TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - A new way to cycle is now officially possible in Tucson, as a first-of-its-kind velodrome opened Wednesday night on the southeast side.

“This is like riding a roller coaster, like, you go up, you go down, you go up, you go down. It’s not like line riding in a straight ride, and there’s so much of a dynamic out there,” Master Track Elite Racer Karl Baumgart said.

The thrill of competitive racing changed Baumgart’s life.

“You feel like a kid again, like I’m in my 50s,” he said. “I still feel like a kid when I’m on the track.”

Now with the opening of Tucson Velodrome, he believes others’ lives will soon change, too.

“There are probably a lot of people out there, young athletes who are finding trouble in team sports or other sports, and they can come out here and

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