Archive for December, 2009
(Copy Courtesy of BMXNEWS.COM) The final day of the 2009 NBL Christmas Classic brought some serious heat to an otherwise cold Louisville day. With 191 motos on the docket, the first and second rounds were done by about 1:30. And while most of the same suspects were doing their “TCB” dance on day three of this Presidents Cup/Christmas Classic weekend, there were just fewer of them today. The day looked to be vanilla all the way, til the mains brought the mix-ins. And the first main of the day was a fitting opener for the off-the-hook racing that would follow....
The SE Racing colors of Javier Columbo were flying fast and steady in the Elite Men class on Day one of the 2009 NBL Christmas Classic. Javi lead the main event from wire to wire, avoiding some fairly groundshaking carnage in the transition from pro section to second turn (where Andres Jimenez, Barry Nobles and Matt Kelty got together). A big BMXNOW congrats to Josh Meyers who, in his Elite debut, squeaked a podium position over Josh Smith by a knobby. The ladies also had a newcomer to the ranks, as Crystal Kalogris got her pro card, but missed the...
The noisemakers, hootin, hollerin and cowbellin’ were in full effect today as the NBL Presidents Cup kicked off the traditional triple-header weekend. Though sometimes tough to pick out in their state jerseys, the stars shined through in the 190 moto conflagration to bring a day of high-octane BMX Racing. Elite Open had 7/8 of a rack, and Tyler Faoro pulled off an impressive upset on CJ McGuire, snatching a perfect from CJ’s clutches in the main and posting the top-class top spot (though the top five spots in Elite Open went to Florida, so they pretty much had a lock...
Olijuwon Davis of seems to be adapting just fine to his new Haro hardware—he was flying at the FPC. Photos Are Posted from the 2009 Future Pro Challenge. A great day of racing turned out some top talent from as far away as Arkansas and Missouri. Felicia Stancil handily dispensed with the girls class competition. The guys, were a little more contentious with a battle between Tommy Zula and Olijuwon Davis. Tommy won the FPC last year, where OD never really got the chance to challenge, as he unclipped in the gate. In this year’s main, Zula was in lane...
It was all down to the math in the final AA pro main at the final race of the year. It was a Stumpy sandwich for the two Free Agent contenders. In gate one was the 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist, 2009 NBL Pro Champ, and ABA points leader, Maris Strombergs. In gate three, it was the always-hot,-but-recently-volcanic personage of Kyle Bennett. And in gate two was the guy who stood six points from winning what many consider the most coveted Pro title in BMX Racing (excluding the Olympics, which isn’t a pro title, so…). The shot out of the gate...