With the Olympic Games coming up in a few weeks, Redline team manager Jason Carnes brought a small but talented squad to do battle at the Midwest National in hot and humid Rockford, IL this past weekend. In Elite Men’s racing, Saturday saw co-sponsor riders Kyle Bennett of ORP/Redline get on the podium with an impressive third place finish while Stile Industries/Redline rider Elliot McGrath took a 5th place. In Sundays racing it was current USA BMX fourth ranked rider Denzel Stein doing the heavy lifting for Redline. Denzel was pushing Olympics bound New Zealand rider Marc Willers hard for the pass through turns two and three but ultimately had to make his move for the pass on the final straight coming up a tire width short for the win but capturing a well deserved photo finish second place finish.
In Vet Pro TM Jason Carnes was back on the track having recovered from a hard fall in Salt Lake City. Jason took a fourth place on Saturday and a fifth on Sunday.
Finally, race fans need to set their DVR’s up to capture the Olympic Games coverage on NBC on August 8th, 9th and 10th. Of the 48 riders competing in the Olympic BMX Competition, 11 of those riders will be aboard Redline bicycles.
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