anybody out there from the kc area? and ever race at blue springs bmx or pbma bermbusters.

I live in KC but don't really race..

PBMA Bermbusters ! Hell yeah ! I remember sometimes the trains would be so loud going by, you couldnt hear the gate cadence. What did PBMA stand for?

Parents Bicycle motocross [please review the site FAQs].-- I raced Berm Busters from their first event which was cooold!!!!!!
Remember that big [please review the site FAQs] hole in the ground they had? It was almost always closed cause it was a mud pit. Where are all the guys who used to race the KC area. BMX brigade, Blue Hills, Calvin and Lora's, Jameson Enterprises, Ttrack Ttwo, Harris Park? Anybody ever race the old Downs arena? Remember Eddie B. and the IBMA races out there?

Calvin and Lora's Gladstone Schwinn Cyclery
Closed May 1983

I'm around. Lora was in a car wreck she's gone.
Craig Wyckoff shot and robbed for $2. on Jacksonville Beach, died in Jacksonville, FL. 4 days later in Sep. 1992
The Pearson's, Ryan and Trent live 2 blocks away.
Scott Henion lives in Nashua.
Norman Jones MO #1, used to live in Independence.
See me 4253calvinw on ebay
cwbmx, cwbmx1 on other sights.
Ttrack Ttwo was at N. 96th ST and I-435, closed early '83. The owners started paintball in Kansas City on the same property.

Who's jackonahutch?

hell yeah, dont forget raytown bmx.

It was still listed with the ABA. Did it close??

Raytown no way. probably the best track around here right now.

2 tracks in KC right?
Or is there more?

Right now its just Raytown and Blue Springs. Raytown's having a race w/ some "special events" this Saturday for those that want to come, more details on the site.. Raytownbmx.org. I agree w/ splinter on Raytown being the best around right now, but then again i'm biased since I helped Vince out at the beginning of the season to get the track there this year and Vince has done an awsome job at keeping the track up to par this year. I always hear compliments from riders and parents alike. Can't wait to see whats up his sleeve for next season As for the older tracks..... I'm to young to have raced Bermbusters but my brother used to race there and i remember watching, he said they also used to hold events at the old Benjiman ranch off Hillcrest and 87th but i don't remember those.

TOO Young?? Whatchu' Talkin' About Willis??
Who is your brother??

I had two 3 year old riders on my team. They rode JMC and Kuwahara mini's 1982.
Thanks for the info for Saturday at Raytown.

QUOTE (jackonahutch @ Mar 29 2008, 08:10 PM)
Parents Bicycle motocross [please review the site FAQs].-- I raced Berm Busters from their first event which was cooold!!!!!!
Remember that big [please review the site FAQs] hole in the ground they had? It was almost always closed cause it was a mud pit. Where are all the guys who used to race the KC area. BMX brigade, Blue Hills, Calvin and Lora's, Jameson Enterprises, Ttrack Ttwo, Harris Park? Anybody ever race the old Downs arena? Remember Eddie B. and the IBMA races out there?

Eddie B./Ed Bondurant runs a Sign/Print Shop in Riverside.
That is where I met Doug Prather, Downs Arena 1979, fast Kansas rider.
Ed got pushed out by riders wanting to build there points with the ABA.
Then he produced this...........
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You need to post this up in the General section as most of the OS'ers in there will crap when they see it. Great triva & history right there. Thanks for sharing.

b.

I thought the whole thread should be moved out of mid school.

Can you move this MIKE C. ??

I raced BMX in the Kansas City area, would have been real late 70's and early 80's. My name is Kris White, don't know if any of you remember me or not. I recognize a lot of the names in that picture down the thread. I live in Las Vegas now and my son just started racing so I bought a cruiser and am going to start racing again myself. Should be fun, it has got me taking a trip down memory lane. Hit me up if you remember me.

Kris

What did IBMA stand for and what was it, another Parents group?

Downs Arena and 2 outdoor tracks, The races were ran by a guy named Ed Bondurant. He called his association the IBMA. (International Bicycle Motocross Association). It was local only not International.
More info here
http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index....wtopic=27039145

Your name is familiar.
I have left you a message here

http://www.vintagebmx.com/community/index....wtopic=27039145

C-ya'
Calvin

Jack, Jack, come back. Where's Allen? . . . What about the Loud Sounding Dream?

1979 to 1984 from Hutchinson, KS here. I used to race at Sprockets in Debry, Big M in McPherson, Rimbender in Hutch. I just bought a Patterson PR240 and plan to building it like my last bike in 84. A Patterson PR200s.

Anyone locally building bikes and trading parts?

Hi ericw. Welcome to the sight
you may want to join us here in vintage BMX section

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Im from Il, I raced the blue springs track in 94 and won gold cup as a 12I. I loved that track, I swept the whole weekend. The next year they had started having the gold cup in sedalia, cool, but not as cool as blue springs. - josh

Hi Josh,
Welcome !



Join us at Vintage BMX racing if you like

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I'm from Topeka. I have been racing in Blue Springs since the early 90's. I got out of racing in 2000 but now I have a 7 year old son who races so now were in KC every other week at least racing. Man, BMX sure has changed over the last 8-10 years!!

What's up Kris White. Jack Boyd here my boys started racing last year and we ended up at the grands. I bought a cruiser while we were there and I started racing again this season. Having a blast. Had an old school reunion with a bunch of the guys last month. How you been?

Hey Calvin,
I made to your shop a few times while heading to TTrack TTwo from Lawrence.

A reunion?

Any pictures?

Hard to believe it has been 28 years since I closed, 5/83.