The 2026 Summit Shorty Race Series
About the Shorty
The Summit Shorty is Marin's original weeknight short track XC race series for all ages and ability levels, including middle school and kids. Racers do from 3 to 6 laps of the varied 1 mile course, which has a bit of everything from steep paved and dirt climbs to singletrack descents and switchbacks. It’s a compact and spectator-friendly loop.
Come spend some Wednesday evenings ripping it up on the dirt at McInnis Park in San Rafael!
Note that there is no onsite registration. Pre-register on-line for the whole series or each race by noon of race day.
2026 Race Schedule
The Shorty is held on Wednesday evenings during March, April, and May.
SHORTY #1 - March 11
12:00PM Registration closes
5:00PM Middle School race (6th and 7th grade boys and girls, 8th grade girls)
5:30PM 8th grade boys, C Class Women and Men
6:00PM B Class Women and Men
6:30PM A Class
SHORTY #4 - April 15
12:00PM Registration closes
5:00PM Middle School race (6th and 7th grade boys and girls, 8th grade girls)
5:30PM 8th grade boys, C Class Women and Men
6:00PM B Class Women and Men
6:30PM A Class
SHORTY #2 - March 25
12:00PM Registration closes
5:00PM Middle School race (6th and 7th grade boys and girls, 8th grade girls)
5:30PM 8th grade boys, C Class Women and Men
6:00PM B Class Women and Men
6:30PM A Class
SHORTY #5 - April 22
12:00PM Registration closes
5:00PM Middle School race (6th and 7th grade boys and girls, 8th grade girls)
5:30PM 8th grade boys, C Class Women and Men
6:00PM B Class Women and Men
6:30PM A Class
SHORTY #3 - April 1
12:00PM Registration closes
5:00PM Middle School race (6th and 7th grade boys and girls, 8th grade girls)
5:30PM 8th grade boys, C Class Women and Men
6:00PM B Class Women and Men
6:30PM A Class
SHORTY #6 - May 13
SERIES FINAL, DOUBLE POINTS
12:00PM Registration closes
5:00PM Middle School race (6th and 7th grade boys and girls, 8th grade girls)
5:30PM 8th grade boys, C Class Women and Men
6:00PM B Class Women and Men
6:30PM A Class
7:00PM SERIES PODIUMS*
*Must race final race and be present for podium to win series awards!
Categories
The Shorty is for racers of all levels, from beginners to pros. There are enough classes for anyone to find some good competition: 6th & 7th grade boys or girls, 8th grade boys or girls, Open C class, 35+ C class, Women C class, Open B class, 35+ B class, Women B class, Open A class, and 35+ A class. Racers self-select their category, though management reserves the right to move a racer up to a more advanced category when warranted.
Middle school
Middle School Class is for racers in 6-8th grade. 6th and 7th grade racers and 8th grade girls do 3 laps; 8th grade boys do 4 laps.
C Class
C Class is roughly equivalent to a mountain biking race “Beginner/Novice/Cat 3” category.
C Class racers do 4 laps.
C Class is further divided into Open, 35 and older, and Women.
B Class
B Class is roughly equivalent to mountain biking race “Sport/Intermediate/Cat 2” to “Expert/Cat1” categories.
B Class racers do 5 laps.
B Class is further divided into Open, 35 and older, and Women.
A Class
A Class is roughly equivalent to mountain biking race “fast Expert/Cat 1” to “Pro” categories.
A Class racers do 6 laps.
A Class is further divided into Open and 35 and older.
Series points and scoring
Points are given to racers for their finish place at each race, and totaled for series points. Each racer’s lowest score is dropped. See our scoring grid.
Points at the series final race are worth double.
Final series results will be announced and prizes will be given to the top 3 in each class at our final race on May 13th at McInnis Park. Racers must be present for the final podium in order to receive series awards.