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Carson City BMX Race for Life

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Repeats every day until Sun May 22 2016 .
May 22, 2016 - 9:00am

The Carson City area BMX community has launched its annual Race For Life campaign to help raise money in the fight to find a cure for blood-related cancers.

Racers and their families can pick up collection envelopes and begin collecting donations from friends, relatives, neighbors and businesses in the community. Helping others is one of the finest things anyone can ever do in life.

Donations raised will go to help fight and bring to an end a dreadful disease that affects thousands of people each year.

Secondly you can introduce BMX to your friends and neighbors that may not have thought they would ever be able to participate in competitive BMX. Funds gathered by USA BMX "Race for Life" events are donated to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

The USABMX "Race for Life" series began in 1981, when an avid 12 year old BMX racer from Michigan discovered he had Leukemia. Todd Kingsbury was his name and like many BMX racers, he had dreams of someday becoming a top pro in the sport. Unfortunately this dreaded disease would keep Todd from fulfilling his dream.

When Todd's friends and (at the time) American Bicycle Association (now USABMX) learned of his diagnosis, it was decided that an organized effort should be made to help in Todd's "Race for Life". The first ABA Race for Life events were formed that year with over 130 tracks participating and raising funds.

Ever since, the USABMX has held a series of Race for Life events nationwide to help in the fight to find a cure for blood-related cancers. Since then more than $5 million has been raised by the BMX racing community.

The riders are giving up their trophy to aid in research and treatment of Leukemia (they are given certificates of First-Second-Third-Fourth places, Main Event Qualifier and Participant). YOU DO NOT have to be a USABMX member to race in this event. One of two races you may participate without membership.

Contact Carson City BMX (CCBMX) for more info: (voice) 775-246-3660 or email: CCBMX@aol.com. Wednesday practices and Friday nite bikes/Sunday morning racing you may also call/text 775-220-7111. Website, www.carsoncitybmx.com or Facebook.

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Race for Life May 2016 by Carson Now

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