Entries now open for the 2015 SUBARU BMX National Championships. Retro racing and everything.
Entries for BMX Australia’s premier event, the 2015 SUBARU BMX National Championships are now open. The 34th National Championships will be held in at the Brisbane SX Track at the Sleeman Sports Complex, Queensland.
The six-day event to be held from Tuesday, April 28 through to Sunday, May 3 will see 69 classes of racing, with participants ranging from 2 years to 65 years and will also include the UCI BMX Oceania Championships on Thursday, April 30.
The Brisbane SX track and the facilities at the Sleeman Sports Centre are first class, and is a favourite among riders, while also being the only UCI Supercross level track in Australia.
Over 3,000 entrants are expected to compete during the week, and will attract between 10-15,000 spectators, ultimately boosting the local economy with an estimated $10 million in economic benefit from riders and families attending the National Championships.
A National BMX Racing league stop took place in Spain last weekend. This year is the 5th anniversary of the Liga LBR and more and more international racers show up every year. This past weekend they had 12 nationalities racing in Races 1-2 of the season. 40 elite men and women riders from 7 countries raced at the El Campello track a place where some European teams train in the wintertime. Your Elite top threes looked like this:
Results A Pro
1 KENNETH GUSTAFSON, DOUBLECROSS BIKES, PONCA CITY, OK
2 TYLER WHITFIELD, SSQUARED BICYCLES, ROCKFORD, IL
3 COLE TESAR, C-YAA FACTORY, HUNTERSVILLE, NC
4 JEREMY SMITH, FACTORY EXTREME TEAM, DAYTON, OH
5 JUAN MARIN, PLANT CITY, FL
6 WILLIAM GRANT, MY RADAR J&R BICYCLES, LARGO, FL
Bike Check: Tyler Faoro's DansComp HARO Clutch. The best possible setup.
Name: Tyler FaoroTurner goes back to back as McLeod upsets Buchanan at round 4 of Australian Nationals
Olympic hopeful Bodi Turner claimed his second victory in as many days, while it was a tactically supreme performance by Melinda McLeod that allowed her to storm to victory in round four of the BMX Australia National Series in Shepparton today. In what was an absorbing elite women's final, McLeod seized the race advantage courtesy of a first turn tussle between Caroline Buchanan and Lauren Reynolds. As the two fought for the inside line, McLeod came from out wide to steal the lead, while Buchanan, who didn’t have enough speed to carry the double, lost her momentum and slipped out of contention. McLeod then held off a fast finishing Reynolds to grab victory, with Reynolds finishing in second while Lake Macquarie's Rachel Jones finished in third.
A Pro results, Saturday 7 February 2015
1 KENNETH GUSTAFSON, DOUBLECROSS BIKES, PONCA CITY, OK
2 JEREMY SMITH, FACTORY EXTREME TEAM, DAYTON, OH
3 COLE TESAR, C-YAA FACTORY, HUNTERSVILLE, NC
4 WILLIAM GRANT, MY RADAR J&R BICYCLES, LARGO, FL
5 MIKE CALDWELL, NAPLES, FL
6 CHANDLER DENTON, SSQUARED BICYCLES, DOUGLASVILLE, GA
7 TYLER WHITFIELD, SSQUARED BICYCLES, ROCKFORD, IL
Buchanan and Turner showcase their class in Shepparton, Australia
Bodi Turner and golden girl Caroline Buchanan have taken out round three of the BMX Australia National Series in Shepparton. Turner looked sharp all day and showcased his class in severe heat to storm to victory in the men’s final, resisting a late charge by runner up, American Barry Nobles, and a final corner manoeuvre by Victorian Josh Callan who finished third.
Callan’s performance was good enough to catapult him to the top of the overall series standings, where he currently leads Turner by just five points.
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