With communities and tracks across America slowly reopening, USA BMX is working hard to confirm our originally scheduled events for 2020. As you can imagine, this is no easy task. We continue to work daily to assist local tracks in reopening, and currently less than a third are operating at some capacity. We are also rescheduling postponed national series events while navigating ever evolving guidelines. In some cases we are going to the extreme measure of finding tracks not previously on the schedule that can host an event. With that being said, we know your questions center around the return of the pro series. Unfortunately, restarting the pro series at this time is an impossible task considering these unprecedented circumstances.
Here are the challenges:
-Host sites are slow to confirm their ability to host races as originally planned. So while we'd love to say the pro series events on the schedule will happen, we just don't know.
-International travel bans limit some of our usual pro participants.
-The financial commitment to offer standard pro purses runs counter to our current focus of bringing back our employees who remain furloughed.
-Our Pro Series sponsor GoPro has canceled their sponsorship for 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis. This not only eliminates the GoPro Cup Series but negatively impacts our sponsorship forecast for 2020.
In an effort to provide USA BMX women pro riders more options to compete, we have implemented a
2020 USA BMX Desert Classic Nationals Day Two
2020 USA BMX Nabholz Bounce Back Nationals Day One
USA BMX announced today that $52,300 in Bob Warnicke Scholarships for 2020 has been awarded to deserving students and their families. Funds are raised annually through the Warnicke Scholarship Race series which assists students and their families in meeting the costs of undergraduate college education, trade school, and other educational avenues they would like to pursue. Awards ranged from $500 to $3,000. USA BMX/BMX Canada members who have a current membership or Track Operators/Officials who participate in BMX racing events sanctioned by USA BMX/BMX Canada are eligible to apply. Since 2013, more than $408,800 has been awarded.
“During this Covid-19 pandemic, it makes USA BMX even more proud of our tracks and incredibly appreciative of our private donors who make this possible to continue this great tradition of assisting in future education,” said USA BMX CEO, B.A. Anderson.
The USA BMX Foundation has created an endowment for the Bob Warnicke Memorial Scholarship Fund.
USA BMX Guiding More Than 300 Sanctioned Tracks Nationwide to Safely Return to Racing with ‘Ready to Race’ Guidelines, Marketing, and Educational Resources. Safety Guidelines, Membership Renewals, Discounts and a Growing Number of Bikes Sold Helping Riders to Get Back on Track. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, BMX local tracks were forced to close over the past two months, giving USA BMX members no place to practice or race. Starting today, USA BMX will provide those members with two free months of additional membership. Any member who has already renewed their membership this year will receive two additional months of membership. Any member who expired on March 1, 2020, or later, will also receive two (2) additional months added to their membership by renewing online today through December 31, 2020. In addition to these promotions, it is equally as important to work hand in hand with our 320 tracks to ensure members a safe return to the track.
Elite Results USA BMX Gator Nationals Day 2 - Sarasota, Florida - 22 Feb 2020
Elite Men:
1 24 SHARRAH Corben USA 60 points
2 215 MCLEAN Joshua AUS 45
3 259 SMITH Jeremy USA 40
4 380 DE SOUZA FILHO Anderson Ezequiel BRA 35
5 466 BUCARDO Anthony USA 30
6 34 TESAR Cole USA 25
Earn your spot on Team USA. All you have to do is make the main event at any of the four qualifiers!
Results USA BMX Race of Champions - Tulsa, Oklahoma - 29 November 2019
Elite Men:
1 24 SHARRAH Corben USA 60 points
2 11 FIELDS Connor USA 45 points
3 4 RENCUREL Jérémy FRA 40
4 974 MAYET Romain FRA 35
5 259 SMITH Jeremy USA 30
6 64 LONG Nicholas USA 25
7 100 MAHIEU Romain FRA 20
8 34 TESAR Cole USA 15
9 46 GUSTAFSON Kenneth USA
10 38 MATSUSHITA Tatsumi JPN
11 94 KENNEDY Izaac AUS
12 63 VANKAMMEN Zachary USA
13 593 CAMPO Alfredo ECU
14 19 POSEY Justin USA
15 194 VILLEGAS Federico ARG
16 380 DE SOUZA FILHO Anderson Ezequiel BRA
Live: 2019 GoPro USA BMX Race of Champions.
The Fro and the Finishline GoPro USA BMX Grands Pre Show. Over two hours of BMX talk from Oklahoma.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.