although still a little soft... The outdoor track will be open for Tuesday night practice from6-9pm. Cost is $5/rider Add Comment Due to schedule conflicts - our annual residential summer camp dates have been changed. New dates are August 9-12. Summer Supecamp is a great opportunity to take part in training and camp fun as we spend four days with the Supercamp Crew (including our own Brandon Brown) learning and perfecting race winning skills. Camp is for all ages and all skill levels... and there is a day camper option as well. Camp price for "home track" riders (in other words... you call Steel Wheels your home track) is only $250 and includes all lodging, food, track transportation and training. Day Camper rate is $200 Typicial camp day includes interaction with top national riders who come as trainers to the camp, in depth training and practice, great home cooked meal and tons of fun with activities planned for the evenings. Non -riding Parents are allowed to stay with for a cost of $150.00 If interested - please check at the track or email us for more information Sunday, April 15th and 23rd are scheduled workdays at Imagination Glen Outdoor. Bring your family and rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, brooms, work gloves and help spruce up the grounds and prep the track. If all goes well (weather wise) we plan to open the track for practice on Friday May 4th and race for the first time outdoors on May 5th. Lots of fun times planned for this summer! So come on out and lets get ready for a great outdoor season... for more info call 219-406-9833 or hit up the facebook page for Steel Wheels BMX. In the mean time.... racing and practice still continues as always at the Indoor ... See ya there!!! USABMX has done some adjusting of districts in Illinois & Indiana recently to better balance the districts and to make sure that riders in and around Chicago were in the appropriate district. In addition, we needed to create a district in Indiana (IN02) due to the huge influx of tracks & riders. The maps below will outline those changes: 
March 24th and 25th is a double/double points weekend where Steel Wheels will be hosting the first Indiana State Race of the 2012 championship season. This is your opportunity to begin the quest for the Indiana State Championship - decided by riders who race 3 qualifier and the final throughout the 2012 State Championship season. Race fees for the SCR are $25 Class or Cruiser $5.00 for Opens and Class & Cruiser discounted prices of $45.00 (Sorry - no Daddy Cruiser rate for this weekend) Awards to ALL IN MAIN!!! On Sunday - we will be holding the Annual Bob Warnike Scholarship Race. Race fees for this race are $20.00 Class or Cruiser and $5.00 for open - proceeds from this race go to the scholarship program offered by USABMX. Its double points all the way and your chance to contribute to a scholarship program that is for BMX riders! Race registration for BOTH days are 11-1 CST. Presigns for the weekend will begin on Thursday, March 22 - you can avoid the lines by calling or email with rider info and credit card info. "Dexter" Pritchard - Master Wheel Builder and the best bicycle wrench guy around is giving a free bike maintenance clinic to any and all who want to learn the basics of keeping their bikes running smooth. Clinic is this Saturday, Feb. 25th at the indoor - 4pm. Two weeks until the double/triple race event at Steel Wheels! Saturday registration is 11-1 CST; Sunday registration is 9-11 CST. You can presign for racing at the track on Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th. Saturday's race is our annual Race for Life - fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America... it is also our OLD GUNS SHOOTOUT! A 35 + flat pedals only open for all you old guns out there! (this is the first race of a four race series!!!) No USABMX membership is required for the RFL /Old Guns race (but you must race class in order to race Old Guns) $20 class or cruiser...$5.00 for Open or Old Guns . Redline Cup Qualifier is Sunday...your chance to get a score on the board the Redline 1 ! There will be a bike raffle, 50/50, great concessions, team purse (Sunday only....) pro-am and great awards! Race fees for Sunday are $35 Class or Cruiser and $10 for open.. Trophies 1st - 8th place all classes. A whole lotta BMX is one jam packed weekend! Questions? Message or call us!!! See ya there!! District Points are now final! Please check your standings and change your number plate to reflect your NEW standing.... if your are racing at Steel Wheels... your new numbers need to be on your bike by January 31st. Please remember that district numbers are to be displayed with 3 inch black numbers on a WHITE background. Numbers and plates are available for purchase in the pro shop. Please be sure to let sign-ups know what number is on your plate each and every time you race in order to be scored correctly. Points can be found at http://ababmx.com/index.php?page=default/points&type=district Its our regular schedule this weekend at the track... Thursday racing with sign-ups from 5:30-60pm; Friday practice 6-10pm; and Saturday racing with sign-ups from 5-6:30pm. Also last weekend to sign up for the Winter Supercamp January 21 + 22! Sign-up at track or email us to secure your spot! RACE FOR LIFE envelopes are now available at the track for our February 4th Race For Life... start collecting for some cool prizes ... one of which being a year of FREE single points races for being the top track fundraiser! All donations over $500 are in the running for the Free Race package - rider with the greatest donations over $500 wins a year of single points races that can be used at either the indoor or outdoor track! OLD GUNS SHOOTOUT!! in conjunction with the Race for Life all you 35+ riders can take part in a "Glory" only 35 and older flat pedal race ! No USABMX membership required for this one! Fun times and bragging rights.. and it begins a series of OLD GUYS races to be held between Steel Wheels, Imagination Glen and Hire Park BMX More info - contact Dex at the track! Burlin Harris and crew arrive January 21st for our annual two day winter supercamp. Sign-ups for camp are ongoing at the track or email us! Cost is $100/rider Single day rates also available!
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