• Thank
you for racing with us in 2022! Track
points are now FINAL.
• Please
be advised that USA BMX will be implementing a price increase on annual
membership costs effective January 1, 2023. This is the first
such increase in ten years. The full press release from USA
BMX can be found here.
• The
track points page also details the
parameters of the track series that we have used for many years.
End-of-season awards are issued to the top percent of riders
in each proficiency who participated in a minimum number of races
during the season. Please support our 50/50 raffle each week
as it supports the year-end awards!
-Please
check out our full schedule flyer here.
REMINDER:
If you raced last year and earned a district number, please ensure that
you have changed your number plate. Per the USA BMX rulebook,
you
cannot use your default number (last 3 digits of membership) unless you
do not have an earned district number.
-Volunteers
are needed during all race events!! Please see us at the
track
during registration to volunteer. We cannot begin each race
without all positions filled. We may need assistance in some
or
all of the following areas: registration, staging (practice and
racing), announcing, scoring, trophy tickets, corner marshalls,
covering the track after the races, etc. No experience
necessary
- we can show you what to do!
...Did you know??
When each race is completed
the results are posted to our USA BMX microsite. Check out
your finishes here.
If you're new
to the sport and looking for
more information, our Getting
Started webpage is a great tool to review.
• If you use
Instagram, please follow us @whipcity_bmx.
We will
re-post our announcements there and will try to get some photos up
during the season, or you can tag us in your own photos!! (If
you
followed @whipcitybmx [no underscore] last year please unfollow!)
•
DID YOU KNOW?? Every household that has an active USA BMX
membership gets a free subscription to PULL magazine, the official
publication of USA BMX! Our track was featured in their October 2017 issue.
Check it out!!!
•
Make sure to bring your USA BMX membership card each week when you sign
up for racing!! As an added measure, take a picture of your
card
with your phone, save
a photocopy in
your glove box, get an extra copy
using your account on usabmx.com, or all of the above!
• Important reminder
about plate numbers: A
rider’s current earned or sanction issued
number must appear on that rider’s number plate during all
competition. Examples of earned numbers include district,
state, national age group, national, gold cup, race of champions, pro
numbers, etc. – these numbers change every year and represent each
rider’s hard work at earning their ranking. On the other
hand, your sanction issued number is generally the last three digits of
your serial number. (See pages 17-18 of the USA BMX
rulebook for additional details). If you are not
running your sanction issued number, you need to update your plate each
year with an earned number - running an outdated earned number is not
permissible. We will be enforcing this rule at all Whip City
events. If you need to update your plate, please do so before
your next event; plates and numbers are commonly available from our
local on site bike shop vendor on Friday evenings.
Another alternative is to attach a “pie plate” to your bike
with written numbers if you are not able to update your plate before
the next race. If you would like to check your current
district ranking, please
visit the USA BMX website.
• It is very important to bring the paper
receipt you received for your new or renewed license
until you receive your permanent card - the
combination of the 8 digit (all numeric) serial number AS WELL AS your
4 digit validation code is especially important when you travel to
other tracks to race. You will need to present this receipt
at any USA BMX track to register. TIP: Take a copy of your paper
receipt and put it with your race equipment, or in all of your vehicle
consoles, etc. Be creative to make sure that you are never without it!
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If
we cancel racing before 4pm (for Friday events) or before 8am (for
Saturday events), we will post it on Facebook as well as on this
webpage. This doesn't guarantee that we won't have to cancel
just before an event or during the event due to the weather, but we
will do our best to post any foreseen cancellations here.
That's
a wrap for 2022!
PLEASE
CHECK OUR
FACEBOOK PAGE FOR
ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
Please
note:
Whip
City BMX is a USA BMX sanctioned bicycle motocross track, located at
the Westfield Fairgrounds in Westfield, Massachusetts.
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