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Here's my BMX story
I was born at San Dimas Hospital and lived in Glendora, CA. My neighbor Gus was the first perrson I knew that raced Bmx. He was a big Mexican dude and he raced a Powerlite three bar racer. I was eight years old when I popped off and called Gus's racer a beach cruiser. Gus was fifteen and the coolest dude, but he would get crazy pissed off if you called his Powerlite three bar racer a beach cruiser. My dad would take me to Covina Valley BMX, The Pipeline, Orange County and Azusa to watch Gus race. That was so awesome and I that's it I'm hooked. My other neighbor Mark gave me his GT Jr racer after he saw me trying to race a tank my dad got at Sears. I raced that beast for three months before Mark and his dad gave me that 82 GT jr. I never finished in the top six with the Sears tank, but first time out on the GT I scored a third place. What a difference longer cranks, lite weight, gearing and sealed bearings makes. After I out grew the GT I saved my money and bought my real first racer a SE Racing SE blue PK Ripper in 1984. I raced that bike off and on from 84 to 91 and then it was stolen in 1995 on the first time out riding it in three or four years. I'm still angry and hope the d-bag that took my PK gets ass and ball cancer. I bought that PK with my own money because my parents were to cheap. I was ten and worked hard to save that money and I loved that bike. 1995 after my beloved PK was kidnapped I put BMX on a pay no mind list... I got into street racing and built everthing from fast VW Bugs to Big Block Novas. I even had a 1980 Ford one ton duelly single cab truck and built a stroked 460 to do mid to high 13s at Pomona. Thanks to my wife and her support I'm back in BMX for good... I'm a long winded writer hope I didn't bore you to death with my story... See ya at Whittier June 2.