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!