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BMX Race Report

UCI World Championship Victoria, Canada

The World Championships are always the toughest race for the Elite Racers and the 2007 event was by far the most competitive in BMX history. With over 150 Elite Pros signed up for the event, this was the largest showing of the worlds best pros all at one event. The World Championship track in Victoria was by far one of the most technical and outstanding BMX racing tracks that the event has ever been raced on and it was a true showing of the worlds best racers in the main event. For team USA, this was the first event for qualifying points for the 2008 Olympic selection so there was even more at stake than ever for our riders. This always important and meaningful event just got a bit more prestigious and the Double A Marketing Pros were ready to take on the challenge of the ever so difficult task of representing Team USA into the main event:

Kyle Bennett has been a man on a mission all season after coming back from ACL surgery. Kyle had a speedy and successful recovery from an injury that can be a career ending one and has show his determination, natural ability, and dedication to the sport of BMX. Kyle has been looking towards winning races and titles in 2007, as he has come on strong and just sits 4 points out of 1st in the NBL title chase and the Worlds are always on Kyle list of races to peak for. As Kyle arrived in Victoria to the track on Thursday, he took a liking to the track and seemed to master it quickly on the 1st day of practice. Kyle by far looked the quickest but as anyone knows this is BMX racing and anything can happen. Well for Kyle the only thing that happened as the race started was 1st place finishes, as he won every race of the day on Saturday as the Elite Men's racing took place. As the main event was lined up on the gate, it was anyone's race to win, but all eyes were on Kyle as his dominating style had the crowd as their favorite. When the gate dropped, Kyle jumped to the lead with Aussie Khalen Young and Stumpy just behind. Kyle edged out both riders into the 1st turn and Khalen gave Kyle a run, but was unable to pass him. Down the last strait, Kyle pulled away and captured his 3rd UCI World Title. Kyle was overwhelmed with joy, as all his hard work had a huge payoff and the win puts him back into the World Champion jersey. Kyle looks forward to a year with the rainbow jersey and hopes to be able to replace it with a Olympic Medal in one year time. Kyle's sponsors include Free Agent, KHS, Fly Racing, Bombshell, www.bmxtraining.com, Sun Rims, Shimano, UGP, Kenda, Thomson, S & M bars, ODI, ORP, Powerbar, Cyto Sport, and BMXpros.com.

Randy Stumpfhauser is known as a one of the top Pros in the world due to the fact that he is a World Specialist with 4 Elite Cruiser World Titles and 2 2nd's and 3 3rd's in the Elite Men's Class over the years. Randy gave up racing Cruiser 2 years ago on a quest to get the Elite Men's title and this has been dangerous for all the other Elite Pros as Randy has fully focused on one bike. Coming into the event, Randy was hoping he would be 100% ready, as just 2 weeks ago at the ABA event in Las Vegas, a crash in the AA Pro main event on Saturday left Randy with a sore wrist and had him sit out of the racing action on Sunday. Randy healed up find and was ready to race for the title at the Worlds. On Practice day, Randy did not seem to have the track 100% wired at the end of the day, but come race time, Randy was flawless and ready to go. As race day unfolded, Stumpy looked great on the track and made his way to the main event look easy. Randy was looking for a title but was very happy to make it to the Podium as he raced his way to a 3rd place finish. Randy noted he did feel his fastest on race day but to watch him finish 3rd, you would never have guessed that. Randy was ecstatic for his finish as well as the win for Kyle. Randy will now get ready for the next huge event of 2007, as him, as well as all the other Double A Marketing Pro riders will head off to Beijing, China in 2 weeks for the next round of the UCI Supercross series on the Olympic BMX track. Randy's sponsors include GT Bicycles, Kenda, SINZ Racing, ODI, Tangent, Sun Rims, Bombshell, Fly Racing, Powerbar, OGIO, SDG, SRAM, Cyto Sport, and BMXpros.com.

Joey Bradford is not a rider who makes up excuses and just does what he needs to when it comes to racing. Joey has been looking forward to racing the Junior Elite Class all season and was the clear favorite to take home the gold. He is also one who is always ready for anything and the Worlds was just a situation. A week before the event, Joey had a crash in training that jammed his hand and wrist and a day before the event, as it didn't get any better, Joey went to have it check out and found out that he had broken 2 bones, 1 in his hand and one in his wrist. Joey had a hard decision to make and decided to give it a go and try to see if he could race at the World Championship. Joey did very little practice up to the day of racing, but one the racing stated, you would have never known it, as he looked smooth on the track and was out front a lot in qualifying. Joey was in a lot of pain, but he tried to work through it. Joey was able to make it to the main event and when the gate dropped, Joey had the lead and had a good lap up to the last turn, where he bonked a jump and was unable to pull on the bars, and slowed down just enough to get passed. Joey was able to hold on and finish 2nd. Joey showed true tenacity racing with this injury and had an incredible day with the 2nd place finish. Joey's sponsors include GT Bicycles, Fly Racing, Oakley, Bombshell, THE Products, Sun Ringle, Kenda, SDG, FSA, Sponsorhouse, Powerbar, Cyto Sport, Circle E, SRAM, OGIO, Sirius Satellite Radio, JoeyBradford.com, and BMXpros.com