Archive for January, 2010
Copy courtesy of BMXNEWS.COM. Jared Graves was the infield favorite for the Reno win, as of the third round on Saturday at the season opener. Of course, we now know that the infield swamis were incorrect that day. But it put Graves back on the radar coming out of Reno, and riding on in to a dusty town of cattle ranches and rodeo clowns, known as Guthrie, Oklahoma (cue “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” soundtrack). Saturday, Graves got as close as one can get without being the top-stepper himself, with a second to Stumpy. Sunday was no day...
Copy Courtesy of BMXNEWS.COM A total of 176 motos on Saturday was one moto off from the total Mike Fields postulated in his Friday night post on Vintage. Saturday’s racing was solid, and the competition was strong in most classes. Seems a lot of people are still getting used to how what we used to understand as pro is now somewhere in-between (lots of head scratching on how, for example, Corben Sharrah can win Jr. Men and get second in A Pro at the same time. Forget how massive an accomplishment that it, in and of itself). With 27 riders...
Copy Courtesy of BMXNEWS.COM. Today marked the first national of the 2010 ABA Season. An impressive turnout of 279 motos provided elements of chance and skill, bells, whistles, wins, losses and excitement exceeding that of casino downtown. It was also the first event that implemented the ABA’s new criteria and class breakdowns for the Pro/Elite Classes. Strange, though it may have been, to see Dom and Alise racing different classes, and having the reigning National Number One Pro Woman riding down-ticket in the Junior class, we photogs were bracing for only seeing the pros once in the mains, versus the...