Originally Posted by duanedr

It is a lot of fun. It's like a 3 hour road race all crammed into 5 minutes. Very intense. The Jerry Baker velodrome does a great job getting new racers up and going. From Spokane it would be a bit of a trek to get to the training classes they put on for new racers (3 or 4 Tuesday nights in a row) and then the new racers have to do like 4 Thursday night 'practice races' before they can move up to Monday night real racing for Cat 4/5's. It's a bit of a time investment to race.

They have different nights of racing for new riders and intermediate racers. Then the fast folks come out on Friday nights where you'll usually see a few national and world champ jerseys flying around. There's a beer garden, the track is surrounded by grass so, lots of folks bring picnic style dinners and it is really a lot of fun. Especially on a nice summer Friday night here.

They usually have a 'Kiddie Kilo' where kids get to do a couple laps on their own bikes. Ever see a 4 year old kid, riding his bike with training wheels on a banked velodrome?