STAATS-CHALLENGE Factory BMX debuts in Reno

“The STAATS CHALLENGE team looked great sporting their new STAATS frames and Troy Lee Designs Uniforms. Along with STAATS, and Troy Lee Designs, Challenge has added shoe giant DC, Electric Eye wear, Tangent Products, MAXXIS Tires and LDC products as new sponsors this year. These sponsors along with long time sponsor FSA, Answer & CIARI give Challenge a great new look to go with the new faces of 8x Dougie Butcher, 11x Alex Jones, 36x Chris Westbrook and 32x Melvin Shadrick.”"The new STAATS CHALLENGE team hit the track. New rider Dougie Butcher took a 2nd in 7-8 open Saturday and a 1st in Open on Sunday. 8x Dustin Hammond made his Cruiser debut racing 9 under Cruiser making mains both days with a 5th on Saturday and a 6th on Sunday, Dustin finished the weekend strong with a big win in Class on Sunday. 10 x Alden Volle rode strong with a 2nd on Cruiser Saturday and coming back from 7th place to take a 2nd in Class Sunday. Another new Challenge rider, Alex Jones rode hard but had some bad luck. Look for Alex to finish strong at our next race. 12 x Christian Camacho rode well coming back after almost a year off to take a 3rd in open on Saturday and a 6th in Class. 14 x Dakotah Isenberg started the year strong winning Cruiser Saturday and taking a 2nd on Cruiser Sunday. Our newest team member, Melvin Shadrick won the 31-35 Cruiser class both days and our senior citizen, Chris Westbrook rode hard taking a 6th on Saturday but came up a little short the rest of the weekend. Our Girls rode well 16 G Amanda Volle took two 3rds and Heather Allred won both days on Cruiser. Danny Essley, Daniel Sawyer, Tommy Bellew and Josh Oie all rode hard and are working on getting ready for the next national. We are very happy to team up with STAATS for the 2007 season and look forward to a long successful relationship together. Thanks to all of our sponsors: STAATS bicycles, CIARI, Troy Lee Designs, DC Shoes, Electric eye wear, Tangent products, LDC, Answer, MAXXIS Tires & FSA,”