tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203604092009-07-08T00:05:55.163-06:00Diary of a BMX family, follow along as we travel & race! Gonzales Racing proudly rides for 505 Racing out of Albuquerque New MexicoBlog Masternoreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20360409.post-20424916406890708932009-05-27T14:10:00.003-06:002009-07-08T00:05:55.171-06:00

Photo By Gary Herron Rio Rancho ObserverGary Harron of the Rio Rancho Observer did a nice piece about how we train for events like the 09 Spring National. It was nice to see a story about BMX in the local paper! Thanks Gary!

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Let's do this!

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New Mexico state Qualifer #1 at Duke City BMX was awsome. Recently heard that the Aztec Riverside BMX is online and will be hosting the Redline Cup as well as the New Mexico State Qualifer#2! The Spring National is just around the corner at our home track at Duke City BMX and we are training now for that!Dad lost his cruiser off the back if the SUV a while back as some may know. So the

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Tori's new ride for the 09 season, the 2009 Redline Flight Expert XL, new wheels are on the way.

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Our home track!

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The gang had a great time at the Grands this year. The kids got a shot with a couple 2008 Olympic BMX Racers! on the left that is Donny Robinson & Mike Day on the right in the above photo. We recieved the 2009 505 Racing team jersey's while in Tulsa and they look great!Hey look below at what Dad brought home from racing at the Grands! Not bad for an "old guy"Dad's recap of his main event: "On day

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It has been confirmed that our friend & team mate Matt did not survive the aircraft mishap he was invloved in this week. Matt Raced 51-55 Mens Cruiser for 505 Racing. Matt was a very calm & confident person always willing to offer a word of encouragement and wisdom to riders & the team. Matt will be missed by all who's lives he had touched. Our prayers go out to his family & friends.Matt you

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Duke City BMX will host the 2008 NM State ABA BMX Championship this year.Riders that have participated in at least 2 of the qualifying state championship series races will be eligible to compete for a state title. Riders that have not participated in the previous qualifying races can still compete! (but will not earn a state title for finishing in the main event) It's State Title time!This event

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This past Sunday at Duke City BMX ther was a new record set for rider attendance! They saw 131 riders come out to the track today to race. This is a huge & wonderful thing to see. Duke City BMX usually only see's numbers like this for special races. It has been said that the combination of the recent BMX Olympics, Loaner Bike program, and the recent positive media coverage they have received has

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Photo by Chang W. Lee/The New York TimesAfter a delay and late programming the final for the first ever Olympic BMX event will be played on TV! NBC stated that the competition will air tonight.

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Kalvin Davis image in full 505 racing gear spotted on the side of the ABA van in Tucson AZ...cool

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2008 Olympic BMX Racing in Bejing China will occur on August 20th & 21st. Be sure to make your calendars!

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Gonzales Racing will be heading to Tucson Convention Center on August 8th to participate in the Southwest Nationals. Many of the 505 Racing Team will also be in attendance. This will be the first National that Victoria & Julian will be competing in while using clipless pedal set ups. Here we go!

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Time has finally come for Julian to rock the clips, the following video shows Julian slamin down a 1st with them.

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Julian at the gate in Durango Julian rocking in Aztec!This weekend Gonzales Racing will be in the 4 corners region participating in events in Aztec NM & Durango Colorado. More on the 4 corners region can be found here.

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Fathers day at Duke City BMX was great! The dad's had a chance to get some track time in and even participate in a a special Father's day relay. What a blast to see some of the normally non "racing dads" on a BMX bike hitting the track! Overall it was a great day to be a Dad. The following is footage of the relay race:

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The ABA BMX Spring Nationals at Duke City BMX was a blast! A little rain on Friday for the Pre-race, but by Saturday the un was back & Sunday was perfect weather. A great turn out and some hot racing! Julian made it to the Main Event on Saturday! (still sportin those flat pedals) Go Team!

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Victoria's new Redline Flight Cruiser is finally complete and she is already racing and practice on it in preparation for the Spring Nationals. Looks pretty sweet and so does her new helmet! Tori says the new Cruiser feels great on the track!

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Mothers Day was a great day the the track, the weather was nice & there was plenty of racing as the Mom's looked on!

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Duke City BMX our home track has a tradition, when a rider reaches Expert status they get dunked in the mud!Way to go Tori! The slideshow below covers the dunking of Victoria & other riders getting dunked!To see larger images of the dunking just clik on a photo.

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Duke City BMX track gets an overhaul in preparation for the up comming ABA BMX Spring Nationals in Albuquerque. ABA track designer and builder Billy Allen from Colorado Springs is in town this week rebuilding our local track. Billy just back in the US from a rebuild project at the Victoria BC BMX track in Canada tells us that the Albuquerque Duke City BMX track is the finest BMX facilty in the

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This weeekend Victoria secured her last win as a Novice and moves to Girls Expert to run with the big dogs!!!!!!!!!! Way to go Victoria!

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http://www.505racing.comToday at 4:20pm the new 505racing website relaunched. The new format will keep you posted on the teams activites and events. stop by & visit!

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The Sun was out & so were the Riders in Los Lunas for the 08 NM State Qualifier race #1.Julian brought home a 4th and Victoria brought home with a 3rd. Great Job Kids!Our Team, 505 Racing had a great attendance and did very well overall! Sweet! We are proud to be part of the 505 Racing Team!Oh, and Dad...well he banged up his knees on Sat. and played photographer on Sun...better luck next time

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This past weekend Badlands BMX hosted the Redline Cup Qualifier for New Mexico on Saturday in Los Lunas.The Track proved to hold up to it's name and reputation.Julian came home with a 4th overall for 11 Intermediate, Dad brought home a 3rd for 20" 36 & Older and Victoria brought home 1st!!!!!!!! Great JOB!

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