Scot Breithaupt, who helped to turn BMX into an Olympic sport, has been found dead in a homeless camp. The grim discovery of the 57-year-old's body was made by police inside a tent in a vacant lot on the corner of 7th Street and Bellflower Boulevard in Long Beach, Indio, California, on Saturday. It is not known how long Breithaupt, who was among the first to organize bicycle races on dirt motorcycle courses in the early 1970s, had lain dead before he was discovered. A cause of death has yet to be established, but officers said there were no obvious signs of foul play.Scot Breithaupt found dead in tent at a vacant lot in Indio, CaliforniaPolice said the BMX rider had been dead for an unknown period of timeThere were no signs of foul play surrounding 57-year-old's deathHis brother Jeffrey Breithaupt said Scot had battled a crack cocaine addiction and lost his business SE Racing to drugsBreithaupt is credited with helping to turn BMX into an Olympic sport
Today a host of current _ stars paid tribute to the sport's former champion. 'Those were some of the first _ races ever,' Barrette said.