JONI BISCEGLIA
BENEFIT PRACTICE DAY

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

RIVER VALLEY MOTOCROSS

ON AUGUST 20, 2011 JONI WAS SEVERLY INJURED WHILE PRACTICING ON HER DIRT BIKE.  SHE SUSTAINED A BROKEN BACK, BROKEN WRIST, BROKEN FEMUR, A SEVER HEAD INJURY AND WAS IN A COMA FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS.  AS OF THE ABOVE DATE SHE HAS MADE OUT STANDING PROGRESS AND HAS COME OUT OF THE COMA AND HAD SURGERY ON MOST OF HER INJURIES. 

MIC AND ADYLE PETERSON FROM SPEED GRAFFIX WERE THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND MOST OF THE EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE FOR THE DAY.  THERE WERE T SHIRTS, ARM BANDS AND RAFFLE TICKETS SOLD AT THE TRACK.  SEVERAL ITEMS WERE DONATED THAT WERE AUCTIONED OFF.  ALL OF THE PROCEEDS FOR THE DAY WERE DONATED TO THE BISCEGLIA FAMILY. 

RED BULL WAS ON HAND WITH THE RED BULL GIRLS HANDING OUT DRINKS TO ALL THE CUSTOMERS.  THE SOUND SYSTEM WAS ALSO PROVIDED ALONG WITH THE PA SYSTEM BY RED BULL.   THEY BROUGHT OUT THIS AWESOME INTERNATIONAL MTX RIG.

MATT BISCEGLIA AND HIS DAD DON WERE AT THE TRACK.   WIL HAHN ALSO SHOWED UP TO SUPPORT THE EVENT. 

OVER 200+ RIDERS SIGNED IN AND PRACTICED THRU OUT THE DAY.

WAS GOOD TO SEE BRAD FRACE OUT TO SUPPORT THE EVENT.  BRAD WAS ALSO SERIOUSLY INJURED WHILE RIDING AND HAS MADE A REMARKABLE RECOVERY. 

AT THE END OF THE DAY THE KIDS WERE ABLE TO THROW WATER BALLOONS AT SEVERAL OF THE RIDERS ON THE FINISH LINE. 

THE PITS WERE FULL OF RIDERS, SPECTATORS AND JUST FRIENDS ENJOYING THE DAY AND SUPPORTING THE EVENT FOR JONI.

AT THE END OF THE DAY EVERYONE THAT WAS STILL AROUND GATHERED TOGETHER AND SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THE FINISH LINE TO JONI.  IT WAS JONI'S BIRTHDAY TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 31ST.   BRYAN JACKSON GAVE SOME WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THE CROWD AND THE CLOSED IT WITH A PRAYER. 

DON HOLDING JONI'S BIRTHDAY CAKE.