Photos

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

Photos Day 2

Photos by Rolf Bostrom and Harry Britt
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A long downhill straight where practice speeds can approach 40 mph.	Vilma Rimsaite won the women's pro class both days of racing.	11 Expert Jonathan Horne(954) get some airtime.	Timothy Peters(815) get some heat from Zachary Krause(16R). Peters won all of his 10 Rookie motos and placed third in the main.
Brittany Della Noce was the lucky winner of Sunday's 'Profile Factory Rider for a Day' contest.	Riva Motorsport's Tanner Engel(4) beside RIP's Kendal Wong. Engel took the win in every moto and the 8 Expert main on Sunday.		The ever stylish Will Grant being himself.
Mercedes Complete/JD Byrider's Jeffrey O'Brien had the 16 Novice class under control, with straight wins.	BMX Madness racer Dino Della Noce had moto wins and a third in the 15 Rookie main.	Geoff Ssengoba	The 'Kipster' is back! MCS's Bryan Kipp won all of his 14 Expert motos an finished sixth in the main.
Aaron Cartwright(6) and Dan's Kale Youtzy(227) jump into the first corner together. Youtzy came out with the lead and the win in this 13 Expert moto.	Carmichael rider Brent Strange(6) ahead of Mike Litzell(413) as they leave the first corner. Strange had a good day in 14 Novice winning all of his motos. Litzell finished second in the main.		Preston Wood(256) helped his Riva Motorsports team, with a perfect on Sunday.
Track Star's Percy Owens(63) and J&R's Mike Kape$ exit the first corner with the rest of their pro moto close behind. Kape$ finished fifth in the main, Owens sixth.			Audobahn/Clayborn's Barry Nobles win in the Pro main gave him a big lead in the series points.
Harry Britt was having a good day before a crash at the finish line dropped him to eighth in the Pro main.	William Marceau(489) with Ethan Hazel(216) on the low side of the corner. Marceau beat the rest of the 8 Rookies all day, with Hazel right behind in second.	Andres Jimenez(717) and MCS's Jonathan Villa(1) jet the jump on this Pro moto. Villa went on to finish third in the main.	Vilma Rimsaite was never challenged in the pro women's class on Sunday.
MCS's Staci Woodrum and Roadkill's Ashley Edstrand air it out on the first straight.	16 Experts jump the first straight in unison.		Tom Izor was on hand to take lots and lots of photos. For the very best photos in BMX always visit Tom at the races.
A small mistake at the top of the jump....	....	... leads to a face plant a few seconds later.	Jacob Bower(141) leads this 14 Novice motos on the first straight. Bower would later win Sunday's main.
Andrew Hoover(18) and Outlaw's William Poole(157) in 14 Rookie. Billy Davis(040) Close behind.	11 Experts AJ Anglero(375) and Cameron White(042) do some jumping.	Not looking like a good day.	Gregory Schaaf(5) ahead of Justin Montalbano(N1) in 10 Experts.
	Tristan Hawes(713) avoids a certain wreck with Ryan Warnke(920)...	but seconds later loses it behind Ashley Heed(13).	Jada Webb won all of her 35-39 Women Cruiser races against Melinda Robinson.
West Coast Racing's Valerie Keyser had a perfect day racing RIP's Christina Bostrom in 17-24/25-29 Women Cruiser.	Jack Dana(134) tries to pass Force's Mason Nuzum in the air. Nuzum was just too fast, as he won all of his 5 & Under/5-6 Expert/6 Novice races Sunday.	Grayson Roberts ends up on top of Zachary Simson on the first straight.	Javon Enzor(823) and Tom Kindelspire(793) look about to crash. Amazingly, both stayed up, Kindelspire winning the moto and later a second in the 8 Rookie main.
That's gotta hurt.		Above the first straight was an excellent place to take photos.	Audiobahn's Matt Corry(21N) had it dialed in Sunday. Matt won all of his 11 Novice motos and the main.
Suzuki/Staats' 12 Rookie Drew Andersen took all of his motos on Sunday and a second place in the main.	Prime Time's Christian Schenker(216) keeps Austin Baumgartner(1N) behind him in 10 Expert.		Women's pro Donna Snow was recently crowned Miss Sarasota.
Doing the 'Electric Slide'.	Taylor Kruse(449) on her way to a win in the 8 Girls main.	Reese Goldstein(1R) beat the rest of his 7 Novice main to the finish line. Jaxton Martico(823) finished second, Bentley Garcia(N7) third.	Austin Stuart(901) and Justin Butcher(696) raced to a 1-2 finish in 7 Rookie.
Paige Bobzin had straight seconds in the 5-7 Girls class.	Dylan Slaughter has something to smile about. This Santa Fe Bikes racer is on his way to winning the 8 Rookie main.		'Petey' Peters bounces off J&R's 'Big Bad Benny' Wright and collects some friends on his way to the bottom of the first corner. Wright went on to his second 19-25 Expert main win of the weekend.
Jerry Faoro, this one's for your refrigerator. Bobby Owen(471) ahead of Alejandro Parra(693) and Stephen Thomas(94). Parra won the 17-18 Expert main.		William Shafer alone in front of the 15 Rookie main.	Sarasota Storm racer Kathleen Jenkins won the 14 Girls main.
Aftershock's Tyler McCall(240) heads to the finish line ahead of Jester's Corey Briggs(1B) McCall got the 13 Rookie main win, Briggs took third.	Prime Time out front. Chris Sanchez picked up the win in the 12 Rookie main.	MCS's Cory Watts(13) with yet another win in the 16-29 Open. J&R's Nick Lucas ended up second.	IC's Cameron Dyll was perfect in 15-16 Cruiser Sunday. Jordan Cusito finished with a second in the main.
Tucker Rice had perfect weekend, winning everything in 10 Expert and 9-10 Cruiser.