Every color combination and pattern under the sky converged upon Antelope Island as riders of all ages compared the racing line to take practice starts and checked out the banking on the track, all the while preparing for a full week of racing and heats for the USA BMX National event in Davis County, Utah.
Tents of all sizes, by the dozens, popped up along the parking lots around the facility tucked in among the growing number of planned housing communities in the boomtown known as Syracuse. With an expected 1,000 registrations for the first national event hosted by Antelope BMX, the riders slowly pedaling around fans ranged from the youngest of single-digit ages to those with gray hair and aged stubble on their faces. The click and clack sound all around the parking lot was a combination of bike chains and shoes, each of them music to the ears of organizers.
“I know that we’ve put a lot of work in, but have we done everything we need to, this being our first national event?” said track operator Zach Randall. “But then we had some of the top pros in the country out on the track and them telling us after the track is awesome, it’s like, OK, we did it. We’re good to go and just we’re set for an awesome weekend.”
USA BMX is not a stranger to the Utah racing scene but this first event in Davis County was the culmination of a new track that had been developed and the
