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. . . Go Back to Press Releases (06.18.01) Nyquist Takes Street and Dirt Titles, Mirra Soars to Vert Championship, and Stevenson wins BMX Racing in Vans Triple Crown Series Event; NBC Sports and Fox Sports Net to Provide Upcoming Coverage. Salt Lake City, UT (June 16, 2001) ? The best BMX riders from around the globe gathered this weekend to compete for an unprecedented $80,000 prize purse at Salt Lake City's Rad Canyon BMX Park for the Mountain Dew National Championships of BMX. As the first leg of the Vans Triple Crown of BMX Series this year, an expanded format meant fans had the opportunity to take in three days of BMX action including Street, Dirt and Vert Competitions.
The Mountain Dew National Championships of BMX opened Thursday and the recently turbulent Salt Lake City weather cooperated to provide a beautiful backdrop for some amazing performances in the Vert Competition. Dave Mirra took top honors and $7,500 as he wowed the crowd with a 99.5 score. Rounding out the top three were Dennis McCoy and John Parker. The riders took to the street, literally, on Friday as the Vans Triple Crown Series event continued under bright blue skies and snow-capped peaks for the Street Competition. Ryan Nyquist captured the Street title with a nearly flawless run edging out Thursday's Vert champ, Dave Mirra, for the $7,500 top prize. Aussie Colin MacKay took third. Vans Triple Crown of BMX action concluded on Saturday with competitors trying to tame a gnarly Dirt course designed by Tim "Fuzzy" Hall. Nyquist continued his winning ways as he edged out local Mike Aitken and Cory Nastazio who finished second and third, respectively. Fans who could not catch the action in person can see highlights from Salt Lake City as the event will also be broadcast on NBC Sports on August 4 at 3:00 p.m. EST as part of NBC's ongoing coverage of the Vans Triple Crown Series. Fox Sports Net will provide the cable complement. STREET Ryan Nyquist captured the Street title with a nearly flawless run edging out yesteday's Vert champ, Dave Mirra, for the $7,500 top prize. Aussie Colin MacKay took third. Check back for results from Saturday's Dirt competition as Cory Nastazio, Fuzzy Hall and the rest on hand look to close out the event with a win. VERT Fresh in from a contest at Hermosa Beach in California, Mirra stomped on the competition with a score of 99.00 on his first run. The Greenville, North Carolina resident went into the second run of the final leading BMX veteran Dennis McCoy (97.25) and Arizona's John Parker (96.50). Neither McCoy or Parker could better their scores on their second runs leaving Mirra as the Mountain Dew National Champion in Vert. In typical Mirra style, he went ahead with a second run for the benefit of the crowd?..and probably to get some more practice in. After stringing together trick-after-trick-after-trick, Mirra bettered his previous score by posting a staggering 99.50 on his second run. "Well I was about to walk off and stay healthy for street, then I thought this is for myself and the fans." Said Mirra about his second run. " I just learned opposite flares at home and I though Man this is the perfect contest. I want to do opposite flare and I did that, and an Indian Whip and I am really happy about that, so I was psyched to just get out and clean up a couple of things I have been working on." A very healthy Dave Mirra and others will compete in Street tomorrow at Rad Canyon BMX Park in Salt Lake City. Dirt takes place on Saturday. Check out photos from the event here! or check out the report at http://www.worldcupscoring.com/SaltLake/index.html Copyright 2001. All rights reserved. |
