BMX racing career milestones Eric Carter

1 bmx racing career milestones

1.1 career factory , major bike shop sponsors

1.1.1 amateur
1.1.2 professional


1.2 career bicycle motocross titles

1.2.1 amateur
1.2.2 professional


1.3 notable bmx accolades
1.4 racing traits , habits
1.5 significant bmx injuries
1.6 bmx press magazine interviews , articles
1.7 bmx magazine covers

bmx racing career milestones



career factory , major bike shop sponsors

amateur

jmc (james melton cyclery) racing equipment: 1982
vdc (voris dixon company): 1983-late 1984
free agent (support , factory): late 1984–november 29, 1985
hutch hi-performance bmx/products: november 29, 1985–january 11, 1987. carter left hutch after aba cajun nationals , picked cw racing after aba supernationals after brief sponsorship on bicycle center.
bicycle center (bike shop): january 16, 1987–january 23, 1987. not sponsorship; merely wore jersey of local bike shop during aba s san bernardino, california race on january 17–18, 1987.
cw (custom works) cycles: january 23, 1987–december 31, 1987. cw never stood coast wheels, thought; coast wheels bike shop roger worsham owned. custom works different , independent company. in contrast jmc (jim melton cyclery), did start out bicycle shop , began manufacturing own bmx components, including entire bicycles.
revcore: january 1, 1988–april 1988. revcore owned roger worsham, same person owned cw racing. revcore different product line, aborted shadow racing (also owned roger worsham) in 1985. moved entire national cw racing team revcore @ beginning of 1988 racing season promotional move publicize revcore product line.
schwinn bicycle company: april 1988–december 1989. first race schwinn nbl peachtree national in peachtree, georgia on april 10, 1988. eric turn pro sponsor.

professional

schwinn bicycle company: april 1988–december 1989. schwinn drop bmx racing effort after 1989 season.
mrc (mike redmen concepts): january 1, 1990–june 1990
titan inc.: june 1990–late july 1990
brackens racing: late july 1990–late 1992. eric take yearlong hiatus bmx after 1990 aba grand national , raced infrequently forestall burnout during 1991 season. first returning race 1991 aba fall nationals in yorba linda, california on october 26 , 27. got first place in pro on saturday, , second place in pro on sunday. however, shortly afterward, took yearlong (approximately) break race motorcycles , other things outside of bmx racing, again racing bmx infrequently. unbroken absence bmx racing more 2 years.
hyper designs: september 1992–1995

career bicycle motocross titles

amateur

national bicycle association (nba)

none

national bicycle league (nbl)

1986 16 expert , 16 cruiser grandnational champion
1986 16 expert , 16 cruiser national no.1
1987 17 expert , 17 cruiser grandnational champion
1987 17 expert , 17 cruiser national no.1
1988 18-20 grandnational champion
1988 18 & on expert , 18-20 cruiser national no.1

american bicycle association (aba)

1985 15 expert winter season california district 22 (ca-22) district age group (dag) no.1
1985 15 expert race of champions champion
1985 15 cruiser grandnational champion
1986 16 expert , 16 open grandnational champion.
1986 national no.1 amateur
1986 16 expert gold cup champion.

united states bicycle motocross association (usba)

1986 16 expert race of champions (roc) champion.
1986 16 expert grandnational champion
1986 national no.1 amateur

international bicycle motocross federation (ibmxf)

1985 15 boys (expert) canada cup winner
1985 15 boys (expert) gold medal world champion
1986 16 expert , 16-17 cruiser gold medal world champion
1987 17 expert gold medal world champion
1988 18 & on expert silver medal world champion

professional

national bicycle association (nba)

none

national bicycle league (nbl)

1989 b pro grandnational champion
1993 national no.1 pro

american bicycle association (aba)

1989 (junior) pro grandnational champion
1989 (junior) pro national no.1. starting in 1989 season aba started recognizing highest ranking of junior pros. however, aba did not award junior pros no.1 plate.

united states bicycle motocross association (usba)

none

international bicycle motocross federation (ibmxf)

none

pro series championships

notable bmx accolades

named 1 of 8 top amateurs deemed top pros of future super bmx & freestyle magazine along billy griggs, mike king, doug davis, matt hadan brent romero, darwin griffin , brad birdwell.
named 1 of bmx action s terrible ten top amateurs , future professionals 3 consecutive times: 1986, 1987, 1988
named eighth out of 21 racers deemed bmx s hottest amateurs in 1988 bmx plus! poll of 7 team managers included don crupi of mcs, mike seevers of gt, yvonne shoup of free agent, dave custodero of mongoose, mike donell of revcore, bill nelson of robinson , racer/team manager of diamond harry leary.

racing traits , habits
significant bmx injuries

broke thumb in hoarse play involving jumping , down on bumper of rent car @ nbl memphis classic national in memphis, tennessee march 25, 1988
broke thumb in practice day before aba fall nationals in yorba linda, california on october 26, 1989

bmx press magazine interviews , articles

terrible ten blurb. bmx action may 1986 vol.11 no.5 pg.72
new superstar: our man eric super bmx/freestyle april 1987 vol.14 no.4 pg.33 extensive interview carter.
eric carter: 9 longe years top american bmxer june 1987 vol.9 no.5 extensive interview.
terrible ten mini bio. bmx action august 1987 vol.12 no.8 pg.38
e. carter: kid titles bmx action december 1987 vol.12 no.12 pg.32
terrible ten mini bio. bmx action october 1988 vol.13 no.10 pg.22
schwinn race team (aka: eric carter) super bmx/freestyle november 1988 vol.15 no.11 pg.28 mini interview schwinn s national factory racer.
side bar mini-interview in bmx plus! june 1990 vol.13 no.6 pg.68
directions: psyche go september 1990 vol.1 issue 11 pg.68 short blurb on how deal mental pressures of big race.
young guns!!! bmx plus! october 1990 vol.13 no.10 pg.64 joint interview fellow rookie pros steve veltman, tim hall, kenny may, , matt hadan.
return of rager! bmx plus! august 1993 vol.16 no.8 pg.31 mini interview of eric s return bmx racing full-time.

bmx magazine covers

bicycle motocross news:

none

minicycle/bmx action & super bmx:

may 1986 vol.13 no.5 in insert dino deluca.(sbmx&f)
april 1987 vol.14 no.4 in insert. main image: freestyler george holquin.(sbmx/f)
november 1988 vol.15 no.11 in separate inserts mike king & pete loncarevich; jeff donnell & charlie davidson; freestyler eddie fiola.

bicycle motocross action & go:

december 1987 vol.12 no.12 (bmxa)
july 1991 vol.2 iss.9 in insert. main image freestyler jess dyrenforth (go).

bmx plus!:

august 1989 vol.12 no.8 in main image foreground (schwinn) travis chipres (mongoose), matt hadan (obscured silver black/blue helmet), mike king (obscured black/silver helmet 1 ), billy griggs (redline), , gt s mike ellis. in top insert aforementioned.
september 1992 vol.15 no.9 in 2 inserts motorcycle motocross (mx) racer jeremy mcgrath
august 1993 vol.16 no.8 (25) brian foster (1) @ lower left hand side. in insert freestyler matt hoffman.
march 1994 vol.17 no.3 (25) third right on starting gate fellow pros (5) brian lopes (first right), mike king, steve veltman (on carter s right), pete loncarevich (partly obscured) & , unidentified. in top insert haro monocoque bmx racing bicycle.
august 1994 vol.17 no.8 in background gary ellis in foreground.

bicycles , dirt (aba publication):

none

bmx world: (1991-1992 version):

january 1991 vol.1 no.2

snap bmx magazine & transworld bmx:

bmx world: (2005–present version):

mountain bike action:

moto mag:

none

nba world & nbmxa world (the official nba/nbmxa membership publication):

none

bicycles today & bmx today (the official nbl membership publication under 2 names):

aba action, american bmxer, bmxer (the official aba membership publication under 3 names):

american bmxer october 1985 vol.7 no.8 , 2 unidentified racers.
american bmxer june 1987 vol.9 no.5

usba racer (the official usba membership publication):