BBMX Budds Creek preview...
The Budds Creek pit area is a swamp this weekend. Photo: Josh Marsh
With 3 rounds left in the AMA Outdoor Motocross series, the stage this weekend is Beautiful Budds Creek, MD. Well, almost beautiful. The weather has been anything but beautiful for the teams since arriving yesterday. The weather is very wet, and with Hurricane Bill coming up from the Atlantic has the weather very ugly. The pit areas are wet with puddles all over and from the looks of things, everyone is setting up for a mudder tomorrow. One thing is for sure, if it is a mud race, the BBMX boys will be running strong.
Shaun Skinner is set to race this weekend. Photo: Josh Marsh
This weekend marks the return of BBMX team rider Shaun Skinner to racing action. Shaun has suffered through the 2009 season after an altercation at San Francisco left him with head issues. He has come back a few times this year, but has been on the sidelines since the end of Supercross season to let his head issues heal up. "Skin-dog" is feeling ready to tackle the Budds Creek track and get some seat time in for the team.
Jason Thomas is ready to go for this weekend's race. After his good 18th place second moto last weekend, JT has shown to come on strong at the end of the motos. Watch for JT$ to use his wealth of experience to run up front this weekend.
Team newcommer Lucas Crespi will again take on the stacked 250 class here at Budds this weekend. Crespi rode his Josh Marsh tuned CRF250R, walked away with the Hard Charger award! Good job Lucas! Lucas has proven that he has the determination and drive to run up front and is looking to continue is good runs this weekend here in Budds Creek.
Be sure to catch the live broadcast of Budds Creek this Sat. on NBC at 3pm est, rain or shine. No matter what the weather will be like, the racing will be nothing short of spectacular. The Johnathan Beasly prepared track is one of the more scenic tracks on the tour with some dramatic elevation changes. You can still catch all the first moto action at www.allisports.com for the live stream.
The weather report for tomorrow at Budds Creek. It's going to get interesting...
-BBMX