U.S. Open Invitational:
The U.S. Open at the Smokey Mountain Expo Center in Morristown, Tennessee was a great race. With almost one hundred motos worth the riders battling it out for one of the coveted U.S. Open champion jackets, the racing action was very exciting. Unfortunately there were a few factors taking away from the pictures for this race. First of all the indoor lighting takes away from the quality of the pictures and secondly I hurt my ankle in practice on Friday which kept me from venturing into the infield for my photos.
Tom Ritz layed down a great track for this race. Every straight had a jump that was little unique. This shot is taken from the end of the first straight, which featured a roller, double, then a roller table combination to send you into the turn. Next, the second straight had a small table, a double, and then a step-up table step-down into the second turn.
Here is a shot of the beginning of the second straight and the end of the third.
The third straight was nice, allowing many different lines by different riders. The straight featured a roller to table followed by three rollers, then a step-down, and another pair of rollers.
Finally, the last straight had a split for the am section and the pro section. There was a very small roller coming out of the last turn then the right side had a step up triple, while the left side was the pro double, each was followed by a roller.
Diego Alejandre, Senor Smoothie killed it all weekend. He had the whole track dialed.
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Here we have one of the Bizarro riders going high while the competition stays low.
Rob Reese, 18-21 Expert, Cruiser laying down some Long Island pull.
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Currier and Bontorno leading 14-15 cruiser into the first turn.
One of the Siebenlists doing it for Doghouse racing.
One of Hyper's newest acquisitions.
Chuck Fieldson leading the 45-49 cruiser action into the first turn.
Ltitle guys going at it into the first straight. Check out the action in the background.
Supergirl Action. Hutto with Siebelist in tow.
Rauch and Currier leading in 15x. Rauch won the main, doing it for Dick Sonne's Racing.
HBR rider doing it up. HBR now has a National team operation in addition to its Team NBL operation. The national team is being called FLY HBR.
Rite Bike Shop and FLY HBR colors being flown on these two young ladies.
Justin Flannery is making a strong return to BMX racing after a long summer off. Look out for this kid in the coming months as he gets back into the swing of things.