Memorial dedicated at pump track
VERNON. Jason Rinker’s family donated a flagpole and a monument in his memory.
Vernon /
| 01 Dec 2023 | 03:35
Mayor Howard Burrell and Sally Rinker take part in a memorial dedication at the Vernon Pump Track on Nov. 25.
The Vernon Pump Track and Park Committee dedicated a memorial Nov. 25 at the new pump track park.
The mayor and Township Council previously approved the creation of a memorial area for Jason Rinker at the pump track.
The area has a flagpole donated by his family and a monument in his memory.
Rinker owned and operated Ridetopia, a local bike shop next to Mountain Creek for 15 years until his death in January 2021.
It was his dream to build a bicycle pump track for the township’s youth. He began racing BMX bicycles at 5 years old and wanted to provide similar opportunities for children in Vernon, said his mother, Sally.
Rinker holds the national record for downhill mountain biking in his age class, never losing a race.