Knox retro series results

The Knox BMX club has been a great supporter of retro racing in Victoria, so much so that it is known as the unofficial home of retro BMX racing. In fact in 2015 when retro was not added to the Victorian state titles, Knox Thunderdome was pushed as the unofficial retro state championships, keeping in mind though that this push was created and endorsed by the retro riders rather than the Knox BMX club itself.

Through to 2016 and the retro BMX racers were once again welcomed back with open arms, the highlight of the year being the special club meet they put on, when BMX legend Harry Leary visited Australia, I was lucky enough to be a part of the training session that Harry put on, which was both very informative and very enjoyable. The training session was then followed by a huge night of retro BMX racing, with a massive 35 entries in the retro class.

The Knox championship series is a 10 round race series held on Friday nights throughout the year, whilst there is also a bunch of fun club nights, these do not count toward the championship series, Knox members are awarded trophies at the end of the year Christmas clubby, as long as they met the qualifying criteria, they being, competed in at least 4 championship rounds of the series and have helped out the club through out the year, this unfortunately means that anyone outside of the club do not receive awards for their finishing positions within the series, thus I decided to sponsor the retro class for 2016 and get some awards made up. Thanks go out to Don Davidson who organised the awards and put in a few dollars himself, without Don’s efforts over the last few years it would be very doubtful that the retro class would exist today.

With the 2016 season of retro BMX racing done and dusted, we come to that important moment, that being the announcement of the Knox retro series winners. Please keep in mind to qualify for an award you were required to race in at least 4 championship rounds, thus fun clubbys do not count.

1st Danny Booby
2nd Neale
3rd John Mafrici
4th Scott Burgess
5th Layne Riches
6th Brendon Marshall
7th Luke Cristiano
8th Don Davidson
9th Lex McComb
10th Adam Moules
11th James Whitbourn
12th Ashley Grange
13th Stuart Marshall

A massive year of retro racing, saw a total of 33 riders, racing through out the year, with the above 13 qualifying for the awards, thanks to everyone involved, from my fellow retro racers, the Knox BMX club and most of all the volunteers that donate their time so that we can all enjoy BMX racing, I look forward to 2017, see you then.

 

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