Lane 8 BMX Podcast

Dale Holmes started racing in 1982. His first race was at the Nottingham Outlaws BMX Track. Locally and regionally he got into the top 3. 1985 he got his first national win at 13 years old. England is such a small country but Dale says there were a lot of tracks all over the place. His training program when he was young consisted of riding a lot at the track and racing. The system paid off because he won British Championships, National number 1's and nationals throughout the country. At 16 he turned pro in the superclass. In 1990 Dale came to America to race in Florida. It took several more trips and around 1996 to make a full commitment to live in the states. He chose California for is base. Dale credits Christoph Leveque and Dave Cullinan with showing him how to train. Dale career was long and fruitful. He won 2 world titles, European title plus a World Cup title. He retired from elite racing in 2006. He jumped into MTBing for a year but went back to race Vet Pro. Currently Dale has been running his "BMX Pro for a week summer camps," for 9 years now. He's even started a clothing company called "Divide."

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Henry Leners is an 11-year-old Minnesota ripper. He started at 2-years-old riding a strider bike. By the time he was three he was pedaling around the track. He turned expert at 5-years-old and progressed quickly with his skill. Henry has ridden for Synergy, Venom and currently he's on Ssquared Factory Team. His favorite track is STMA BMX. This soon to be 6th grade this fall not only races bikes but he plays tackle football. Henry says it can be tough to balance both sports. His next big race is the Tar Heel Nationals in North Carolina. I caught up with Henry right after the state race at Mankato BMX. I hope you enjoy the interview.

Greg Turnage started racing in 1973. He simply wanted to be like his motocross heroes. Greg's mom wasn't to happy about his choice in sports so he turned to the bike. He had a Schwinn cotton picker. Then he had to convince his dad to miss church on Sunday's. He was able to convince his dad and took 2nd in his very first race. Two years later a track opened up in Vallejo, California and his racing took off. He says back then local racing was king. He got his first of many pictures in BMXA magazine while racing the top guys in the 16 over open class. Greg says during that time in the 70's there was immense competition between Southern and Northern California riders. Surprisingly his racing career came to a halt because of bad grades. It would be just over two years before he would line up in a gate. Eventually he started TK racing. . .AKA Turnage Kreations. Greg's pro career lasted from 1980-1987. He came back to racing in the late 2000's because of friend Brian Simmons and Bay Area BMX. Since then he's enjoyed great success on and off the track. I hope you enjoy this interview because I surely did.

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When I think of Howard Cato I think of a leader, a man of his word, and a damn good bike racer. I first met Howard at a national a few years back. He approached me like he already knew me for years and he's been that way with me since that day. It's evident Cato loves his team and riders. Bay Area Bmxer's are always looking clean in their kits from a fresh new design every year. In 2021 B.A.B.S. won their first national bike shop championship after many years trying for the title. In 2022 Howard as moved his team to the top tier of the sport, he went factory. Recently I sat down with him to discuss Bay Areas championship run, his riders, and going factory. I hope y'all enjoy the interview.

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With this short episode Alan and I go through his Grands prep, his mindset going in and his racing through the R.O.C. to Grands. Plus you'll find out what's his plans are for the rest of the year and 2023.