Dozens of families with Santa Clara's BMX racing community gathered to protest outside Santa Clara City Hall Tuesday evening ahead of the city council meeting to bring attention to the fact that their track is currently closed. They want the city council to allow a new management structure to open it back up.
's BMX racing community gathered to protest outside Santa Clara City Hall Tuesday evening ahead of the city council meeting to bring attention to the fact that their track is currently closed. They want the city council to allow a new management structure to open it back up.say their young competitors are caught in the middle of a power struggle that's preventing them from racing, and place blame squarely on the PAL.
But in recent weeks, the track has been closed. The reason, Valencia and parents say, is money. They claim PAL wants USA BMX, the national sanctioning body, to pay more money for the track to hold races. It recently hosted the world qualifiers in late March. USA BMX agreed to pay nearly $20,000 to PAL for hosting the event, Valencia said.
In a statement sent to KTVU, USA BMX said that since PAL fired its volunteer operator, "the track is currently not sanctioned by USA BMC or insurance, and will only resume when an arrangement is in place." Valencia filed a petition on Mach 29th with Santa Clara City Council, requesting the council consider adding an agenda item to a future meeting to discuss taking control of the track away from PAL and give it directly to USA BMX or a nonprofit that can pay to keep it running.
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