Originally Posted by
brucewiley
I did my first BMX race at 56 yrs and loved it (cruiser class), kept it up for one season but there was just no competition at my age. At the starting gate I would look next to me at a 20 yo kid.
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KID! ? ! ? ! ?
Reminds me of my first flat track dirt night with the motorcycles. I'd been told online that the mini class was dominated by the kids on the hot little 85cc 2strokes but the real fun was with the old guys in the back of the pack. So I entered only to find I was the only guy over about 14....
The race was 4 laps and there was a jump in the middle of it that would get us airborne. My jumping sucked then and still does. On the last lap the 14 yr kid on the hot 2smoker hit the lip at the same time as me. In mid air I looked over in surprise at hearing the ZRINNNNNG of his engine beside me and was looking UP at the soles of his boots and the bottom of his engine cases while he was looking down at me.... I darn near crashed from instantly laughing so hard...
