SCHEDULE CHANGE:

We are Racing on Thursday, August 30th -- a make up race for the two races that we lost to the monsoon season that rolled through last week.

For Immediate Release:


(Milwaukee, WI) -- Milwaukee BMX has cancelled it's Thursday practice and will run a make up single points race. The track was forced to cancel two races last week because of persistant rains in the Southeast Wiscosnin area.

The race will be run similar to any of the track's Tuesday evening races, with rider registration occuring between 5 and 6 p.m. Racing will begin after - or, around 6:30. Two moto transfer will be in effect and awards will be given to riders finishing 1st - 3rd in their main.

Riders who wish to register via telephone may do so by calling track operator, John Mittelstadt at 414-429-3485.

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More fantastic Peter Cowley images -

We have so much talent swirling around our volunteer ranks, and Peter is no exception, behind the lens of a camera. We are stoked to bring you more of his work from last night's race.

Steve Foglia has the preferred line into the first corner but, lots of company from a very determined looking David Smith III and just a hint of eventual winner Raymond Eckert on the outside. The three are regular competitors in our 8 novice class, which Eckert has been winning - a lot - lately.




Every track has it's "hard" class ... ours looks like it's shaping up to be 41-45 cruiser. As Bob Osborne wrote about Scott Breithaupt (SE Racing Founder - who was only like 27 at the time) back in 1981, "Don't let the fact that there's snow on the roof fool you into thinking that the fire doesn't still rage within" these guys are super competitive and on the gas. Every lap even the smallest mistakes are costly. The rider who didn't qualify last night, John Wethall, finished 5th in district 2 points last year !!! In this shot, Mike Froh is leading out Ed Morris (blue) and Brian Schulz. Schulz just turned 41 and must have his "move up" psych still working. He was going super fast last night. Froh and Morris finished 2nd and 3rd in the 41-45 cruiser class on Sunday at the Midwest Nationals in Rockford, IL earlier this season. The fourth rider in the main (who finished second after a big second straight tangle involving Morris and Schulz) was Brian Woods, a former A-pro who came back a few weeks ago and is picking up speed in a jiffy. Tough comp to be sure.




Speaking of SE racing, 7 year old Jonah Ausdembruch shows from his jersey that Red Bull isn't the only thing that "gives you wings". What do you suppose the odds are that some dude at Red Bull Corporate finds this and calls us with a "cease and desist" order threat. Oh well, it's a risk I'll just have to take for the sake of vague and ambiguous references to corporate slogans!




Back to the theme of hard classes, if your last name isn't Wipjewski, then 15 Novice is awfully tough. At the moment the Wipjewski brothers are dominating. Older brother Andrew is in the lead here and won the main, while 14 year old Christopher (347) jumped his way into the second spot. Nate Booth (334) pushed down his sleeves and took home the third.








28+ Novice hits the double into the first corner. Brennon Manske with things under control here in the first round while John Sanfelippo (red helmet), Karl Ausdembruch (on mags) and Shane Mcnallie look for a way around.


Rad dad, Steven Campanelli looking awfully hollywood in this glamour shot. The fact that this picture is up here almost guarantees that I'm going over a berm one of these days. Sorry Steven, I had to go with it, bro !!!








This kid is something to watch. Green Bay (yes, as in 140 miles North of Milwaukee) racer Kommanche Jordan jetted in to win our 16 intermediate class. Only Ben Kohls, one of our regular racers who is also just dripping with skills and speed, could keep up with this kid. I'm guessing the reason that Peter took this cameo shot of Jordan is because he couldn't hit the shutter fast enough to get a decent shot of him on the track. At 13, he's not that big of a kid, but, you can see from this shot that his focus is huge.



This young guy (#59) is Sammy Rupp and is Milwaukee BMX's first ever move up from Novice to Intermediate. Despite the fact that he's new to inter, he won again Tuesday night against some very spirited competition from Kyle Schulz and Chris Mantz.