Odds and Ends

We found this very cool video of the Pan American games BMX final from this past weekend. Jason Richardson earned one of six gold medals in the entire games for team USA. Everything about his lap is pretty killer ... and the climb to the top spot on the podium is just remarkable. Heck, when I was a kid, which was a really long time ago, there were already whispers of BMX as an olympic medal sport (maybe it was more of a fantasy, in hindsight) ... but, now, it's happening ... and I can hardly wait.

Redline Cup Qualifier at Fond du Lac BMX

Paul and Linda Weimer and their crew at Fond du Lac BMX are to be commended for running an awesome program yesterday. The track was easily the best I can remember and the races were run efficiently. Registration ran exactly as it should ... and the food from concessions sure did look tasty.

I'm really proud and was very happy to see that we had a bunch of Milwaukee BMX regular participants that headed up. The Rupp Family, the Mittelsatdts, the Kohls, the Wethalls, the Campanellis, the Rankins, the Dirt Warriors team and a bunch of people (Mike Froh, Todd Zimmerman, Tim Eiring, Jason Leikam) who have also volunteered at Milwaukee BMX made the trip and came home with some top finishes.

It definintely got the juices flowing for our own upcoming State Championship Qualifier -- which will take place Saturday July 28th.

As always, keep your eye on Milwaukee BMX tomorrow for ongoing weather reports. Forecast currently calls for scattered showers, but, like last week, it can rain on one part of the city and miss our track completely. Weather permitting, we hope to see you tomorrow night.