BMX Weekend

What a great weekend we had! The sun finally decided to come out and play for the entire weekend. It was gorgeous on Saturday with the temps i the low 80's. We spent the entire day out at the BMX tracks getting some much needed racing in. Nick had such a great weekend and looks so ready for the big state qualifiers next weekend. The rest of us, well we look like little lobsters because we forgot the sunscreen on Saturday. Too long without having to worry about sun I guess. At least we remembered for Sunday!

We raced at 2 tracks on Saturday and he got a 4th in Newburg where he raced 4 experts and a couple of novices. Of the 4 experts (a class above his) he beat one of them to finish up 4th. He held hs own very well against some of the fastest boys in the state!

We then headed down to Salem to race there in the afternoon. He ended up racing against another expert & a novice who was a year older and twice as big.
Here is a video link to those races: Nick's races at Capital City BMX
He ended up 2nd after some pretty tricky maneuvering in the final race. Almost went down, but managed to stay up and pass the guy. It was great.

Sunday we headed out to our home track in Molalla from some more great racing. They had been working on the track all weekend for the big races coming up next weekend so the track wasn't in tip top shape, but it didn't seem to bother Nick much at all! Here are some photos from his race on Sunday.

Here is the start of the race Nick is pulling ahead! (Photo by James Thrash)

Halfway through:

While this photo makes him look like he was all alone on the track,

This photo shows the same place from a different angle. Our friend & fellow teammate James Thrash took this photo.

Another great photo by Thrash.

On the final stretch, he has quite a lead here.

Success! 1st place trophy! Great reward for all that hard work!

It was a great weekend with some great racing action and time spent with our BMX family. How we love those fellow racers! This week will also be filled with more BMX action while we get ready for the big races next weekend. The 29th annual Governor's Cup series is Father's Day weekend so we will be spending it out at the tracks. 2 tracks on Saturday followed by 2 more races on Sunday. We can't wait!

Here is the video of his 1st place finish at Molalla. He's only in the 1st and last race because he qualified in moto #1 and didn't have to race the other 2 qualifiers. Nick's Molalla Race 6.13.10

And tomorrow I'll post about the other exciting thing that is close to completion at the house! The pantry!