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Since we have some down time I decided to break out the way back machine & re-visit some races & moments from the past. I decided to start with the first ABA national held at Rad Canyon.
Over the next few days I'll post up pics, thoughts & vid of that weekend.

Here's a picture of what the track was like for starters.



Stay tuned for more.
b.

Tony Lemon, Chris Cogsdil, & Jason Halverson in 19-27 inter. Halvey won that class both days & Tony got a 3rd on Saturday.




Kris Park on the right.
He got a 3rd on Sat. & a 4th on Sunday in 18 expert.




The article at the bottom explains how RC came to be. Written by Pat Simmons, RC's first T.O.




This was Danitas first national & she came very close to winning on Sunday. She was passing the gal in 1st over the last just jump, locked bars & both went down 10ft before the finishline. Her race was talked about in the magazine.

http://www.utahbmx.com/bnd/danitasln97maincrash.wmv


More later.
b.

i miss that track alot just add the paved berms and cement staring hill and oh man ....
also my first and last national win 13 novie RAD!

Travis Healey was an 8I at that race!

Pam

cool stuff! Keep it coming!

Some Saturday results.......

Travis Healey - 2nd in 7-8 Mixed Open. 8th in 8 Inter.
Heather Allred - 5th in 13 -14 Mixed Open. 1st - 13 girls.
Arielle Martin - 1st in 11 Girls.
Alisha Headley - 1st in 12 Girls.
Cole Simmons - 7th in 11 cruiser.
Jonas Harmon - 5th in 16 cruiser. 8th in 16 expert.
Jason McCauley - 7th in 31-35 cruiser.
Hollie Allred - 1st in 11-13 Girl cruiser.
Danita Ritter - 2nd in 26-30 Girl cruiser.
Tyler Albretson - 2nd in 5 & under Inter.
Nick Park - 6th in 5 & under Inter.
Tyson Moll - 6th in 7 Inter.
David Herman (AA Pro) - 7th in 9 expert.
Dylan Collings - 2nd in 13 novice.
Tim Thompson - 6th in 17 expert.
Roland Critchfield - 3rd in 28+ novice.

Sundays results tomorrow.

b.

On the team trophies, is "macdaddy racing" the Meltons? Is Commercial tire Xtreme team a previous version of the current extreme team?

Jason came back out of retirement about this time so I don't know if he raced this national or not. Todays team Extreme wasn't around.

b.

bnd wrote:Tony Lemon, Chris Cogsdil, & Jason Halverson in 19-27 inter. Halvey won that class both days & Tony got a 3rd on Saturday.

More later.
b.

That's great! My first national. Started racing less than a year prior. 2nd on Fri, 3rd on Sat. The Butterfield team I was on got a 4th and 5th, Sat and Sun.



I sooooo need to clean out my closet....

Thanks again for the way back Bruce. You are a wealth of BMX history.

B,
This is some great stuff among the names in the magazine was Cindy Davis She was a team mate of mine on Factory White Bear from good ol' Ca 10. Thanks for the memories!

Merv

Cindy Davis is Billy Davis' sister. He was the photo guy for the bmxer for years before Dan Mooney.

97 was Trav's first national. I wonder how many he has been to since then......we used to make it to about 10 a year ...........

Pam Healey

Some notable results form Sunday -

Travis Healey - 1st in 7-8 Mixed Open. 3rd in 8 Inter.
Heather Allred - 2nd in 13-14 Mixed Open. 1st in 13 girls.
Mike Day - 1st in 11-12 Open.
Arielle Martin - 1st in 11 girls.
Chaz Critchfield - 3rd in 5 & under novice.
Matt Baisley - 1st in 9 Inter. (His dad owns Fly).
Bubba Harris - 1st in 11 Expert.
Dylan Collings - 1st in 13 novice.
R.J. Edgington - 4th in 19-27 Inter.
Bryon Wixom - 4th in 28+ Expert.

Lots of others in the results that don't race anymore.
So maybe your wondering where the likes of Spencer & myself were?
I believe Steve was still coming back from a blown knee injury & probebly didn't race this nat. I raced the Pre-race, battled for the lead & had clip issues. Ended up last & mad as hell. My buddy Russ was in town & I watched Saturday & on Sunday's first moto he went down with a broken collarbone so I ended up missing all the days racing while I was at the hospital with him. Not very many of us who raced this national are racing anymore.

Hope you enjoyed reading this!
b.

Pam,
Yup i remember Billy Davis too....I didn't know he was a photagrapher tho.....how cool is that to work for the Bmxer. How well did you know the Davis' I can't remember the dads name but I remember he could never watch Cindy race cause he got so excited he would yak! Cindy was the original Filipino torpedo! Team In 87- 88 Cindy Davis, Ronnie Anderson, Brian Mays, Frankie DelGado, Aaron Zier, Micheal Ervin, Alan Porter well there is more but can't remember that far back lol

Merv

We didn't know Cindy or her family. Just Billy through the BMXer. He was really good to get Trav in the mag quite often during his early teens....and it helped that he was going fast too! Really nice guy. I still miss his contribution to the magazine!

Pam

What about Friday,pre-race results? I actually did'nt crash that day.