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The Sea Otter BMX race today went pretty well, expect for the powerful wind that was pretty much constantly blowing all day long, with stronger gusts of wind every once and a while giving the riders a difficult time in the gate and with the jumps. Most of the riders played it safe by manualling the jumps and rollers instead of jumping them. Even with the riders playing it safe the wind still caused a problem. With the weather being dry and the wind so intense the dust was everywhere, sometimes causing the race track to not be visible.

Crupi Parts, Inc is proud to announce the signing of US Olympic hopeful, Tyler Brown. Tyler has been shopping for a ride since the end of last season and Bill Ryan from Supercross had stepped up to support Tyler since early on this season. But now Tyler has found a home with Crupi and Crupi is lucky to have him! “This was a big and bold move for Crupi” said Crupi President, Greg Swingrover, “but one we could not afford to pass up”. Swingrover went on to say that “Tyler is not only an accomplished rider but a terrific fit for Crupi.” 

Newly crowned National BMX Champion, Melissa Mankowski, has given selectors a reason to keep her in mind when nominations are made for the Australian Olympic Team in June. Mankowski today proved she should not be written off as a chance of making the Beijing Olympics when the sport debuts in August. The 20 year old was desperate for the win on the final day of racing at the Adelaide Showgrounds after apprehension about riding the Supercross course last weekend saw her withdraw. 

Elite Men
1st KAMAKAZI
2nd Luke MADILL
3rd Jared GRAVES
4th Glenn CODEGA
5th Todd PASCOE
6th Alex CAMERON
7th Thomas HUBERT

USA youngster David Herman not only made his first final but won the UCI BMX World Cup Supercross in Adelaide. The 19 year old 'dark horse' of the strong American men’s team blitzed the field beating Latvian. Maris Strombergs. Third was Australian BMX Olympic hopeful, Kamakazi from Queensland. Fellow Australian finalists Luke Madill and Jared Graves finished sixth and eighth respectively. All top three riders were finalists for the first time 

Elite Men's Final
1 David Herman/USA
2 Maris Strombergs/LAT
3 Kamakazi/AUS
4 Michal Prokop/CZE
5 Raymon van der Beizen/NED
6 Luke Madill/AUS
7 Emilio Falla/ECU
8 Jared Graves/AUS 

National Champion, Tanya Bailey (Perth/Gold Coast) was the highest Australian qualifier today at the UCI BMX World Cup Supercross in Adelaide. The 27 year old Perth rider qualified fifth in the time trial with a time of 35.672 sec just one second off winner, Czech rider, Jana Horakova. Horakova rode an impressive time of 34.743s in her second run to win her first time trail in a World Cup Supercross. America's Arielle Martin gained second while world number one, Sarah Walker (NZL), qualified third fastest.

Canadian favourite, Samantha Cools, took out fourth place. Other Australian women to qualify in the top 16 places were Nicole Callisto (Perth) in ninth. Junior riders Lauren Reynolds (Bunbury) with Caroline Buchanan (Canberra) placed 10th and14th respectively. Just out of the cut off mark was Townsville’s Rachel Bracken in 17th position.

According to USA BMX Olympic coach, Mike King, the women's racing tomorrow is shaping up as an important Olympic qualifying race.

Rank - Bike Number - Name - NOC Code - Run1 - Run2 - Best Time - Time - Time Gap
1 10 ROBINSON Donny USA 30.941 30.595 30.595
2 151 STROMBERGS Maris LAT 31.041 30.670 30.670 +0.075
3 17 MADILL Luke AUS 31.296 30.674 30.674 +0.079
4 14 CALEYRON Quentin FRA 31.968 30.787 30.787 +0.192
5 12 PROKOP Michal CZE 30.886 30.794 30.794 +0.199
6 69 GODET Damien FRA 30.950 30.882 30.882 +0.287
7 365 DAY Mike USA 30.936 31.194 30.936 +0.341
8 4 CISAR Steven USA 32.230 30.958 30.958 +0.363
9 2 YOUNG Khalen AUS 30.980 35.774 30.980 +0.385
10 101 HARRIS Bubba USA 31.952 30.982 30.982 +0.387
11 11 ALLIER Thomas FRA 32.224 30.984 30.984 +0.389
12 90 MARINO Ramiro ARG 31.001 DNF 31.001 +0.406
13 129 FOX Kristopher USA 31.558 31.058 31.058 +0.463
14 53 GRAVES Jared AUS 31.062 31.160 31.062 +0.467
15 711 BRADFORD Joey USA 32.671 31.130 31.130 +0.535
16 717 JIMENEZ Andres COL 31.484 31.151 31.151 +0.556 

Australia’s Krystal Cranfield’s (AUS) fell in practice today and miss her chance of racing the UCI BMX World Cup Supercross in Adelaide over the weekend. The 21 year old landed heavily in the second straight breaking her collarbone perhaps ruining her chance of making an Olympic berth. With 43 riders entered, the Australian riders not only survived practice but impressed.

“All of the guys looked good and comfortable. Kamakazi and Jamie (Gray) said they felt good out there. Jared (Graves) was doing the first straights really well. Khalen (Young) pulled it together at the end,” said Australia's BMX Head Coach, Scott Sharples. Luke (Madill) had good sections on the track and looked smooth especially in the third strait.”

The girls impressed me today as well. Nicole Callisto dominated the practice today. She was the first girl to do the first straight and Lauren (Reynolds), the junior girl, was the second.” Even though Krystal is not on our squad, I was really keen to see her ride a Supercross event.”

Redline's robotic manualer DAKOTA SENGER has always dreamed of following in the footsteps of his Pro teammate Bubba Harris; but this is taking it a bit too far. While training for the Great Northwest Nationals in his homestate, Senger crashed hard during sprints and wound up busting up his ankle pretty hard. Wait -- make that VERY hard. Last year, 12 year old Dakota won the UCi World Champs in Victoria (on Cruiser), and ended the season with an ABA Nag No.1