Kyle Bennett
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kyle Bennett |
| Date of birth | September 25, 1979 |
| Country |  United States |
| Height | 1.83m (6'0 Imperial) |
| Weight | 77.11kg (170lbs. Imperial) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Free Agent BMX |
| Discipline | Bicycle Motocross (BMX) |
| Role | Racer |
| Rider type | Off Road |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 1991 1992-? 1995-? 2000 2000 |
S&S Racing R&C Racing S&M Bicycles OPRP/Standard Bykes Nirve Sports |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2000-2003 2003-Present |
Nirve Sports Free Agent BMX |
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| June 10, 2008 | |
Kyle Bennett (born September 25, 1979 in Conroe, Texas U.S.) is an American professional "New/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer and Dirt Jumper whose prime competitive years are from 1999 to the present. He has the moniker "Butter" for his smooth riding style.[1]
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[edit] Racing career
Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.
Started Racing: In 1988 at age seven when his grandfather took him to the track.[2]
Sanctioning Body:
First race result:
First win (local):
First sponsor:
First national win:
Turned Professional: Late 2000 at 20 years old (as a racer).
First Professional race result:
First Professional win:
First Junior Pro* race result:
First Junior Pro win:
First Senior Pro** race result:
First Senior Pro win:
Retired: Still active.
Height & weight at height of his career: Ht:6'0" Wt:170lbs.
*In the NBL "B" Pro/Super Class/"A" Pro/Junior Elite Men depending on the era; in the ABA it is "A" Pro.
**In the NBL it is "AA" Pro/Elite Men; in the ABA it is "AA" Pro.
[edit] Career factory and major bike shop sponsors
Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.
[edit] Amateur
- S&S Racing (bicycle shop): 1991
- R&C Racing: 1992-
- S&M (Greg Scott & Chris Moeller[3]) Bicycles: December 1995-
- ORP/Standard Bykes: -Late November 2000.
- Nirve Sports: Late November 2000-December 2003 Bennett would turn pro with this sponsor.
[edit] Professional
- Nirve Sports: Late November 2000-December 2003
- Free Agent BMX: Mid December 2003[4]-Present
[edit] Career bicycle motocross titles
Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles.
[edit] Amateur
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
- None (defunct)
National Bicycle League (NBL)
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
- None (defunct)
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
- None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
- None
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
*See note in professional section.
[edit] Professional
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
- None (defunct)
National Bicycle League (NBL)
- 2004 Elite Men Grandnational Champion
- 2002, 2004 & 2007 National No.1 Pro
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)
- None (defunct)
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*
- None (defunct)
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*
- None (defunct. FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence).
Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*
- 2002, 2003 & 2007 20" Elite Men World Champion
- 2003 Intercontinental Pro Shootout Invitational Champion.[5]
*Note: Beginning in 1991 the IBMXF and FIAC, the amateur racing arm of the UCI, had been holding joint World Championship events as a transitional phase in merging which began in earnest in 1993. Beginning with the 1996 season the IBMXF and FIAC completed the merger and both ceased to exist as independent entities being integrated into the UCI. Beginning with the 1997 World Championships held in Brighton, England the UCI would officially hold and sanction BMX World Championships and with it inherited all precedents, records, streaks, etc. from both the IBMXF and FIAC.
USA Cycling:
- 2008 Elite Men National Champion
Independent Pro Series Championships and invitationals
[edit] BMX Product Lines
[edit] Notable accolades
[edit] Significant injuries
- Suffered a broken collarbone on the step down jump going into the first turn at the ABA Lancaster National in Lancaster, California on May 31, 2003. He was laid up for five weeks.[6]
- Suffered a knee injury in October 2006 and had knee reconstructive surgery on a torn ACL in December of 2006.[7] His first race back was the NBL Gator Nationals in Sarasota, Florida on March 31, 2007.[8]
[edit] Peccadilloes
[edit] Post BMX career
[edit] BMX magazine covers
Note: (defunct) denotes that the magazine was out of business before the career of the racer started.
Bicycle Motocross News:
- None (defunct)
Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:
- None
Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:
- None
BMX Plus!:
Total BMX
- None (defunct)
Bicycles and Dirt:
- None (defunct)
Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:
Twenty BMX:
Moto Mag:
- September/October 2002 Vol.1 No.2 in front of Warwick Stevenson.
BMX World:
- December 2005/January 2006 Vol.1 No.1 Premier issue.
NBA World & NBmxA World (The official NBA/NBmxA membership publication):
Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL membership publication under two names):
ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA membership publication under three names):
USBA Racer (The official USBA membership publication):
[edit] BMX and general press magazine interviews and articles
[edit] Miscellaneous and Trivia
- Kyle Bennett is the stepson of BMX pro racer John Purse.[9] This makes them technically the only father-son combination to win racing titles in BMX, professional or amateur. They both held the NBL National No. 1 pro title. Bennett won in 2002, 2004 and 2007; Purse won in 1995 and 1996. They also both won UCI Elite Men World Championships Purse in 1997 and Bennett in 2002, 2004 and 2007. When Purse was an up and coming pro and Bennet was an amateur at the beginning of his career, they were on the same team; S&S racing in 1991. It was a bicycle shop team.
[edit] End Notes
- ^ BMXpros.com bio
- ^ Kyle Bennett BMXstars.com profile.
- ^ BMX Plus! September 1989 Vol.12 No.9 pg.49
- ^ December 2003 Cycling News Article; at bottom in "BMX contract News".
- ^ BMXultra.com news page
- ^ June 3, 2003 bmxonline article.
- ^ WorldBoyer.com News section
- ^ Daleholmes.com News blog for April 3, 2007.
- ^ gork-graphics.com Kyle Bennett page. Note: This page states that Kyle Bennett raced A pro in 1998. This is incorrect. The author of the page may be confusing Kyle Bennett and Kyle Bennit, an AA pro at the time.
