Slammin Sooner Sunday
January 30, 2012 by BMXNEWS.COM Editors · Comments Off
With six weeks off between the Grands and the first races of the year, it’s easy to forget how long a workday can be, when a 12-hour commute is tacked on to the end of it. The final gate dropped at 1:54PM today, and here it is 3:33AM, and we’re already home (after sampling the truck stop board of fare in three states).
Tales from the road notwithstanding, News used the time wisely–to edit and prep the photos from Sunday’s ABA Sooner Nationals. A total of 94 shots from today, adding to the 214 we posted yesterday, makes for a well-rounded weekend of gettin around.
KJ Romero (above) was the BMOC this weekend, acing all six A Pro motos, and both main event laps with carefree care (if that makes any sense at 3:40AM). OK, enough writing tonight…before we are tempted to go “all the way” and write the story in a language which tomorrow will reveal itself as a cross between Aramaic and Hood Latin.
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Pros Are a No-Go in Reno
December 13, 2011 by BMXNEWS.COM Editors · Comments Off
Word hit the message boards and Twitterverse yesterday that the UCI/ABA Pro designation would be removed from the Reno and Guthrie races on the 2012 ABA schedule. No further information available as of this writing, but keep in touch with the topic via the Vintage thread (link below).
ABA did confirm on the Vintage thread that both races would have A-Pro and Vet Pro racing.
VintageBMX.com Thread on this Topic
Gunnin in Guthrie
January 23, 2010 by BMXNEWS.COM Editors · Comments Off
The 2010 Sooner Nationals mark the one year anniversary of ABA’s stewardship of the UCI BMX series. Anyone with a pulse (and an Internet connection) would agree that the job they have done to fill the gates and move the series forward has been remarkable. The Junior Development Program has been a byproduct of this effort and is becoming more popular with every running. The Lazy E Arena is the setting, once again, for the Sooners, and a cool, laidback buzz was in the air Friday night as practice wrapped up and the pre-race got underway. A total of 72 motos foretells a moto count of about 175 for Saturday. In Friday Night’s Pro main, it was Gavin Lubbe (who was rockin a South Africa team jersey and not his normal Morphine colors for the pre-race) who took it to the stripe, with Nic Long (above, also in a “Friday Night” uniform) and Tory Nyhaug in for place and show. Stay tuned to BMXNEWS for more from Guthrie throughout the weekend. Follow BMXNOW on Twitter for as-they-happen updates.
Meanwhile, Check out the Friday Photo Gallery
