Archive for September, 2009
The 2009 NBL Elite season went out like a lion Saturday night, as four classes of pros gated up and got down to business. BMXNOW will have a full report from Louisville on both the Elite and Amateur classes, but the pace of the weekend marches on, and we have to get out to the track. As an appetizer, check out the photo gallery from Saturday evening’s race, and some of the other coverage (including the top three finishes in each class) on our sister site, BMXNEWS.COM...
Above: Maris Strombergs leads the Elite Men’s Main Event with defending NBL champ Randy Stumpfhauser on the hunt for any line to make it happen. The idea of a Friday Night Elite Last Chance Qualifier was rumored to be in jeopardy, as plans for the 2009 NBL Grands were in their formative stages. But in the end, it happened, and happened BIG. On exit, everyone we spoke to was over-the-moon excited about the action they just witnessed. And most of the riders thought it was both a great show, and some of the most contentious racing they had seen all...
Thursday practice marched on with nary a hitch, building to the crescendo of Elite practice under a magenta sky. SuperEx points kingpin Josh Meyers was looking fast and fierce in some proto-ala-moto 2010 TLD duds, while Matt Kelty sat out practice today. Number three in SuperEx points, Logan Collins was in the zone too, until a second turn bell-ringin digger pretzeled his front wheel, and had him down for an eight-count. Last reports were that Logan was skinned up, but ready to suit up for Friday Night’s festivities. Elite Men contendas Maris Strombergs, Randy Stumpfhauser, and Cristian Becerine all made...
The newsmill that is the NBL Grands started churning out good scoop the moment we entered Louisville City Limits. Got a call from Tim Daniels, alerting BMXNOW that a breaking news press release was sitting in our inbox. Sure enough…here it is: Avent/Bombshell is proud to announce the signing of one of the USA’s most dominant Girl Pros to come along in a long time. “3D” Dominique Daniels has joined the great team at Bombshell. In addition to outstanding bikes and bike components Avent/Bombshell will be introducing exciting additions to our line of products for 2010. Check out Dominique at...