BMX rider Tyler Hill, of Dowagiac, performs a stunt during the Dialed Action show.

Photo by Erin Sanchez

Johnnie Martinez, of Birch Run, carves a fist out of a 661-pound pumpkin to show “Detroit Grit.”

Photo by Erin Sanchez

NOVI — Adrenaline junkies attending the Michigan State Fair were treated to something new this year — the air stunt antics of Dialed Action, a bicycle motocross and freestyle motocross team.

The BMX/FMX stunt team replaced the Shrine Circus, which had attracted guests to the fair for more than a decade, as the fair’s main attraction.

The performance featured two bicycle motocross performers and two freestyle motocross performers in high-flying stunts across several ramps. Each performance included audience participation, with two attendees sitting at the top of a

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