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BMX Racing News - Tuesday - December 12, 2017 |
OLDSMAR, Florida City council REJECTS HOSTING BMX WORLD CUP QUALIFIER AT CITY’S BMX SUPERCROSS TRACK |
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BMX Racing News from oldsmarconnect.com - The Oldsmar City Council voted 3-2 against hosting the 2018 UCI World Cup qualifier at the city’s BMX Supercross track Tuesday night, citing labor, cost and liability concerns. The split decision came after two lengthy discussions about hosting the event, which is put on by Union Cycliste Internacional (UCI); UCI is the world’s governing body for cycling based in Switzerland that oversees everything from mountain biking and BMX to cyclo-cross and the Tour de France. During the City Council meeting on Nov. 21, Oldsmar Leisure Services Director Felicia Donnelly outlined UCI’s proposal for the two-day event, which is to be held in September 2018. She noted it would be the only one of eight WC qualifiers held in the United Sates and be broadcast in 42 countries. When Donnelly told the council members their outlay would be roughly $125,000, and the city would be liable for all safety, insurance and liability issues, as well as provide lodging for riders, their families and support personnel, the local lawmakers balked at the proposal. “I could justify the expense if some of the other components weren’t there,” Mayor Doug Bevis said at the time. “If there was any kind of relationship, but this is a completely one-sided relationship.” Ultimately, the council left the window open to make a deal should UCI make some concessions in the agreement. On Tuesday, Donnelly said she was able to get the organization to agree to shave about $50,000 off the total price tag, bringing the city’s contribution to around $75,000. But she said the liability would remain the same and she acknowledged the workload involved in hosting such an elite international event would be considerable. “This is a large international event, and it’s going to take a lot of staff from many departments to handle it,” she said, noting the city would need to install the electronic infrastructure, including advanced high speed internet, to be able to meet UCI’s race standards. Donnelly added that while the officials were concerned about the amount of money, time and work involved to host a one-time event, UCI was amenable to working with the city to host other events in the future, including the prestigious World Cup. “UCI indicated that they would put in the contract where we would have the right of first refusal for an event for the following year,” she said, adding, “they do want multi-year contracts” and “some of the other locations have hosted as long as eight years.” But with a tight timeframe to provide UCI with an answer, and little perceived benefit to the city, three of the five council members—Bevis, Gabby McGee and Eric Seidel—voted against hosting the event. “I’m thinking of the value of this one-time event moving forward,” Bevis said, noting the county’s Tourist Development Council is “looking for long-term relationship events.” “It’s a lot of money for a one-time event,” Seidel added. Council member Jerry Beverland and Vice-Mayor Dan Saracki voted in favor of continuing to work with UCI representatives to reach a deal, but with a pre-Christmas deadline for a decision and no council meetings scheduled for the rest of the year, the deal was officially dead. After the meeting, the mayor spoke about the council’s decision. “Like I said earlier, I think it’s a lot of money for a one-time deal,” Bevis told Oldsmar Connect. He was also quick to note that many of the elite riders scheduled to compete in the UCI event have already been to Oldsmar as part of the annual Gator Nationals and other events. “We’ve had an Olympic qualifier here, and many of the riders and teams I saw in the UCI race standings have been here in the past,” he said, citing US Olympic rider Connor Fields and the Latvian national team as previous visitors to Oldsmar’s track. Bevis said while being considered to host a World Cup qualifier is an honor, he just couldn’t justify the time, effort and expense needed to pull it off. “It’s a lot of taxpayer dollars for a one-time event, and I just don’t think, structurally, it works for us.” The city’s Supercross track is set to host the 2018 Gator Nationals event Feb. 23-25, and the Oldsmar Sports Complex facility will also host the SSA Florida Cup SeriesJan. 12-14, 2018. |
BMX Racing News - Monday - November 6, 2017 |
JORIS DAUDET WINS |
CAFE WILLOUGHBY |
HOLESHOT SHOOTOUT! |
Chula Vista, California was the site of one of the coolest BMX races in a long time, Monday, November 7th. Cafe Willoughby, the BMX racing podcast put on the Cafe Willoughby Holeshot Challenge, hybrid BMX race that not only was unique in it's inception, but featured a respectable payout for the pros and hot experts who signed up. |
The participants were 8 invited high level pros including both UC Elite Men's and Women's World Champs, Corben Sharrah and Alise Post. Other 'Great Eight' riders were Joris Daudet, Nic Long, Tanner Sebesta, Anthony Dean, Sean Gaian and Tory Nyhaug. Eight other top dogs, including Justin Posey, David Graf, Jake Peebles, Zach Van Kamen and Billy Russell lined up with the invited pros and each round, riders were eliminated thru nine laps until the two finalists, Joris Daudet and David Graf lined up for an exciting finish to the Holeshot Challenge. |
Joris got out of the gate first with Graf missing his timing a bit but David poured on the speed down the first straight to get set up for a sweet move that he had made a couple times during the night but the Flying Frenchman outlasted David's challenge to hold on for the Three Grand win! |
Anthony Dean (Pictured above on the right) had a great night, winning several hot laps earlier in the eliminations but he went out in the 'Round Of Three'. Nice night for Anthony as he walked away with some cold cash after a fun race gig. Overall, the Cafe Willoughby Holeshot Challenge was a fun race, with some awesome competitors and a great payout. Cafe Willoughby has plans for more cool events like this, only adding to the great sport that we know and love. Good job, Tyler and Sam, the Holeshot Challenge was a HUGE success! |
BMX Racing News - Monday - October 23, 2017 | ||
RIVAL RACING BMX UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP MOVES TO USA! | ||
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BMX Racing News - Tuesday - October 10, 2017 |
Ssquared is proud to finally release |
the newest addition |
to our frame lineup... |
The "VP" (Vice Pres)! |
MSRP: $409.00 A Great Compliment to our original USA made frames, the “CEO” |
PRE BOOK YOUR ORDERS NOW!!!! |
http://ssquaredbicycles.com/product/2018-ssquared-vp-frame/ |
The "VP" will offer the same geometry as
our current CEO frames. The new line will be Asian made
which will allow for better price points to enable the brand
to grow more globally.
We have spent several years searching for the top-of-the-line overseas manufacturer and are pleased to bring it to market. The new "VP" frame ETA is 12/9/17 but doing our best to have them arrive before Grands 2017. First sizes to arrive will be 20” Pro XL and 20” PRO 2XL. More frame size options to follow. We have incorporated several features that aren’t possible with the USA made CEO. The CEO will continue, and will always, lead the brand with 100% USA made tubing and fabrication. |
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BMX Racing News - Wednesday - September 13, 2017 |
. DALE HOLMES RACING YMCA "BMX PRO FOR A WEEK" SUMMER CAMP! |
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BMX Racing News - Wednesday - august 23, 2017 |
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BMX Racing News - Tuesday - July 24, 2017 |
BMX Racing News - Saturday - July 22, 2017 |
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UCI Worlds Are Underway In Rock Hill BMX, South Carolina! | |||||||||
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BMX Racing News - weekend update - July 14-16, 2017 | |||||||||
Chase BMX Race Report – Bordeaux France, French National Championships | |||||||||
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2017 Elite Women's Podium - Hamburg, Germany |
BMX Racing News - weekend update - July 1&2, 2017 | |||
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BMX Racing News - Wednesday - June 28, 2017 | |||||
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BMX Racing News - Friday - June 15, 2017 | |
BMX MANIA PHOTO OF THE DAY, CORBEN SHARRAH! | |
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Photo - Jerry Landrum/BMXmania.com | |
BMX Racing News - Tuesday - May 23, 2017 |
INDY CYCLOPLEX BMX Gold Cup Qualifier | |
Photo Gallery Posted! | |
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BMX Racing News - Friday - May 19, 2017 |
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Summer Camp Staff Needed At Ohio Dreams! | ||
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BMX Racing News - Monday - May 8, 2017 |
THE 2017 BMX MANIA RACE REPORT PAGE FOR |
FRIDAY/PRACTICE DAY PHOTO GALLERY POSTED! |
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BMX Racing News - Monday - May 1, 2017 |
Joris and Connor trade Pro wins in Atlanta |
Chase BMX
Race Report - USABMX Dixieland Nationals -
Atlanta, Georgia
Round 5 of
the 2017 USA BMX Pro Series tour took the riders
to the newly built Dixieland BMX track in
Atlanta, GA.
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Connor and Joris were coming off a great weekend
of racing in Austin and looking forward to
having another successful weekend in Atlanta,
but little did they know how good the event
would go for them.
On Friday night, they would line up for the main event and have the crowd amped for the finale. Joris would take the hole shot, with Connor just behind him, and the two would race Tioga tire to tire until Joris was able to slightly gap Connor and ride his way to victory. On Saturday, it was Joris and Connor who were stand outs in the qualifying racing one again, and as they were on the gate for the main they were ready to battle it out for the last race of the weekend. When the gate slammed down, it was Joris once again with a lead, but Connor was right on his rear wheel the entire lap. Heading into the last turn, Connor turned it up, pulled side by side with Joris and edged him out at the line for the win! With the Chase Pros sweeping the weekend, its the perfect way for them to be ready to head off to into the UCI World Cup season with wining momentum for the 1st 2 rounds of the 2017 UCI BMX SX race season, with 4 SX events over 2 weekends of racing in Holland and Belgium. Tune into BMXlive.tv to watch all the race action. |
BMX Racing News - Wednesday - APRIL 26, 2017 |
Fields and Daudet Dominate at USABMX Lone Star National |
Chase BMX Race Report - USABMX Lone Star Nationals - Pflugerville, Texas Connor Fields back on top with a win, while Joris Daudet continues his consistent season with two 2nd place finishes. The USA BMX Pro Series continued this past weekend in Pflugerville, Texas for the Lone Star Nationals. The traditional track is spiced up with a 5 meter starting hill, giving the perfect blend of old school and new for the Pro riders to take to the perfectly groomed Central Texas BMX track. Both Connor and Joris would be racing the Lone Star Nationals aboard their new Chase ACT 1.0 Carbon frames for the first time, and they seemed to love the feel of the new Chase frames on track! On day for the for the Elite riders, 27 of the worlds fastest Men lined up on the gate, trying to qualify their way into the main event. Both Joris Daudet and Connor Fields looked fast and made their want into the Main event. Joris has been the most consistent Elite rider this season, while Connor is coking back from his early season set back in Oldsmar, with his crash. When the gate dropped for the finale, they both took to the front of the pack, but neither were able to get ahead of Corben Sharrah before the first turn. Joris was just behind him, with Connor in tow, and they tried there best to run down Corben. Joris made a last ditch effort at the finish and after the photo of the riders crossing the line was reviewed, Joris would just miss out on the win, with Corben taking the victory, and Connor just behind both in 3rd. On Day 2, the Chase duo would once again race their way into the Main event. This time, Connor and Joris were the 2 stand outs and battled head to head all the way into turn #1, with Connor edging out Joris. Connor would have clear air in front of him and was able to open up a small lead over Joris and ride to victory, with Mr. Daudet finishing just behind, for 1 - 2 result for the Chase Pro team! Both riders now will have a few day off before heading to Atlanta for the next round of the USA BMX Nationals and then both will head over to Europe for the opening rounds of the 2017 UCI BMX SX race season, with 4 SX events over 2 weekends of racing. As always, thanks to our great group of partners and sponsors of the Chase BMX Pro team: |
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BMX Racing News - Thursday - APRIL 20, 2017
new Pride Racing Website Unleashed! |
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We are super happy to launch our new Pride Racing Website (www.prideracingparts.com). With this new website we would like to make something super clean with cool pictures and lot of personal contents to explain a little be more who we are and what we do at Pride Racing. Now consumers can see all our products but also find the nearest dealer with our dealer locator. Besides this new website we launch today our Team Camp Video [Part 1]. Last February we invited our Factory Team at Pride Racing Headquarters for our annual team camp. We took this opportunity to make a cool video split up in two part, 1st Part Warehouse session and 2nd Part Riding Session (19th April Online) . This video show a little bit more our personality and our team spirit, not serious all the time, BMX is Fun right? |
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BMX Racing News - Wednesday - APRIL 12, 2017
DALE HOLMES RACING LAUNCHES RIDE TO END OBESITY PROGRAM IN LOCAL SCHOOLS |
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For More Information, visit ridetoendobesity.com. |
BMX Racing News - Thursday - APRIL 6, 2017
BMX Racing News - weekend update - March 17, 2017
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