“It’s like family out here, and I’ve seen a lot of people come and go.”īobby Smalley, who has driven and worked at the track since 1980, said they are examining alternate locations in Montgomery County to build a new track. I’ve been coming out here twice a week for 25 years,” Bennett said. While there are tracks in Pearland and off of Beltway 8 where he can race, Bennett said he would be sad to see the track go, calling it a “landmark of Texas.” Kyle Bennett, a participant in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, has been racing at Armadillo for 24 years, when he first started racing BMX bikes. Jackson attributed much of the growth to BMX racing becoming an Olympic sport in 2008. A growing sport, Jackson believes the track has experienced 15-20 new riders a week recently. He believes there have been as many as 10,000 riders since the track opened in the late 1970s.Īrmadillo Downs BMX holds races Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings with as many as 50-80 riders a night and 200 to 250 riders a week. One of the only BMX racing tracks in the state, Jackson said the 4-acre site moved from its original location just north of its current one at Interstate 45 and FM 1488 in the 1990s and features 3,500 yards of track.
He said it was unexpected and he had planned to sign a three-year lease. Jackson, of Montgomery, said the land, located in a floodplain, is leased and the owner notified him of the sale prior to the lease being up July 1.
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