I-75 and Mack Avenue are large, white Lexus Velodrome dome gets a new name.
The Detroit Focal Foundation Partnership with Detroit’s Lexus representatives ended eight years later and Lexus will no longer be represented on the outside of the building. The dome will occupy a new Moniker: Mad Track Arena (MTA).
“The Detroit Lexus dealers’ Association believed, supported and helped us revive our mission,” said DFF DFE Dale Hughes CEO, Monday, July 21, “Thousands of young Detroit young people have experienced the joy of life. the wellness center in the heart of Detroit. ”
There is 1/10 inside the knifeTh-Mile wooden oval with 50-degree banking turns-a shorter track than what motorcyclists use in the Olympics, but in similar corners.
The track is dedicated to Madison Racing-two-cyclists’ teams in the Madison Square Garden in New York. Madison is currently an Olympic event, and the new Mado Track Arena is considered one of the premiere training seats. The Mad Track Arena will continue to be held in 2025 and 2026. National Madison Championships in the next two years.
The Lexus Velodrome ended and operates after collapse this winter, with the help of 100 volunteers and supporters in Detroit on Wednesday, 2022. February 16th Detroit Parks and Recreation Athletics Unit offered a free bicycle clinic for children aged 12-17 to teach internal bikes.
Arena officially opened its track in 2018, with money from a private donor and sponsorship money, including Lexus help. The arena loses Lexus support money – a financial blow to a non -profit organization, but Hughes is convinced that they will find funding.
“Obviously, this is a great loss of income,” Hughes said. “But what Lexus helped us do is attract us from that baby’s position when we get up on our feet, we run and create champions. Many of our programs are successful and growing. That’s what we want to do. … We, of course, have overheads and look at that added value, and we will look at other partners who will arrive on the board at the moment. ”
The “Arena added costs” is greatly reduced by anonymous financial sponsor learning their mortgage, but Hughes still needs funding community initiatives. He is pleased that the Mad Track Arena brand in all their different companies. In addition to the hippodrome, there are also 1/8Th A mile hiking track and weights that can be used.
“We are starting to use the brand to actually determine the different aspects of what we do here,” Hughes said. Mad Track lifting people who are rising. Mad Track Walkers for all our older walkers. … Now we can really use our brand that is Mad Track Cycling, Mad Track Arena because of what we are about. We are about the Madison race. This is our main feature, but we are the center of the community and we offer many things to the community. ‘
The Mad Track Arena works seven days a week.
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This article initially appeared at Detroit Free Press: Detroit Cycling Track at Lexus Velodrome Brand as Mad Track Arena