Short Track race ~ [shôrt trak räs] an off-road bike race similar to a criterium where riders do multiple laps on a short 3-5 min course. Very fast and fun! We are a group of bike lovers, committed to offering Portland a fun off-road bike race series, open to all ages and all abilities. Starting on Monday June 4 and running all the way through July 30, with a break halfway through the series (the weekend of June 30-July 1st, we swap short track for an equally fun MTB race weekend at Skibowl, that will feature the Six Hours of Mt Hood & Short Track XC State Championships). Discover the thrill of racing your bike on a wickedly fun, off-road course; part motocross track, part grassy flats, part twisty singletrack under the trees! This summer, for nine weeks in a row, you can be a kid again!

Weekly Race Schedule 4:00pm - course opens for pre-riding & start of free novice women clinics 4:30pm - day-of-race registration opens & start of free junior clinics 5:40pm - course closed to pre-riding 5:45pm - free Kiddie Race (under the trees) 5:55pm - Cat 3 Men & Women (Junior & Beginners) 6:30pm - Cat 2 Women, Cat 2 Men 45-54, Singlespeed 7:00pm - Cat 2 Men U35, 35-44 & 55+ 7:30pm - Pro, Cat 1 Men & Women Sign up for our email updates!

2012 News & Updates

04/30/12 - Our ever-popular Short Track Series Pass has gone on sale and can be purchased through May 31st. Series Pass holders will get weekly call-ups at the start of their category in the order they've signed up, so buy yours NOW and enjoy your weekly pole position at the front of the pack!

04/28/12 - Get ready for the 8th edition of the Portland Short Track Series! That's right, Portland's signature summer bike race series for young and old, newby or hardcore, fat or cross (tires) is upon us and kicks off in just 5 weeks! Same format as last year, though - per popular demand - we added two new categories: Cat 1 Master Men 45+ and Cat 2 Master Men 55+. Just to let everyone know that you're never to old to race short track!

photos: Oregon Velo

2011 Updates

08/03/11 - Results of Monday's final night of racing and the Final Series Standings have been posted, as well as the "unofficial" results of the Ultra Short Track Team Relay race.
Two podium corrections: Jaime Menagh (sorella Forte) is the series winner in the Cat 3 Women 19+ category and Zach Vergillo (Camas Bike and Sports) is the series winner in the Cat 3 Men 15-18 category. Congratulations to both Jaime and Zach and our apologies for not catching the calculation error prior to the Cat 3 awards ceremony.

08/02/11 - What a great last night of short track racing we had yesterday! The weather was about perfect, a record number of 430+ racers, a sold-out ultra short track team relay (25 teams of 10 racers each!), and the course rocked. Oregon Velo and short track racers Ian Mastenbrook and Victor Duong all posted a bunch of cool action shots of last night's racing. Ian even made a real sweet video of the team relay madness with a very fitting soundtrack. Enjoy!

07/28/11 - All 25 team slots for next Monday's Ultra Short Track Team Relay race have been filled!
On Monday evening, at 8:15pm (right after the pro/cat 1 race has wrapped up) the following teams will battle it out to decide who will become the 2011 Ultra Short Track Team Relay champs: Sorella Forte (all-women team), Cyclepath Racing, Cyclepath/The Dark Side, Green Submarine Records, Camas Bikes 1, Camas Bikes 2, The Spokesmen, Chris King/Ira Ryan Cycles, Les Volontaires (the one-and-only short track volunteer team), Portland Velo, Les Femmes de S&M (all-women team), Showers Pass, Filth & Fury, Hammer Velo, West End Bikes/Specialized, Therapeutic Associates, Portobello Bicycle Racing, Tireless Velo, Super-Gründel-Relax, bicycleattorney.com, Oregon Bike Shop, Yakima Bike Vigilantes, Team S&M, Ruckus Test Team, and Artisan Family Racing/Sprout Cycles. It's on!

07/28 - Only 3 spots left for next Monday's Ultra Short Track Team Relay race!
Shoot us an email NOW if you still like to get your team in on the relay action.

07/27/11 - Results of Monday's race # 7 and Series Standings after 7 Races have been posted Check out the very nice collection of actions shots taken throughout the series by Portland Velo racer Victor Duong!

photo: Victor Duong

07/21 - We're in the home stretch of the series with just two more races left, so time to get ready for the Series Grand Finale and Ultra Short Track Team Relay! This year, we are turning the team relay race into a mini-fundraiser for our friends and MTB advocates at Northwest Trail Alliance, by introducing a race fee of $30 per team and donating all proceeds to NWTA. The 25 available slots for the team relay race will be awarded on a first-come first-serve basis.

07/18 - Lest we forget, the winners of last week's grand prizes: Brent Misfeldt is our first Moots Gran Prix winner (winning a state-of-the-art Moots Cinch Ti seatpost) and Marie Major and Amy Ziehnert - whose names were randomly drawn among all of last week's women racers - are our "Queens of The Night", both winning a $50 Bike N Hike gift certificate!

07/15 - For those in the hunt of series points and eternal fame: Series Standings after Race # 5.

07/14 - Another Monday, another wild night of Short Track racing! We received a lot of great feedback about last Monday's course and we'll do our best to keep it up (only waiting for the 90+ degree weather to kick in, so we can get the sprinklers going). Results of race # 5 have been posted and Cat 2 35-44 Men racer Jake Linford posted another great helmet cam video (featuring a full lap of his 6/27 race) on Vimeo. Enjoy!

07/06 - Thanks to everyone who came out to Skibowl last Sunday to race the 2nd edition of the Six Hours of Mt Hood. The weather and the course were perfect and it looks like everyone had a great time! Now back to Short Track... to get you all amp'ed up for the next four races, check out this cool helmet cam compilation David Rosen posted on YouTube.

06/30 - Four races down, four to go... and time for a mid-series break. Results of Monday's race # 4 and series standings after the first 4 races have been posted. We hope you all enjoyed the first part of the series and we're looking forward to seeing you on Sunday at the Six Hours of Mount Hood!

06/24 - The winners of last Monday's Summer Casual Race Outfit Contest are in! Check out the photo gallery with all our worthy contest winners and a bunch of equally casual contenders.

06/21 - Another Monday, another fun evening of short track races! Results of Monday's race # 3 have been posted and over at Oregon Velo they have a fresh bunch of action shots. Like last week, medium-resolution photos of the Kiddie Race can be downloaded for free.

06/18 - Bring on the summer!! This Monday is summer solstice and the weather forecast calls for sunny skies and temps in the mid 70s. Just the perfect conditions to host our annual Summer Casual Race Outfit Contest!*

Leave the lycra at home and come race in your "Monday best" casual threads: oversized surf trunks, colorful skirts, double-rainbow tie dye tees, knitted socks,... anything goes! And we'll have cool prizes for the most authentic male and female "summer casual racer" in each race heat! Peace out, bruv...

* Participation in the contest is free. Judging will be done based on photos (posted by Oregon Velo or submitted by racers by Wed 6/22). All winners will be listed on this site by Thursday.