Nashville, TN is the home of stop 4 of the 2026 USA BMX Pro Series, where rounds 7 & 8 of the tour were to be held. Payton Ridenour and Ryan Tougas were both on hand to continue with their impressive race season. Unfortunately Izaac’s crash in Tulsa kept him from hitting the track this weekend. Barry was on site also sidelined this weekend, focusing on helping the team deal with the adverse conditions and also recovering from his crash in Tulsa.
Saturdays race day program was delayed due to spring storms in Nashville, but the USA BMX crew did their best to get the track in safe racing conditions for the Pros to still go al out on the famed Nashville drag strip first straightaway,
After a Friday full of rain and early morning showers, the track was drying out. But heading into the semi finals for the pros, the skies opened up once again, and teh track was back to getting soaked and the turns just never seemed to dry.
As the Elite women’s main lined up, it was dark and damp, a lethal combo for high speed racing. Payton had a good start and was in 2nd. But unfortunately, she was a victim of a wet turn two.. She was in 2dn place, behind Molly Simpson and unfortunately went down, ending her quest for a podium.
Ryan Tougas was having a stellar day on Saturday, having one of the fastest lap time of all the Pro riders. Heading into the Semi, just after the latest round of rain showers, he was ready to navigate a damp track and took the early lead, but heading into a wet turn two, he slid out and unfortunately his day ended.
With 2 bad crashes and continued wet conditions, both riders made the decision to skip on Sunday and get ready for the World Cup season.
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