NOMBS 2026 Finale at The Thorn!

About this race

Welcome back to Vultures Knob for the NOMBS 2026 Series Finale! Camping available at VK starting Friday night, course open for practice early Saturday. Event Information THIS EVENT IS RAIN OR SHINE! Day Of Registration: While we strongly encourage you to preregister (and greatly appreciate you doing so as it helps the event go more smoothly), there will be "day of" registration. It will be an extra $10 after 6pm Saturday evening, and will close 60 minutes before the start of your event. Race Day Schedule 9am: Registration/packet pickup opens 9:30am: Cat 3 Jr Novice U19-U13 & Kids race day of registration closes 10am: Cat 3 Jr Novice U19-U13 & Kids race start 11:30 am: Day of registration & number pickup closes. 11:40 am: Jr Novice podiums and riders Meeting 12pm: Cat 1 categories start 12:40pm: All remaining Cat 2 and Cat 3 categories start. THIS TIME IS APPROXIMATE! 2:30-3pm: All podiums. Note: Adaptive racers, we may alter where in the schedule you start as we work with you and learn what works best. Start Time Notes In an effort to offer a safer and more fun race environment for all participants we are now starting Cat 2 and Cat 3 racers after Cat 1 and E Bikes have completed one lap. This greatly reduces conflict between very fast Cat 1 and E Bike racers passing novice racers by nearly eliminating lap traffic. The posted start time of 12:40pm for Cat 2 & 3 is approximate. We will begin releasing the remaining Cat 2 & 3 waves after Cat 1 racers go through scoring. Know your wave number! 10am Cat3 Jr. Novice Races You may have noticed that we are doing Cat 3 Jr novice rac…