Jim Anderson

City Commissioner Sam Adams Visiting Bicycle Races on May 21

Hundreds participate in weekly races at Portland International Raceway
during summer on Monday and Tuesday evenings.

PORTLAND, Ore. May 15, 2007 Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams is
visiting the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association¹s (OBRA) bicycle races at
Portland International Raceway (PIR) on Monday, May 21 from 6-8 p.m.
Portland bicycle racers have been gathering at the PIR for more than 30
years, which has provided racers an easy and unique venue for racing.

Commissioner Sam Adams will tour the racetrack area, meet with OBRA
management, chat with racers, become an honorary OBRA race official and
start the races. Media interviews can take place at any time during the
visit.

This event will give the OBRA community an opportunity to share how they
have benefited from this venue with the commissioner. Since its inception in
the late 1970s, OBRA¹s membership has grown to more than 3,000, which is the
highest per capita of racers in the United States.

³Portland is an amazing place to host bicycle events, and showing
Commissioner Sam Adams what a great resource PIR is to racers is very
important,² said Jim Anderson, race organizer of Monday Night Bicycle Races,
³We have thousands of racers that use and enjoy the venue.²

The mission of OBRA is to promote and develop the sport of bicycle racing in
Oregon by providing the tools and resources necessary for competition. OBRA
values safety, participation, sportsmanship, teamwork, camaraderie and fun.
For more information about the racing on weekly racing at PIR on Monday and
Tuesday evenings, please visit www.obra.org.

The racing course at PIR is a flat and wide 1.9-mile loop on high-quality
pavement for cycling. The raceway circuit is closed to all car traffic.
Racing starts at 6:15 p.m.

Please join Sam Adams and 150+ racers at the bicycle races on Monday May
21st (6-8pm) and see what all the excitement is about!

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