I recently decided to try BMX racing again at age 56. It has been almost 40 years since I last owned and raced a BMX Bike. I entered my 1st race on Saturday January 20th at Rum River BMX in Isanti MN. (Double Points Race) I entered again on Sunday night for there Fire & Ice Series and was fortunate enough to win both nights! I plan to continue racing the Fire & Ice Series which consists of 22 races throughout the 2024 season with the finale in December as well as a few other big events.
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WQOW News Story from July 2024:
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2024 Race Schedule:
Race # 1 – January 20th 2024- (Race for Leukemia) Result – 1st Place
Race # 2 – January 21st 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 3 – February 3rd 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 4, 5 & 6 – February 16, 17th & 18th 2024- (Governors Cup) Event Result – 1st Place
Race # 7 – February 25th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 8 – March 9th 2024- (Intermediate Class) Result – 1st Place
Race # 9 – March 10th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 10 – March 17th 2024- (Single Point Race) Result – 1st Place
Race # 11 – March 23rd 2024- (Single Point Race) Result – 2nd Place
* * * Moved up to Intermediate * * *
Race # 12 – March 30th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 13 – April 6th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 14 – April 7th 2024- (Single Point Race) Result – 2nd Place
Race # 15 – April 14th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 2nd Place
Race # 16 – April 20th 2024- (Single Point Race) Result – 1st Place
Race # 17 – April 21st 2024- (Single Point Race) Result – 2nd Place
Race # 18 – April 27th 2024- (MN State Race) Double Point Race Result – 2nd Place
Race # 19 – April 28th 2024- (Gold Cup Qualifier) Triple Point Race Result – 2nd Place
Race # 20 – May 4th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 2nd Place
Race # 21 – May 11th 2024- (Single Point Race) Result – 2nd Place (Raced in Expert Class)
Race # 22 – May 19th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series Race) Result – 1st Place
Race # 23 – May 30th 2024- (Single Point Race) Result – 4th Place (Raced in 36-40 Expert Class)
Race # 24 – June 1st 2024- (Crow River State Race) Result – 2nd Place (1st time at this track)
Race # 25 – June 7th 2024- (Land O Lakes National Race) Result – 2nd Place
Race # 26 – June 8th 2024- (Land O Lakes National Race) Result – 1st Place
Race # 27 – June 9th 2024- (Land O Lakes National Race) Result – 1st Place
Race # 28 – June 13th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series Race) Result – 3rd Place (Raced in Expert Class)
Race # 29 – June 20th 2024- (Fathers Day Race) Result – 2nd Place (Raced in Expert Class)
Race # 30 – June 25th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 31 – June 29th 2024- (Pineview Gold Cup Qualifier) Triple Point Race Result – 1st Place
Race # 32 – June 30th 2024- (Pineview MN State Race) Triple Point Race Result – 1st Place
Race # 33 – July 7th 2024- (Wisc Rapids BMX State Race) Double Point Race Result – 2nd Place
Race # 34 – July 9th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
* * * 10 more wins needed to move to Expert Class * * *
Race # 35 – July 13th 2024- (Fairbault Gold Cup Qualifier) Triple Point Race Result – 1st Place
WQOW TV Interview . . . . July 20th
Race # 36 – July 25th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 37 – July 28th 2024- (Wisc Rapids BMX) Result – (P.S.) 2nd Place *
Race # 38 – August 1st 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 39 – August 3rd 2024- (Oshkosh Double Points) Result – 2nd Place (Expert Class)
Race # 40 – August 4th 2024- (Oshkosh Triple Points) Result – 3rd Place (Expert Class)
Race # 41 – August 11th 2024- (Wisc Rapids Gold Cup Qualifier) Triple Point Race Result – 1st Place
Race # 42 – August 18th 2024- (Wisc Rapids BMX) Single Point Race Result – 1st Place
Race # 43 – August 20th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 2nd Place
Race # 44 – August 24th 2024- (Mad Town Wi State Championship) Result – 2nd Place (Expert Class)
Race # 45 – August 25th 2024- (Mad Town Wi State Championship) Result – 2nd Place (Expert Class)
Race # 46 – September 7th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 47 – September 15th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 4th Place (51-55 Expert Class)
Race # 48 – September 20th 2024- (Gold Cup Pre Race) Result – 5th Place – Suffered a shoulder Injury
Race # ** – September 21st 2024- (Gold Cup Series) – Didn’t Race due to shoulder injury
Race # 49 – October 5th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 50 – October 13th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 51 – October 20th 2024- (Single Point Race) Result – 4th Place (36-40 Expert Class)
Race # 52 – November 2nd 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) Result – 1st Place
Race # 53 – November 9th 2024- (Single Point Race) (P.S.) 2nd Place *
Race # 54 – November 16th 2024- (Single Point Race) (P.S.) 2nd Place * (41- 45 Class)
Race # 55 – November 17th 2024- (Fire & Ice Series) (P.S.) 2nd Place * (51-55 Class)
Race # 56 – November 24th 2024- (Single Point Race) (P.S.) 2nd Place * (51- 55 Class)
Race # 57 – December 7th 2024- (Single Point Race) Result – 2nd Place (51-55 Expert Class)
Race # 58 – December 14th 2024- (Fire & Ice Finale) Result – 3rd Place
State Finals – August 2024 – Rank for the year – 3rd in State (Racing in MN most of the year hurt my standings in WI)
Gold Cup Finals – September 2024 – Result – Didn’t Race due to Shoulder Injury the night before. Bummer as we were Ranked #1 going in to this event.
Race of Champions Invite – November 2024 – We made the “Top 10” list but didn’t attend due to schedule conflicts.
Fire & Ice Series Finale – December 2024 – Result 4th Overall (451 Racers) – 1st in 40 and over age group.
District Points – December 2024 – Result – Finished 9th for the year!
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