The first BIG weekend of racing for 2012 has arrived...
Caden is geared up and ready to roll for Minnesota's first State Series race!
It was an all around WINNING weekend for Caden...
taking 1st Place on Saturday and Sunday!
SATURDAY: MINNESOTA STATE QUALIFIER
Saturday was an all day event kicking off with registration and timed/age practices starting at 10:00 a.m. at the "barn" with racing to follow. Over 350+ riders came out to race with 69 motos posted...numbers that exceeded last years racing!
Mark and I were involved with the behind the scenes action this year...Mark helped with staging and prepping the racers to get ready for their motos. He enjoyed the "organized chaos" and being able to chat with all the racers before they entered their gates. I and another Mom assisted each other with the 50/50 Raffle Sales for Rehbein's BMX Arena, a.k.a "the barn". We had a lot of fun talking with the the families and friends of all the racers from all over Minnesota, the Upper Midwest and even Canada! We sold over 5,000 tickets for a whopping grand total of $1,564.00. A lucky local BMX family won 50% (half of the sales), with the other 50% going to the track.
Caden had an outstanding day of racing on Saturday...he performed a "hat trick" and took 1st place in his first qualifying moto (taking an immediate transfer to the main race) and then finshed 1st again in the mains! He raced with a total of 12 riders from all over Minnesota and even a couple of riders from North Dakota. Midwest Militia (Caden's racing team) finished on top as well...taking home 1st place for team points. Congratulations, Midwest Militia and Caden...we are so proud :)
We are so grateful for the friends and family who came out to cheer on and support Caden this weekend...his fans make all the difference and really help him to "ride hard". Thanks again to Papa and Nana, Jo Jo and The Rosar's for sharing their time with us!
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SUNDAY: REDLINE CUP NATIONAL QUALIFIER Sunday's national race brought about an even earlier start for all of us with timed/age practices starting at 8:00 a.m. (not so great for us non-early morning folks-ha! ha!) Rider numbers and motos were a little less than Saturday, but still broke the record from last year!
Caden was super excited to participate in the parade lap with his team, Midwest Militia along with Sotoboy Racing. These teams placed 1st and 2nd in team points on Saturday, therefore, kicking off racing today and shining on the track as the top teams.
Caden again shone by taking 1st place in his first moto and mains! He is doing an outstanding job of racing and is really at the top of his game right now. Today's win is #12 for him...he is half way to reaching his 25 wins to turn "Expert" (highest level of BMX racing). Good job, buddy!
A big shout out again to Nana and Papa for joining us
for day 2 of racing...:)
What a FUN, GREAT and OUTSTANDING weekend of racing...
we are looking forward to Caden participating in even more State and National races this summer! Who would of ever imagined that BMX racing, a sport we had not even heard of until 2 years ago, would take us all over the state of Minnesota and throughout the Nation...
Thanks for the ride, Caden!
