Photos

Qualifiers 5 & 6
Highlands BMX
Avon Park, Florida
February 16-17, 2008

Photos Day 1

Photos by Rolf Bostrom
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Chad Crosby won Profile's 'Factory Racer for a Day' contest on Saturday.	Local racer, Cale Gilliam(174) leads Anthony Chambers(905) and Richard Vent(053) in an 11 Rookie moto.	Force's Denis Andrade(229) almost clears the jump. Andres Suarez follows close behind.	Outlaw rider Jose Hernandez ahead of this 6 Rookie moto as Jonathan Messing tries to get control of his bike.
Nathan Garrett won all of his motos and placed second in his 5 & Under Rookie main on Saturday.	Watering the track.		Two year old Zane Garcia was riding a new bike this weekend.
Watching from the fence.	A quick look back to check the competition.	Alice Bixler was recently inducted into the NBL BMX Hall of Fame. It's an achievement few people have accomplished.	13 Novice Chad Crosby made the most of his time as a Profile rider, winning all of his motos and main.
Pro Racer Ryan Magin riding for Elite Fitness Systems.	Force's Chelsea Adams(5) and Riva's Sidney Suarez(182) dueled throughout the day. In the 13 Girls main it was Adams winning ahead of Suarez.	Madison Pitts was back on the track after an injury sidelined her for the Summer Series.	ONE's Maliek Byndloss was in control of the 12 Expert class, but J&R's Santiago Marin was never far behind.
		Mikaela Hildreth(681) finished second in the 12 Girls main.
Joe Bracero(771) and James Murphy(2) get a bit of air on the first straight.	Pro men on the first straight...	..Will Greathouse(476) gets to the corner ahead of MCS's Jonathan Villa.
Rich Montalvo captures the action. Each race Rich posts videos of every main at FloridaBMX.com.	'Wild Bill' Young had straight wins on Saturday in the 26-34 Expert class.		Danny Roberts had a good day, winning his 26-34 Expert motos and placing second in the main.
J&R's Juan Marin on his way to a 15 Expert moto win. He would later win his main as well.	Dylan Borchert(169) looks to pass Will Grant the hard way.	Profile's VIP tower.	Riva's Ashley Lynch was never pressured in the 15 Girls class and easily won her motos and main.
14 Experts couldn't agree how to take the jump, but Geoff Banser(5) always ended up the winner on Saturday.		Watering the track, again.	Throwing out beads to the crowd.
Chelsea Ledbetter put on a little face paint, then went out and won in the 9 Girls class.			Profile's Caleb Minthorn(332) and Santiago Marin in a 11-12 Cruiser moto.
Barry Nobles(34) wearing his new Audiobahn/Clayborn jersey.	Pro's Villa, Owens, and Kapes enter the third straight.	Michelle Peters(82) ahead of Laura Pringle(401) in 17 & Over Women.	Jessica Cartwright proved the class of the field in 16 Girls with straight wins on Saturday.
Brady Lewellyn gets a bit out of shape, but hangs on to win all of his 41 & Over Expert motos and finish third in the main.		Bob Alexander about to drop the gate on another moto.	A crash in the Pro semi kept J&R's Mike Kapes from challenging for a main win.
	Coming out of the second corner.		Sarah Gross(774) heads for the third straight in front of Taylor Nuzum.
Dan's Rachelle Youtzy won the 11 Girls main.	Looks like the track needs more water.		Sam Curtis(9) and William Peters(#48) in the 16-29 Open. Peters took third in the main, Curtis fifth.
Second half of the 16-29 Open. IC's Trevor Davis(4), Nick Lucas(2) and MJ Peters. Peters took second in the main.	West Coast Racing's Jesse Zimmerman gets out of the second corner with the lead over Hobie Hoke and the rest of the 10 experts. Zimmerman took second in the main, Hoke right behind him in third.	A pack of 10 Novice riders head for the third straight.	Allison Wolfe on her way to a 10 Girls moto win.
	MCS's Jonathan Villa ended the day with a third in the Pro main.		KB's Nicholas Mach cleaned up on the 8 Novice class, winning all of Saturday's races.
		Kory Fain raced to a third place finish in the 17-18 Expert main.	MCS's veteran pro, Raul Gomez.
CJ McGuire got out of the fist corner with a good lead over Barry Nobles...	...but Nobles battled back down the last straight. McGuire finished just enough ahead to claim the Pro Open main win.		Vilma Rimsaite, new to the Florida Pro women's group, easily won Saturday's main.
	WFO's Devon Barendse(683) outdistances his nearest rival, Aaron Smeenk(535) in the 17-18 Novice main.	J&R's Nick Lucas(2) and Loren Cookerly(182) battle for the lead in the 16 Expert main. Lucas went home with the win, Cookerly was second.	More side-by-side racing. This time it was 30-34 Women Cruisers Laura Pringle and Vicki Chin-Loy on the second straight. The victory went to Chin-Loy
MJ Peters and Cory Watts about to launch over the second straight double.	Tucker Rice makes it look easy. Both jumping and winning in the 10 Expert class.	WCR's Evan Orstad didn't have a great day in the motos, but made up for it with a 10 Novice win in the main.	Mack's Brian Manning(1M) and Zachary Krause(16) get together in the 10 Rookie main. Manning salvaged a second place finish, Krause dropped to eighth.
Riva's Stephanie Lajoie made the most of her Saturday by winning everything in the 10 Girls class.		Cole Acord came from Georgia to attend the event. The World #5 rider cleaned up with straight 9 Expert wins.	9 Novice Jared Bower scored all firsts on Saturday.
	Close racing 8 Novice style. Nicholas Mach(022) out front, got to the finish line first.	8 Rookie Zachary Hare(798) puts the pass on Ethan Hazel(216) down the second straight. Hare grabbed the win, Hazel finished third.	When Cesar Bright is at the race it's always a good day. Bright finished fourth in the 45-49 Cruiser main.
Gary Slater jumps the second straight as Profile's John Pringle keeps it on the ground. A little air time kept Slater out front long enough to pick up the 40-44 Cruiser main win.	Force's Matt Moberly(3) kept Mike Powers(1) and Ezell Johnson(2) behind him, and won the 30-34 Cruiser main.	Paul Parks(87) and Stephen Thomas(17) split the moto wins, but Parks took the 17-24 Cruiser main win.	One of the best races of the day was between RIP teammates. Justin Riddell(933), Kody Wong(3) and 'Captain Matt' Morgan (492) finished 1-2-3 in 13-14 Cruisers.