MCS Bicycles press release
The 2013 USA BMX National Season is in the books. The MCS BICYCLES factory Team made the trip out to Tulsa, Oklahoma over the Thanksgiving weekend. A lot of people were guessing at the moto count as usual. When the word spread that there was over 700 motos, we all knew it was gonna be a good one! It was pretty cold in the beginning of the week, with a high of 29 on Wednesday. As the week went on though the temps, along with the racing got hotter! Read on to get the scoop on how the boys did…

In A Pro, we had Chase Hines and Justin Riddell. Chase did not have the weekend he was looking for, I went to the store and tried to find him a gate start, but alas they were all sold out, undoubtedly because of the Grands. Justin being new to the program had some eyes on him from the start. He came up short for the ROC, but came back for the Saturday night show. These guys race three mains, which makes things really exciting going into the third main. Justin was tied on points going into this final lap. When the dust settled, he took home a second, for a second overall on the day. It was a great debut for his new ride!

Tucker Rice also had a good weekend. Tucker races in the highly talked about 16 Expert class. Although he looked solid all week long, Tucker went out in the semi. Frustrated, he took it out on his cruiser class. With a solid lap, after a “Good” gate, he took home the NAG one plate! An excellent end to the long season.

Sometimes things don’t go as planned, Petey Peters knows this all too well. Petey can ride his bike, there is no doubt in that. However, not having a local track to ride is showing the results of a training schedule with no track time. Every class on the National Level is competitive and Petey will be back in 2014 with a new outlook and a new mission. Don’t count him out!

Raul Gomez has been focused on one thing, to regain his National Title. The focus and desire needed to compete in 41 and Over Expert is insane. All of these guys are hungry and want that plate. What I like best about this class is that these guys, as competetive as they are supportive and friendly with each other. That is pretty cool to me. When the last main of the 2013 Grands was in the books, it was Raul who took the win and the title back home with him to South Florida. Mission accomplished and we couldn’t be more proud of him and his effort. Great job Gomer!

Some people (like 2, maybe 3…) were asking were Tyler Wagner was… Well, he had to miss the Grands because of his commitment to High school football. Tyler’s team played for the Division one State Championship on the Saturday of the race. The good news is that they won. The better news is, Tyler will be back on the BMX grind in 2014!

This was a great year! A lot of exciting and new things happened to the MCS BICYCLES program. Hopefully we can keep this momentum up into 2014. I’m betting that we can! Of course none of this would be possible without our awesome cosponsors:

ACS BMX (www.acsbmx.com), Profile Racing (www.profileracing.com), FLY Racing (www.flyracing.com), Answer BMX (www.answerbmx.com ), POWERBAR (www.powerbar.com ), DNA Energy Drink (www.dnaenergydrink.com ), ODI Grips (www.odigrips.com), SUN Rims (www.sun-ringle.com), 100% Eyewear (www.ride100%.com  ), VANS (www.vans.com) Vee Tires (www.veerubberusa.com) and Crit Plate (www.critbmx.com)