NBMXA Nottingham National 1984

The NBMXA 1984 season opener at Nottingham was featured in BMX Bi-Weekly Volume 4, Issue 8. With registration, practice, and a full National featuring over 700 riders all set to be completed in just one day, the NBMXA crew was caught off guard. By the semis, they had run out of daylight and didn’t have floodlights. As a result, the race had to be postponed before the finals and was later completed as a double-header National later in the year.

UKBMX regular Chris Simmons (Diamond Back), who at the time was looking to redeem himself in Nottingham after crashing out at the ’83 Derby British Championships, had to wait another day after the lights went out.