thursday Night at the Races page or call the Bloomington store at 952-888-1427.

 Click here to see Kare 11 story on Thursday Night at the Races.

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