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There was a slump in the BMX racing market as mentioned with the growth of Freestyle, the resurgence of skateboarding siphoning off young people and the insurance crises to drain resources further. Pretty desperate times for the organizers of BMX racing, and desperate times generate desperate acts, including actions straight out of Watergate. Bicycle racing of any type was more common in Europe, where capacity crowds fill venues and racers are front-page news.
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Ehnat was Keeling’s vice president at the USBA who had earlier replaced Merl Mennenga as President of the ABA. A few months later he was fired by the ABA’s new management and had bitter feelings towards it. The USBA, which was in worse financial shape than the ABA by that time, was growing desperate, which may have inspired an unethical and illegal act.
The intent was to turn BMX racing from an almost strictly participatory sport into one with great appeal to spectators. A professional didn’t have to be a professional at the start of the season. An amateur could theoretically race the required number of nationals as an amateur, turn pro before the Grand National, and have a shot at the No. 1 title.
In all his years involved in BMX he had never been attacked physically, but that was only the beginning of his humiliation. After ABA security had to physically remove the spectator from the facility, she filed a false police report that Mennenga assaulted her. The Pico Rivera police came down to the track and arrested Mennenga during the event. The true story eventually came up and the charges were dropped and Mennenga wes released. The two-year war between the ABA and the USBA was perhaps the ugliest rivalry that BMX has ever saw.[according to whom?