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MAY 2008 |
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KELOWNA
BMX RACING |
May 7th,
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The
weather was not looking good for
BMX racing
on Wednesday. Bill stuck around until the
skies opened up and got
these
great shots. Then fearing a huge financial
loss (or a bad hair day) he returned to the safety
of the indoors. Who was to know, 5 minutes
later everything would dry up and a fine evening of
fast and slippery racing would take place. |
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PHOTO: WILLIAM BURGHER |
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Ahh,
sometimes it pays to be late. Not often mind
you, but this time it did. William arrived
just after the first downpour and got these photos. |
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DUCATI
TEST RIDE FOR MORNING STAR |
May 6th,
2008 |
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Good
things came in three's this past Tuesday. Not
only did riders get to try out some amazing
motorcycles, but they got to have some good food and
support a very worthwhile cause. It was a
packed house at
Southwest Motorrad. The
Ducati crew was giving out test rides and the
riders were helping support
Morning Star Bible Camp. In total over a
dollars was raised.
Click
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PHOTO: BRAD SAMPSON |
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VERNON
AUTOCROSS |
May 4th,
2008 |
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Allan Ried and his 1968 MGB GT took top
position. |
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PHOTO: WILLIAM BURGHER (ORC STAFF) |
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Sunday
was very hot and it seemed to drag on and on and on.
I could blame it on lack of food, but I know it was
because I was not racing. I was not the one
trying to find the limits of the vehicle. I
was not the one slipping and sliding around the
cones. Basically, I was not the one having the
most fun. Don't get me wrong, I love taking
the photos. The weather was dry and warm.
A little cloud cover would have helped, but
otherwise it was a perfect Okanagan summer day.
I should have been happy ... Ok, enough
whining -
here
are the photos. For full race results, be sure to
check out the
forum. I believe the winner of
"most cones for the photographer" award went to Mr.
Zawisza. OkanaganRacing.com sponsors this
prize only when exceptional skill and driving
ability was used. |
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It
appears there was a slight glitch in the transition
to May this month. We posted the new month,
but the main page stayed at April. My theory
is that the website knew that we still had not
posted the photos from last months autocross in
Vernon. Well
here
they finally are. |
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PHOTO: WILLIAM BURGHER (ORC Staff) |
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The last
Wednesday of April, was race night at the
Kelowna BMX track.
Click
here for the photos. |
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PHOTO: WILLIAM BURGHER (ORC Staff) |
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PHOTO: WILLIAM
BURGHER / ORC |
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I
know I was away for the first race of the season.
Thankfully Bill was there to get some really great
shots. (See below).
I must say though - the whole
Kelowna BMX facility
is looking awesome. It has under gone a major
facelift and I believe there is a debt of thanks owed to many local people and businesses. We
will run an article on that later this month.
In the meantime, click here
for the photoshow. |
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Bill
Robertson was on hand to capture all the action from
the Kelowna BMX Club's first race of the season.
Click here
for the photoshow |
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PHOTO: BILL
ROBERTSON |
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