The second annual Faster’N Hell mountain bike race does not deny that it was partly created to pay homage to the best-known bicycle ride in North Texas — the Hotter’N Hell Hundred.

“It is now an official training event for the Hotter’N Hell Hundred,� said Patrick McBride, the race’s promoter.

Hotter’N Hell is also a sponsor of the event.

The Faster’N Hell will begin with its first race at 8 a.m. Sunday on the Wee-Chi-Tah Trail. The staging area for the trail is in the J.S. Bridwell Ag Center’s back gravel parking lot at 111 N. Burnett Street in Wichita Falls.