Last season I rode in a couple of the Verge Dert Derby Tuesday-night cyclocross races here in Austin. You’ll notice that I said “rode” and not “raced,” because my participation probably didn’t rise to the level of what could honestly be called “racing.” I did have a great time, however, and am looking forward to the 2008 series. The races are well organized and reasonably priced, and racing at night under the lights is a pretty cool experience.

I have been meaning to post the Dirt Derby promo video for a while now, but hadn’t gotten around to it, and then Andrew at Pirate Race Productions sent me a link to this new 2008 promo clip, which does an even better job than last year’s video of capturing what the Dirt Derby is all about.

Racing starts again in September, and Andrew says that there are some other exciting cross-related things in the works, so keep an eye on their site.