Just ended up a 13-hour drive, so picture a semi-tanned, semi-sunburned, very dedicated zombie reporting the news, and you get the image of how it is right now. BUT, “Photos up by lights out” is no joke, so we have posted today’s image gallery for your viewing pleasure. Check back tomorrow afternoon for a few syllables on the race, and be sure to pop on over to the Vintage discussion on the subject to get in on the Monday morning fun.
Update via BMXNEWS.COM
Great day in Powder Springs today. As the rest of the known universe seems to be packing the freeways into downtown Atlanta, BMXers are perfectly pleased with the outer-marker-locale. In the Friday pre-race bull session, the Saturday moto count was well handicapped, and the consensus was in the 109-115 range. Some said 125 would be off-the-hook big. BMXNOW used its ear-to-the-rails savvy and proffered 140. That was, in fact, directly on the money, at 140 motos for Saturday—believed to be the largest at this race in its long history.
Some notables, as the late hour threatens to turn us into a pumpkin (or a really cranky Georgia Bigfoot, come 6AM). An epic battle between Loebe, Juan Marin and Zula in 17-18x (finished in that order) was a real crowd pleaser, Double props to The G-Man, Gavin Freewalt, who doubled up with a win in 7X and 7-8 Open, Tyler Whitfield with a win in 15 Cruiser, and his on-track nemesis, Maleik Byndloss riding to a win in 15x, with Tyler in second. Felicia Stancil never fails to amaze, as she applied a firm, though lady-like beatdown to 14G and 14-16G Cruiser. Justin Posey and Jordan Miranda jammed in 16x for a 1-2 punch. We really dug watching Olijuwan handle 19-27x today.
Big ups to John Kovachi, Stuart Harrison and Richard Bunt for staging a bigger-than–ever vintage show, which is becoming a must-do for the sou-easters in the vintage community.
So much more to say, but the alarm clock is giving us a funny look. Nine hours til the first gate!
BMXNOW is hitting the road this weekend, and heading South to cover the 2010 ABA Dixieland Nationals in Powder Springs, GA. We’ll have complete photo galleries posted each night, and our sister site, BMX News will be in the house with their take from the pits and the infield. And, the granddaddy of them all, VintageBMX.com, will have coverage of the third-annual Dixieland Vintage BMX Show. For up-to-the-minute details, follow BMXNOW on Twitter.
