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Hosuton Texas - YettiCross set to open their second year of cyclocross action at a central Houston location Wednesday September 12th 2007. The series will run at least 8 races depending on lighting and how extended daylight savings works out this year. Yetticross promotors Paul Sedillo and Kelly Strader have combined efforts to make this year’s Yetticross bigger and better than ever. Kelly was quoted as saying “We are very pleased with the new venue” He went on to say “Many people were having trouble with the traffic and making it to our west side venue. We were able to use the trail system of Memorial park to create a unique and exciting experience for the racers. There are still some options to use other parks to keep the excitement in the racing action. Along Buffalo Bayou between Sheperd and downtown offers some excellent areas for run ups and other heady cyclocross action.
We are very excited with the TXBRA calendar this year and what is happening with cyclocross on a national level. The TXBRA calendar is full on every weekend. Yetticross is a great way to kick off the TXBRA season. Paul said “We start our series earlier than TXBRA season to allow people to work on their game and the equipment. When the TXBRA season roles around people in Houston will be ready to go.”
The biggest goal this year is to get more people into racing. There are many people who ride the MS150 that would like to try racing. Racing on the road can be very intimidating. There are pack skills and the threat of crashing. With cyclocross racing crashing is usually just a tumble in the grass. The pack skills are not as important and new racers are able to get a great aerobic work out. Yetticross is offering a beginner class this year that is comprised completely of new to racing beginners. Once you have had 3 races with people at your level you are moved up to the other catagoris.
Another benefit of YettiCross is the lack of the standard USCF race categories. If you want to know how well you will do against your buddies and they are in other categories with yetticross you get to race against them. The promoters adjusts the categories based on participation and to ensure everyone has a great time.