Windrock Park hosting Downhill Mountain Bike Nationals

The opening spherical of the USA Biking Nationwide Downhill Sequence started at Windrock Park this week. It began Wednesday with the Tennessee National event. There are downhill and enduro races scheduled for this weekend.

“A number of the finest riders on the planet will deal with one of many hardest programs in the USA within the first competitors of the yr for the collection,” a press launch stated. “Large jumps and excessive pace descents are anticipated as execs ‘experience the rock” this week.”

The press launch stated a Crimson Bull Freestyle Jam on Friday was anticipated to be a spotlight for riders and spectators, together with an enormous air competitors with prizes for finest trick and finest whip.

Keynote aggressive occasions this week embody a professional downhill closing at midday Saturday and a professional enduro race on Sunday.

Novice and youth riders are having occasions throughout the week.

Spectators are welcome for the week’s occasions, and the End Space and Expo Space are free to the general public, the press launch stated. Mountain entry passes are $10 per day in the course of the week, $15 on Saturday, or $30 for the total week.

“The Tennessee Nationwide Mountain Bike occasion is yet one more means that Oak Ridge and East Tennessee proceed to develop as a vacation spot for mountain biking fans,” stated Brad Spears, president of the Clinch Valley Path Alliance. “A number of the finest downhill mountain bikers within the nation will likely be right here competing within the occasion, and I encourage everybody to go test it out. Our area is already generally known as having a number of the finest mountain biking trails on the east coast, and being able to host nationwide degree occasions permits us to point out them off.”

Extra info will likely be added because it turns into out there.

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