ViCtOria-bC 01 gReateR VictORia BMX todd Martin victoriabmx.com
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Ottawa-ON 01 Ottawa BMX Marty McSweeney 613-850-9626 ottawabmx@gmail.com ottawabmx.com Facebook Ottawa BMX Racing
Chatham-ON 01 wOlFe cReek BMX tom Maciejowski 519-350-1953 wolfecreekbmx@gmail.com wolfecreekbmx.com
POrt ElgiN-ON 01 Saugeen ShOReS BMX Brett Martin 519-797-3200 brett@martins.ca ssbmx.com
gaNaNOQuE-ON 01 gan BMX Reg Bertrand 613-324-2664 info@ganbmx.ca ganbmx.ca
thuNdEr bay-ON 01 thundeR Bay BMX Rick Foreman-807-939-4151 track 807-621-3614 tbaybmx@live.ca thunderbaybmx.com
CabO rOJO, Pr-Pr-01 caBO ROJO BMX tRack Miguel Rivera 787-598-3860 miguelfrivera@gmail.com facebook/caborojobmx
CEiba, Pr-Pr-01 aleXiS BuRgOS Velazquez BMX tRack luis Burgos 787-435-0238 787-247-0098 ceibabmxtrack@gmail.com
JuNCOs, Pr-Pr-01 JuncOS BMX tRack track 787-640-5595 Jose Baez 787-640-5595 ivelisse arroyo 787-640-5239 juncosbmxtrack@gmail.com facebook/bmxprrace.com
PUERTO RICO kiNgstON-ON 01 kingStOn BMX Mike hickey 613-329-5269
lONdON-ON 01 lOndOn weSt SPORtS centRe BMX norville webb 519-641-7368 londonwestsportscentre@ gmail.com
bayamON, Pr-Pr-01 BaRcelOneta BMX PaRk Miguel colon 787-463-9509 mcolon6@gmail.com John Purse- jackalbmx@aol.com
riNCON, Pr-Pr 01 RincOn BMX StaRt tRack track 787-967-7575 albert Perez 787-967-7575 Sally Rivera 787-209-8737 dirtymountainbikes@ yahoo.com
Anybody and everybody in BMX Racing, can help in the fight against Leukemia & Lymphoma. IN fact, you don’t even have to be a USA BMX / BMX Canada member. Tip: Give an USA BMX Race for Life donation envelope to a friend. Let them go out, gather donations and even race in your local Race for Life event! No membership is required for this special race. The fight gets another soldier, and a friend gets to do some BMX — and be eligible for great great prizes. Wins all around!
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miltON-ON 01 MiltOn BMX Racing Joe gallacher 905-630-7400 info@mbmxracing.com mbmxracing.com Facebook Milton BMX Racing
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NOTE: This track listing is as of the Summer of 2012 - and subject to change. New tracks open all the time, track operator information changes often, and unfortunately some track close down. Please check USABMX.com or BMXCanada.org for the most current and up-to-date Track Directory.
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Next tip: Start right away. Every donation to Race for Life matters, and the sooner you start the further ahead you are. You have friends, neighbors, relatives and businesses all around you, willing to help, and all you have to do is ask. Just ask them to make checks payable to “Race for Life” and put them in your envelope. (Don’t seal the envelope, the Track Operator has to verify your donations.) Once your entry (entries) have been verified, you’re in the running for great prizes from USA BMX/BMX Canada. Filling the envelope? Need more room? (Way to go!) No problem, get with your Track Operator, or with USA BMX/ BMX Canada to request more. We’re talking the fight against Leukemia & Lymphoma here, and everyone’s happy to help.
THE TODD KINGSBURY STORY Todd Kingsbury is why USA BMX is so dedicated to this great, important, cause of the Fight against Leukemia & Lymphoma. It was 1980, gas was just over $1 a gallon and
Ronald Reagan had just became President. In Michigan, an 11 year-old was leading in District Points. His name was Todd Kingsbury. Like many of us, Todd lived and breathed BMX. But something was wrong. In the course of the summer, Todd went from winning mains to struggling to make it out of motos. Late July came and so did the Michigan State Championships. Todd crashed and had to get his arm checked out. Everything showed fine, but his arm kept hurting into the next week. Todd got bumped at school and his arm swelled up—a LOT. His parents, concerned, took him in for a more detailed checkup. He wound up in the hospital, spending nine days getting all checked out. Sadly, the news wasn’t good.
Todd was in the race for his life.
ABA BMX learned of the situation and pitched in. It was 1981 when the first Race for Life was held— with all proceeds, going to the National Leukemia & Lymphoma Society to help with the fight. Raising over $223,000 that first year, it was declared a success and became a regular event. Todd, now 12 years old, raced at the now-historic Waterford Oaks BMX track; his home track. The disease had taken something out of him, but he kept riding and working - some say harder than anyone out there, telling one reporter in a legendary quote, “This might help other people from getting it.” Todd passed September 13, 1981. A BMX racer to the end, Todd was laid to rest in his Factory Powerlite uniform. In his 12 years Todd left a mark on BMX which continues to this day, as racers, families, friends, and tracks dedicate one day each season for the fight against the disease which claimed Todd all-too young, the fight against Leukemia & Lymphoma.
For a complete listing of Race for Life events go to USABMX.com
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