Bud Harris was a guy who knew how to make things happen.

“He had a half-dozen careers that I knew about,” said Eric Schaffer, who co-founded the Thrift Drug Classic with Mr. Harris back in 1991.

The classic was the 108-mile bicycle race that Lance Armstrong won before the world learned his name. He first put his name on the cycling map by conquering Mount Washington, seven years before he won the Tour de France.

If that was the only thing Mr. Harris did for cycling in Pittsburgh, he’d be remembered, but he did so much more. And late tomorrow afternoon, the cycling track he helped launch off Washington Boulevard will be renamed in honor of Mr. Harris, who died last June at 75.

The dedication ceremony will be at 5:45 p.m. Wednesday, during the Allegheny Cycling Association’s regular race schedule. Mr. Harris’ daughter, Susan Smith, and son, Matt Harris, will be coming in from Broomfield, Colo., and Holyoke, Mass. Families are welcome to the picnic at no charge. Races begin at 6:15 p.m.