SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) – Sarasota is now home to an Olympic quality BMX track, and officials say it could be a big boon to the Tampa Bay area. The city has had a BMX course for more than 40 years, but ...

Competitors in the 9-10 boys 20" class get in some practice runs Friday morning before the afternoon races start. Alice Bixler sat in her red electric scooter waiting just below the 26-foot ramp for a ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — A big milestone is ahead in the new year for BMX racing lovers in Sarasota County. Not only would Sarasota play host to the USA BMX's Sunshine State Nationals, but it would also ...

Olympic champions competing in Rio were training at Sarasota's BMX track last week. We decided to join them. Racing on a BMX track is about way more than pedaling. It's a full contact sport, with ...

The county is cautiously moving forward with improvements to its bicycle motocross track, which officials hope will put the community on the map for major competitions and Olympians looking for a ...

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Sarasota continues to be a magnet for the world's top athletes. First Cuba's Olympians in rowing spent July training at Benderson Park. This month is the world's elite BMX riders ...

SARASOTA BMX 45TH ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE, SWAP MEET, LIVE MUSIC, & RACE! We’re the oldest BMX track in the USA, it’s our 45th anniversary, and we’re going to party like it’s 1974! We’ve got an entire ...

Connor Fields remembers the exact moment his goal as a BMX racer became the gold medal. He was 15, watching the 2008 Summer Olympics from his bedroom when Latvia’s Maris Strombergs won gold in Beijing ...

Alice Bixler sat in her red electric scooter waiting just below the 26-foot ramp for a BMX biker to drop in during a practice round for the Sunshine State Nationals. The row of bikers lean their bikes ...