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He made it to the finals and finished sixth of the UCI World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark after winning United States of America Cycling"s year-long series of races as the highest ranking American.
He made it to the finals and finished sixth of the UCI World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark after winning United States of America Cycling"s year-long series of races as the highest ranking American.
He earned the moniker "Butter" for his smooth riding style. Bennett"s first exposure to BMX came in 1988. In June 1988 he began to race at NBL local tracks.
His name appears for the first time in the August 1988 issue of American BMXer, in the points listing for Texas District 3 ending June 1988.
He was in 41st place with 367 points. His first race bike was a Huffy, stripped of paint to reveal a "chrome" finish.
His first race result was a last-place finish. In the 2008 Olympics, in Beijing, he was the first BMX rider selected for the United States of America team
He did not qualify for the medal round.
During his career, Bennett suffered several significant injuries. He broke a hand at the Summer X-Games Downhill BMX race in Woodward, Pennsylvania during his semi final on August 19, 2001, suffered multiple leg fractures in a motorcycle accident at 16, suffered a broken collarbone on May 31, 2003, suffered a second broken collarbone in 2004, and required reconstructive surgery on a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament in December 2006. Bennett"s professional career awards include the National Bicycle League"s 20004 Elite Men"s Grand National Championship.
From the American Bicycle Association, his rankings in the BMX Associate of Arts Pro standings climbed steadily from northern
9 in 2001 to the Grand National Championship in 2009. United States of America Cycling awarded him the 2008 Elite Men National Championship.
Kyle Bennett was the stepson of BMX pro racer John Purse. They both held the NBL National Number.
1 pro title, Bennett in 2002, 2004 and 2007.
Purse in 1995 and 1996. When Purse was an up-and-coming pro and Bennett was an amateur at the beginning of his career, they were on the same team In the early hours of October 14, 2012, Bennett"s 2006 Toyota Tundra pickup truck went off the road while traveling at high speed.
The truck smashed through a culvert pipe, a wrought-iron gate, and several other objects before coming to rest upside down.
Responding EMTs extracted Bennett from the vehicle, and later pronounced him dead at the scene. Officials said he was not wearing a seat belt.
In an autopsy report obtained by The Courier of Conroe, the Montgomery County medical examiner found that Bennett had a blood alcohol content of 0.145 percent by volume. The legal standard in Texas is 0.08 percent.
On May 10, 2008 he won an automatic spot on the first United States BMX Olympic team, a sport that made its debut in the 2008 Summer Olympics. Bennett"s first national win was in the 8 Intermediate class at the National Bicycle League (NBL) Lone Star Nationals in Dallas, Texas on July 3, 1988. He turned professional on December 28, 1997, at the NBL Christmas Classic, which he won. He was 18. In the Union Cycliste Internationale he was the Elite Men World Champion in 2002, 2003, and 2007. This makes them technically the only father-son combination to win racing titles in BMX, professional or amateur. Both also won UCI Elite Men World Championships: Purse in 1997 and Bennett in 2002, 2004 and 2007.
And becoming the first member of the BMX Olympic team
