357:, on July 29, 1989. He finished out of the money since the prize purse was only rewarded from first to fifth positions. The next day he came in seventh place, again out of the money. Hard times seem to have struck after that. He spent several weeks competing in Senior pro but not making the mains. Seven Weeks, 15 races without transferring out to the qualifying motos. As a result, after making the mains in "All Pro" (which was what the NBL was calling its Senior Pro class at the time. Junior Pro was "Superclass") at the NBL Cape Cod Classic in
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365:, on July 21, 1990. He came in sixth. He transferred back to Senior pro in approximately July 1991, approximately one year after he reclassified back to junior pro. However, once again he had a hard time in the Senior Pro division and reclassified again, racing in Superclass division at the NBL Grandnational in
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and Brian Lopes, Alan Foster is credited with bringing back the full face helmet, with a rigid structure to protect the jaw and the lower front half of the head, into BMX in the summer of 1996 after it fell out of fashion in the mid-1980s. While not mandatory in either the ABA or the NBL, most BMX
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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
369:, on September 1, 1991. In all the time he had spent in Senior pro since July 29, 1989, and prior to the 1992 ABA Grandnationals the total number of Alan Foster making the mains was five. He turn back to the Senior Pro class to stay in 1992 at the ABA Gold Cup finals in October 1992 in
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UCI. Beginning with the 1997 World
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361:, on June 16, 1990, at which come in 5th, he reclassified back to Junior pro in July 1990 due to being uncompetitive in the Senior division. His first race as junior pro again was in "A" pro at the ABA Midwest Nationals in
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1274:December 11, 2003 Alan Foster Retirement Interview
880:"Get a Job: Alan Foster and the Team Manager Gig"
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983:Total BMX:
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961:Mike King
861:BMX Plus!
843:BMX Plus!
824:June 2010
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