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•  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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Please make sure you are racing with a CURRENT USA BMX number (such as District, RL Cup, National, last three digits of your NEW serial number, etc.) Our new racing software contains each rider’s assigned/earned numbers which we have to select  during the computer registration process. Please remember that district rankings change at the end of every year – current district numbers for riders who raced last year are available on the USA BMX website. Thanks!

•  The Race for Life for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society will be held at the Whip on Saturday, June 15.  There will be plenty of rider prizes including a BMX bike donated by Balise Auto!  Check out our Race for Life page for the event flyer and more details on incentive awards and prizes!  Get a jump on your pledges by printing out your pledge collection sheet today!!  Last year Whip City BMX was 5th in the U.S. for pledges, raising over $5,800.  Help us top that this year!! 

•  We are pleased to share that 2013 state championship race will return to Western MA!  The Whip will be hosting the event on August 31.


•  Full season schedule is available! 

•  USA BMX has combined class and cruiser licenses as of April 1 (so you will need only one license to race in either class or cruiser, or both!!.)  This has affected license prices effective April 1.  FOR RENEWALS...If you currently hold both a class and cruiser license, you ONLY need to renew ONE of them.  Here are the details, directly from USA BMX:
As of April 1st, USA BMX will be eliminating the need for separate memberships for class and cruiser.  The new USA BMX membership will work for both bikes.  Prior to April 1st, it was necessary to purchase two memberships; $45 for a 20 inch membership and then $35 for a cruiser membership.  The new membership will allow all USA BMX members to participate in both class and cruiser with the purchase of one $60 annual membership.  As of April 1st, all current members will be able to race in both class and cruiser regardless of the current membership they hold; class and cruiser, cruiser only or class only.  If a rider has both a class and cruiser membership, their new combined membership will have an expiration from the greater of the two.  For example, if a rider has a class membership which expires May 1, 2013 and a cruiser membership which expires January 11, 2014, the riders new combined membership for both bikes will expire January 11, 2014.    Any rider expiring from April 1st forward will renew at the new member pricing of $60 and receive the same benefits of racing both class and cruiser. 

•  New rule changes for 2013 - probably the most noteable change is that USABMX will NO LONGER allow clips for any Novice rider.  For a full explanation of highlighted rule changes as well as a link to the entire rule book, check out the USABMX website. 
 

Save time at registration!  Download a page filled with four separate sign-up forms; complete the forms at home (either on your computer or by hand), cut them out, and have them ready to go when you get to registration!  Microsoft Word Template or PDF Template

If we cancel racing before 4pm (for Friday events) or before 8am (for Saturday events), we will post it here.  We will also try to post it on Facebook as well.  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.

SEE YOU on Friday, May 17, 2013!  

Please note:

  • **Alcoholic beverages are not allowed at any Whip City BMX event.**

  • Charcoal grills, open fires, camp fires, etc. are prohibited on fairgrounds property at Whip City BMX.
  • All dogs must be leashed and kept on the "Whip City side" of the fairgrounds (not beyond the main road leading to the registration area).

 

Whip City BMX is a USABMX sanctioned BMX track, located at the Westfield Fairgrounds in Westfield, Massachusetts.