The DIRTy Rascals are a group of indoor cyclists, members of the DIRT (Dads Inside Riding Trainers) racing team on ZwiftPower, participating in the WTRL Team Time Trial and Zwift Racing League races in Zwift.
In April of 2019 the World Tactical Racing League (WTRL) launched their Team Time Trial event, at the time the most innovative and unique virtual cycling event in Zwift. By combining virtual cycling with texting and voice communications, teams of up to 8 cyclists on stationary trainers located anywhere in the world could work together using team tactics of drafting and rotating pulls to finish a course in the fastest time possible. Team DIRT got involved with the TTT races in May and within 4 months were fielding 10 teams in the Eastern US and European time zones. As team time trials grew in popularity across the Zwift community, WTRL expanded the event to include starting times convenient to more of the world. In September a starting time aimed specifically at the Pacific US time zone was launched. On September 12, 2019, 4 riders from among the DIRT community located in the Pacific, Mountian and Central US times zones, 2 Cat C and 2 Cat D riders, got together on the DIRT Discord server to create the DIRTy Rascals, the first DIRT team in that new time slot.
Originally intended to provide a team time trial option for DIRT members in the western United States and Canada, the DIRTy Rascals has grown from those original 4 riders to over 150 members from around the world including the US, Canada, Europe, Central and South Americas, the Middle East and South Africa. Now fielding up to 12 TTT teams on Thursdays each week at both 5:20am and 9:30pm Eastern (2:20am and 6:30pm Pacific) and 9 Zwift Racing League teams on Tuesdays at 10:00pm Eastern (7:pm Pacific), the Rascals provide racing opportunities for riders of all abilities and backgrounds, from elite professional triatheletes wanting to build variety into their training programs to casual moms and dads looking to create opportunities to socialize and maintain fitness amid their busy schedules. Our vision is to create a social environment of encouragement and support where anyone interested in indoor cycling for fitness or competition can participate at whatever level of effort or involvement they desire.
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