• Previous years' race results and pictures can be found here.
• HPRA rules and regulations can be found here.
• Link to a satellite image of the park is here.

• Atlantic Bicycle
• Catrike

Indy velodrome and race in the park HPRA recumbent races. This may be that last year for the velodrome so come on out and race!

One of the best attended ultra-distance cycling events in the U.S.  Recumbents and streamliners welcome!  Tandems, upright riders, 2-person, 4-person teams.  Riders do 50 mile loops early in the event, followed by 7 mile loops later in the day http://www.calvinschallenge.com/  Start/Finish at the local high school

Schedule:

7:30 am 12 hour race begins

8:30 am 6 hour race begins

8:45 am 100 mile TT begins

Come and join Recumbent Riders International members on our first Smoky Mountain Recumbent Rally on May 17 - 20, 2012 in Townsend, Tennessee.

 North America's longest running human powered race event...

dates tentative...

SATURDAY MAY 19, 2012

ONE-HOUR TIME TRIAL (Streamlined, Streetliner) 9:30 am - 10:30 am

ONE-HOUR TIME TRIAL (Stock, SuperStock, Junior, Women, Tandem) 11 am - noon

LUNCH

HILL-CLIMB / COAST-DOWN (all classes) 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

KILOMETER (all classes, standing start) 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

DINNER  - Steak Fry at Lodge or Big Boy's 6:00 pm

SUNDAY MAY 20, 2012 

200-FOOT SPRINTS (all classes, flying start) 8:30 am - 9:30 am

TRIKE RACE (Trikes, Infield parking lot) 10:00 am

ROAD RACE1 (Faster Vehicles 20 laps, 12 miles, no hill) 10:30 am

ROAD RACE2 (Slower Vehicles 15 laps, 9 miles, no hill) 11:00 am

AWARDS  - Noon

Location:  Waterford Hills Raceway: 4770 Waterford Road , Village of Clarkston, MI 48346

This is a 1.4 mile car racing track with 9 turns and one "hill" about 30 feet high.  
 

Website and links to past events: http://www.mhpva.org/

Grab your loved ones, friends, and co-workers and come be a part of the largest cycling event for diabetes in the country as we ride to help find a cure!  The American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure offers four beautiful routes meant to accommodate and challenge cyclists of all abilities.  Each course is clearly marked and equipped with rest stops, snacks, medical volunteers, as well as SAG (safety and gear) vehicles to assist riders along the way.  The Tour de Cure begins at the American Family Insurance Headquarters in Madison, WI and takes you out on a scenic ride.  Upon your return, you are welcomed with a post-party which includes a delicious lunch and live entertainment!  Early registration is $15 and after March 1, it is $25.  There is a fundraising requirement of $150 per rider.  Children under 12 on the Family-Fun Ride are not required to fundraise, but do need to register for $15 (use the promo code 2000).  So grab your team, don’t forget your helmet, and come ride with us on May 19th!

Annual HPV Fun Day at Hellyer Park Velodrrome.  Saturday 1 p.m. to dark

Contact Carole Leone for more information:  traslo@fix.net

Join us for the 18th Annnual WISIL Challenge!

HPRA recumbent bicycle and human powered vehicle racing on the velodromes. All bikes and trikes are welcome. Classes for all participants. 

More details soon!

A premier 100-mile race/tour held in northern Michigan.  Recumbents have shown up in large numbers (up to 16 entires one year) at this event, along with over 250 uprights/tandems.  Racers get professional chip timing.  The course is one-way with the option of a shuttle bus return to the start.  It's one of the fastest and most fun centuries you can ride.  The course usually has a slight tailwind, and is overall downhill following the AuSable river valley.  There are three large hills with about a 100 feet of climbing at about 30 miles, 70 miles (HeartBreak Hill), & 80 miles (Block and Tackle hill), so gear accordingly.  Downhill speeds can easily exceed 40 mph.  Racers start in groups of ten riders, every minute starting at 8 am Sunday morning.  Note: in the past there was a mass-start Leman's style send-off, but the organizers changed that in recent years.  Best times (course record) are Dave Johnson at 3 hours 38 minutes in a streamliner.  Dave's won the event overall 4 times.  A sub-four hour century is possible on this course. Drafting is allowed.  http://blackbearbicycletour.com/ last year's website - not updated yet for 2012 registration. 

Roads have light traffic.  There are usually no stops along the course, as all the intersections are manned with people with flags.  It is a well staffed event with sag support in case of "emergencies".  There are rest stops and water stations.  Expect some traffic on the roads from the canoe (see below) and bicycle support vehicles.

Note: The event is held in conjunction with North America's largest canoe race, the AuSable River marathon - a 122 mile, 15-hour grueling race.  One goal of the event is to see who can make it to Oscoda first, the bicyclists leaving 8 am Sunday morning or the Canoeists who leave 11 hours earlier on Saturday night.  There is a festival-like atmosphere in both towns.  The bicyclists usually gather for dinner at 6 pm Big Boys in Grayling on Saturday night, then walk over to pick up their race registration packet and chip timing at the bicycle store HQ, then watch the start of the canoe race which begins with racers carrying their canoes up to three city blocks through downtown before tossing them in the water to start the race.  Crowds can be about 5,000 people for the canoe race.

90 mile bike race around Lake Winnebago. Starting and ending in Fond du Lac WI