Updated = June 28, 2009

  State Qualifier #4 at ALBANY, GA on July 18th.

Qualify for the GA State Championship. 

Georgia State BMX round #3 will be held on July 18th, 2009 at Albany track. Remember to qualify for the State Championship you need to have 8 local races to your credit by AUGUST 30th, 2009 and you must have 3 out of 4 State Qualifiers. Good Luck and good racing.

Attention Team Managers: Lee County Bank have donated $500 towards the teams payouts for the Albany SQ! 

Also: Friday night, Albany track will hold a local race registration/practice 5-6:30pm, Racing at 7pm. Chehaw Park BMX website                       GA state series schedule  Pre-registration form

Days Events for State Qualifier # 4 Chehaw Park, Albany, GA

 9am – 11am     Evolution Bikes Clinic.
11am – 1pm      Practice/Registration.
1.30pm          State meeting.  (Agenda)
2.00pm          Racing
15 minutes after SQ race, Bob Warnicke race will start ($15 quadruple points)

Thank you.
Shayne, Stacy, Nicolle and Mike.

  Opening day at EAST MACON track: Sunday 21st June 2009

Yes, we will be racing on the Macon track this Sunday! Double points, $15

1:00pm – 2:30pm   Practice/Registration.
3:00pm                Racing                       Photos and report coming soon!!

  Report back on SQ # 3 at Peachtree City on June 20:

It was a superlative day in so many ways!!! Super hot weather, super smooth track, super volunteers and super fast riders of all ages. Thank you to everyone for making this so successful. Big thanx to the Peachtree City BMX crew who worked so hard behind the scenes and on the day to produce a smoothly operated State Qualifier. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our riders who travelled from Tennessee, South Carolina, Florida and Alabama. Welcome to the Georgia State Series, we are so glad you are with us.
 
    Lets start with cruiser action. The men are super competitive in this class. Victor Palmeri held onto his perfect with Michael and Chris chasing him down. Rob Potter shows us that being a dad has only slowed him down a little bit, still perfected the day. He needs to watch out Van, Scott , Thomas and Jimmie are not far behind! Bert Perry had definite home track advantage for his wins. We lost Marc Thomas on the 4th straight racing Anthony but am sure he will be rolling the gate at the Albany Qualifier. David and Mike did not let the heat slow them down with David taking home the gold for the 50+ cruiser class. Ladies cruiser saw lots of fun with Lauren and Shayne jousting for position on the corners, Shayne sneeking under Lauren for the win. Those lessons with her son Ty are paying off!! The heat did take its toll by the end of the day, but hats off to everyone because no-one rolled the gate in these classes.

Our girls classes have taken on a pattern of repeats. Ashley Jarvis, Reese Camarata, Kalee Reynolds, Cheyenne Grant, Kaylee Miller and Heather Wallace have dominated their age groups all year. Look forward to seeing them dominate the Presidents Cup at the end of the year.

Expert classes while still on the small side are bundled with surprises and superb bike handling skills. Our 16 Expert is still the class to watch. Nathan Grant pulled it out first to the finish line in the main to break Brandon Murphy’s winning streak, with Michael Porter using home track advantage and coming in a tight 3rd place. Raymond Yoda had some bad luck this day and spent more time on the ground than on his bike he was trying so hard.. Alex Palmer kept his cool for the overall win.

Novice class is consistently seeing main events in 11 year olds, and 26 through 40 novice class. Jordan Camarata pulled out a superb win in the main followed closely by Nick Connelly and Logan Bradford. Our combined older boys novice classis always exciting. Al Farmer is going for the gold in the State Championship and maintained a perfect for his day of racing, but keeping him honest is Thomas Gonzales. I believe few points will be separating them at the State Championship. Thomas Tedesco and Christian Perry dominated their classes of 12 and 13 novice. Chris Wells out pedaled his competition for the day and I believe Christopher Moore is well on is way to becoming an expert before this series is over. The expert novice combo class for the 35-41 and over is always fiercely competitive. Some of these gentlemen were racing 2 classes!!!! Sonny Hines just got beat on the finish line by Jim Bolt an expert from Acworth Ga. Al Ferri chased them both down hard for the 3rd. There were some very tired and hot dads!!!!

The pocket rockets were the energizer bunnies of the day. The 103 degree heat did not slow them down one bit. Chaz Crawford is still dominating but Evan Williams and Rickie Jennings are his toughest competition in this 6 year old age group. We had 11 riders in this class, and I always wish we had 11 gates in the mains!! Stephen Mills in our 7 Rookie was a man on a mission, took care of business with his dad cheering him on. Denver Beamon was a constant first in the 8 rookie class followed closely by Jack Woolbright who only started racing this year.

Team racing. THANK YOU team managers for all that you do for the State of Georgia. We had a record 11 teams entered for the days racing. Bicycles Unlimited scored some wonderful bonus points with their novice riders to take home the win for the event. Team Savage, Team Chehaw, and River City all fought for the remaining top 3 spots and it came down to tie breakers.

It turned out to be a beautiful sunny day for racing after all the rain Georgia has experienced. There was even a little breeze at the top of the starting hill. Thank you to all the Sandy Ridge crew for getting the track into tip top shape and for all their volunteering throughout the day.

Team racing is still the talk of the day with Bicycles Unlimited taking home the win followed closely by Team Savage and Kovachi Wheels and Juluka filling in the top 4 spots. Thank you to all the team managers who put in a lot of hard work for the day. We had 9 teams competing for the days events. It will be the best 3 out of 4 finishes and with riders moving up in proficiency as the year progresses it could be anyones’ title in October. Top 6 teams received payout.

Expert racing was very exciting all around. Brandon Murphy continues to dominate the 16 expert class with Nathan Grant getting his groove back after breaking his leg in March. Alex Palmer is making the most of his 15 expert racing, taking home the gold before he turns 16 by October! Ryan. Ty and Tevin, have been racing eachother for years and Ryan took home the honors this time. Welcome back to Cole Accord and congratulations to Owen Witcher for his perfects. With the addition of the 41 and over novice class dads are coming back to racing in their droves!!! Sonny Hines and Al Ferri will be duking it out for the title in October. Both gentlemen are very competitive on the track and in the main event there was some tight racing with Jim Bolt, the expert taking it to the finish line for win. The over 19 experts and novices all have combined classes but that does not mean anyone gives an inch. Dimitrie Dyke, the youngster, still had to work hard for his win with Thomas Gonzales keeping him honest out there. Well done gentlemen.

Our girls classes continue to grow and in particular the 11 and 8 year old girls. Well done to Maya and Reese who perfected the day and did well for their teams too.

Novice classes are BIG!! 15 novice was a battle between Christopher Moore and Quinton Palmer, with Chris winning out the day and the 14 novice Chris Wells earning his perfects for the day and Bicycles Unlimited. 11 Novice is another growing class and with kids aging up before the State Championship the title is not a one man show. Nicholas Well continues to dominate but Luke Doran is right on his tail at each and every opportunity. There are no clear cut winners for the 9 novice, but Drew Price won the main. They race their hearts out and no-one perfected their motos. This is the class to watch develop.

Cruiser classes are a lot of fun to watch. Some of the dads are racing 2 classes, Jimmie ,Bart, Thomas and Paul all needed a spa when they got home I am sure. Congratulations to Rob Mcallister, Rob Potter, Victor Palmeri on their perfects. ALL RACING WAS NECK AND NECK WITH ALMOST FULL GATES!!!

Lets not forget our rookies. The 17 and over rookie class covers riders from 17 through 40 years young! They had fun with Jimmie ( racing 2 classes back to back) taking home the ultimate win in that class. The 14 through 10 rookie classes saw very few perfects as riders got better and better on the track as the day progressed. Again this year as last year the action remained in the 5,6,7,8 rookie classes. Our pocket rockets did an awesome job around the track with Ricari and Blake battling it out for first place finishes. Denver brought it home for 8 rookie for Team Extreme, Matthew made it #1 for the 7 rookie and Chaz pedaled for all it was worth for his perfect day of racing.

Thank you to you all for an exceptional day of racing.
Look forward to seeing you at the Peachtree City BMX State Qualifier June 20th.

Yours in riding,
Shayne 

More pictures coming soon...

Race Results

Points posted

  Bicycles Unlimited parade lap (winners of team racing round # 1.

  Albany track rebuild completed on June 3rd:

Ricky and his crew did a complete rebuild and here are some of the photos. Eric Brass was "The Man" who designed the new layout and moved the dirt with the heavy equipment.   

Albany will host SQ # 4 on July 18th and the State Championship on October 3rd.

  First straight...

Looking across from the 3rd turn

Looking across from the finish line towards 1st turn.

  River City BMX Classic 2009 on 4 July:

 River City BMX has rescheduled the 2nd annual Classic race for July 4th in Columbus, GA.

There is plenty going on with $8000 in give-aways, raffles and a double points race!

                   Click on image for event details =>

For more information, go to the  River City BMX website

  Report back on SQ # 1 at Augusta on March 21:

 What a beautiful start to our series. The weather was picture perfect, cool breeze and blue skies. August BMX track director Mitch Moon and his volunteers had done an outstanding job of getting everything in top notch shape from the groomed track, excellent food, to the red shirted volunteers helping out everywhere you looked. You ROCK Augusta!!  Points posted (Agenda and minutes)

We had 131 riders, 36 motos,  1 main and a mini pro-am event to mark the days events. After all had received their tool bags and multi tool to go with it, we got done to the business of racing. Our 16 expert class have been racing each other for years now with Brandon Murphy pulling off a perfect for the day for his team Bicycles Unlimited, Jeremy Goldston giving him a run for his money in second and Dakota Rutledge, Garrett Beachy, Dylan Reynolds Charles Sears rounding out the expert wins, Josh Piazza keeping up with the class although he was the only 16 novice. We were missing a few riders in this class and some of them will be aging up soon, so look for some exciting racing in the next 3 series! Welcome back to Cole Acord who along with Owen Witcher and Blaine Farmer made for good solid 10 expert racing. Owen had to pedal hard for his 2/3 wins! Our young at heart riders in the 41expert/41 novice classes and the 19ex/35-40 novice showed that you are never toooooo old to race BMX . Al Ferri and Waymon Post led the pack in moto 10 and Dimitrie Dyke of Evolution had youth on his side (19 years ) but Thomas Gonzales and Matthew Gates most definitely made him work for his wins!

Novice class will be big this year.11 novice has some fierce competition with Nicholas Wells taking home first place finish for his team Bicycles Unlimited, Luke Doran close second from Augusta and Jacob Fulcher , Bike Tech ,rounding out the top three. Although our 5 novice, 7 novice, and 8 novice classes were combined with Trevor Harrison , Juluka, making his perfect, Alec ,Andrew and Gavin pedaled proudly round the long track and made for some hearty racing.

Ah the cruiser classes, we grow every year and it was wonderful to see some of our BMX friends back in the sport of BMX. David Capell looked fast out there and took home a perfect against Mike Corley. This was Mike Corely’s first race, his son just started racing and so Dad has joined him. As he gets his skills it will be interesting for this 50plus cruiser class. Fierce racing between Sonny Hines and Anthony Robinson in all 3 rounds with Anthony of Juluka taking home the ultimate win and Scott Lovelace and Paul Runion ( racing 2 bikes) keeping the boys honest!! Shayne , Melissa, Brandy and Kathy Gogolack proudly represented the girl cruiser classes! Victor Palmeri took home firsts , Dylan Reynolds took home firsts in the combined cruiser classes. We had a number of very brave riders doing double duty. Dylan, Thomas, Drake, Nicholas, and Paul worked those legs really hard all day!!!

Rookies abound! Brandon Simmons won beautifully 15 rookie class and with that win under his belt he turned novice straight after. Watch out 15 novice class! For our 13/14 rookies the winswent back and forth all day with Cody Dutton making it 2/3 and moving to novice immediately after, and our newest rider Marquel making a two seconds and a first. Austin Reyes took home the gold for 12 rookie. Our 11, 10 and 9 rookie classes saw some wonderful emerging riders. Watch out for Cory Simmons, Logan and Bradley Mason moving up in the future. Our 8, 7 and 6 rookies did not disappoint either and probably we will be seeing some move-ups shortly in these area. Congratulations to Denver Beamon, team X-treme for his perfect, and Race Parker holding on for the overall 1st place finish for the 6 rookies. The 7 rookies are too close to call and exchanged 1st place finishes in each and every moto, Matthew Langdon finally took home the gold for this one. Love my 5 and under Rookie class. Braxton, Sean Dalton and Tyler, you guys rock out there. Braxton narrowly beat out Dalton , Tyler and Sean for the overall win. Folks I tell you this class is anybodies guess as they practice and grow their skills. (as well as their size!!!)




TEAM RACING;

Results are now posted and very interesting indeed. Bicycles Unlimited won the tie breaker with Team Savage and Team X-treme coming in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Juluka, Bike Tech, River City, Augusta BMX and Kovachi all had some good scores too. Early days yet but as the numbers grow for the next couple of series look for some exciting finishes.

Thank you to all the team managers who have put a lot of hard work into this. We appreciate you very much!!

Well that’s all for now folks! We look forward to seeing you in McDonough May 30th for round 2 of our Ga State series . Thank you for supporting Ga State BMX.

Sincerely,
Shayne, Stacy, Nicolle and Mike.

GA BMX Augusta SQ Race             Thanks Terri Sellner

  Georgia BMX riders qualify for 2009 UCI Worlds:

 Congratulations to Kyle Kruysman, Blake Floyd and Seth Utz. They competed in the USA Championship race in DeSoto, TX and qualified to represent the USA in Adelaide, Australia in the 2009 UCI World Championship race. Make us proud boys!

  Update on EAST MACON track:

Milton, the track director held a work session on March 22nd and this was what the track looked like at the end of the day. I "chalked" the image for the raceday effect. We should be racing soon...                        Call Milton @ (478) 477-3963
For latest info, call the GABMX hotline (678) 318-1881 ext. 106.   

  New track coming to Summerville, GA:

It's happening in Chattooga County, in North West Georgia! The property has been cleared and that red clay that Georgia is famous for, will be delivered soon. Please contact Dan Little @ (706) 862-6793 if you can help with donations, sponsorship, track building or you want to join the BMX family.
For latest info, call the GABMX hotline (678) 318-1881 ext. 103. 

  New track coming to MACON, GA:

Macon is abuzz, the track is being re-opened! Shayne and Anthony met with the Bibb County Rec. Dept. and took some photos of the track on Wednesday 4th February.
                                                           Call Milton @ (478) 477-3963
For latest info, call the GABMX hotline (678) 318-1881 ext. 106. 

More photos coming soon... 

 President's Cup 2008 in Lexington, VA:  

 PRESIDENT’S CUP 2008 REPORT BACK.           Photos, page 1  page 2 page 3

Lexington, Virginia set the scene for the 2008 Presidents’ Cup race. Georgia riders came out in full force to represent their state and wow did we do well. Out of the 22 States present we finished an incredible 5th place, winning $850. Our final team sheet boasted 7 first place finishes, 2 second place finishes and one 3rd place finish. Watch out Florida we are going for gold in 2009!!!

The weather was very kind to us all weekend, track had something for everyone, and the event went smoothly. Special thanx to our team captain Karen Allen and helpers Nicolle Beamon and Heather Dailey. Thanks a million ladies. Georgia totaled 49 riders with several of our riders racing open, and some racing both classes, we were 53 strong. Now only class racing counted for the final score, but it was great to see so many Georgia riders there. I have to say that our uniforms were outstanding and in the parade of states we stood out, green beanies and all!!!!

Our rookies represented well with Kris Watkins giving us a first, Spencer Snavely coming in from behind literally to take a 3rd place finish and the 80% taking home their “cereal bowl” trophy!!! Cruiser classes Georgia did very well, have to say that our girls rock. Shayne and Lauren took firsts, Kathy 3rd and Lori 4th. We did just as well with the men cruiser class with Anthony taking home the first in a nail biting finish with a Michigan rider ( way to go Ant!!!!), with Jeffrey a 4th and Sonny, Matthew and Thomas, in very tough classes representing Georgia, giving the opposition a good run for the money! Girls, girls, girls!! Georgia has a great bunch of girls this year. Mallory Fulcher came through with a 3rd, Kalee Reynolds, Cheyenne Grant, Sydney Shelton 4th and Kaylee Miller, Scout Ball, Alicia Allen all bringing home the trophy. Savannah Tweedell and Lauren Hines (yes she did double duty) fought hard in their motos and next year am sure they will their wins! Expert! Wow we had nail biting semis for them and with 8 going into the first turn it was anybodies’ guess who would come out first. The decision maker in the second straight saw a lot of action( some of it not intentional) as rides jousted for position. Keagan Bryson anchored our first places in this class, with Nathan, Ty, Travis, Kyle and Dylan and Steven all taking home trophies. Kaleb Giles, Owen Witcher, Drake Rogers, Dimitrie Dyke, Nicholas McCard and Vanden Dixon gave it their all in the motos and made Georgia proud. Let’s not forget the novices . Dakota Rutledge and Ezra Poole anchored this class with first place finishes, Austin Gates and Christopher Moore got very tight seconds (almost had them at the finish line!!!) and Ricky Dailey, Luke Doran Alec Rogers, Raymond Yoda, Thomas Gonzales, and Gavin Campbell all took home trophies. All our novices made their main events. Congratulations!!!

I have attached a list of our riders in case I forgot to mention anyone by name. Thank you all for making this a truly memorable event. Our State Season kicks off March 21st in Augusta. Florida had 214 riders this year, look what we did with 49 registered riders, imagine the possibilities for 2009 if we double our entry?!!! Let’s aim for the gold this year and take home that giant trophy!!

Regards,

Shayne, Nicolle and Stacy.
 

For Previous President's Cup Reports If you have any photos or feedback you would like to share, contact ptcbmxbiz@aol.com 

2008 PRESIDENTS CUP RIDERS LIST.
Anthony Robinson
Shayne Robinson
Ty Robinson
Denver Beamon
Steven Banks
Logan Pate
Kaleb Giles (2)
Keagan Bryson
Owen Witcher
Kyle Kruysman
Sydney Shelton
Alicia Allen
Van Den Dixon
Christopher Moore
Raymond Yoda
Travis Woodruff
Thomas Gonzales (2)
Rick Dailey
Luke Doran
Mallory Fulcher
Spencer Snavely
Drake Rogers
Dimitrie Dyke
Ezra Poole
Jeffrey Tweedell
Savannah Tweedell
Lori Tweedell (photos) Thank you, Lori!
Kaylee Miller
Dylan Reynolds
Kalee Reynolds
Matthew Gates
Austin Gates
Scout Ball
Dillon Slay
Cheyenne Grant
Nathan Grant
Kevin Watkins
Kris Watkins
Michael Campbell
Dagen Campbell
Gavin Campbell
Alec Rogers
Austin Rogers
Kathy Gogolack
Ryan Gogolack
Dakota Rutledge
Nicholas McCard
Sonny Hines
Lauren Hines (2)

  State Championships at PTC, GA on September 13th.

GA State 2008 Championship Report Back.

What a beautiful day it turned out, perfect weather for a great day of racing. Special thanks to all the Peachtree City Volunteers and their track director, Anthony Robinson, for having the facility in tip top condition.

The gate dropped at precisely 2pm to 142 riders, 26 in the open series, 42 motos, and 2 mains. It does not get any more exciting than that. Racing to watch were the expert classes, 15.16, 17-18 . The gate starts were awesome but first one to the corner each time in the 15 experts was Nathan Grant and he perfected the day with Blake Floyd close on his heels. Travis Woodruff and Seth Utz always duke it out, but Seth injured from a fall in the open series, was a little bit slower out the gate and Travis took home the wins that day. Some squealing of tires around the berms, and tight racing 3 across in some straights made for great spectator viewing. The novice race of the day was the 11 novice. Moving up on the day of a big race from rookie to novice for Ty Hager did not slow him down one bit. His first race as a novice and he bolted out of the gate and never looked back. Nicholas Wells was close on his back tire, but Ty took home the honors in 3 motos and the win in the main. Ty’s family win the award for the most enthusiasm of any one out there. Nicholas took home the number 1 plate for Georgia, but 11 novice just got a little more interesting!! Quinton Palmer won his motos and the #1 plate, next time we see him he will be racing as a novice. Congratulations. The 11 rookie class did have main event too and the honors went to Dylan Munoz, but he had to work hard to keep Taylor Dyer at bay, with Jared Monk chasing him all the way home in the main event.

The other “gotta see” event of the day was our 34-39 cruiser class. Of course Rob Potter had to pedal just a little bit harder being chased by Thomas Gonzales, who for the record, was qualifying in 2 classes. Rob took home # 1. Our pocket rockets for the day were dominated by Alec Rogers for 6 rookie and Ezra Poole for the 5 rookie. I think the dads raced the whole track 3 times as well in excitement!. Girls, girls, girls on 20 inch and cruiser – well done to you all. We had a few people rolling the gate due to injuries, but a great performance by all. A special thank you to all our teams and congratulations to Bicycles Unlimited on their win, Team Savage in second, followed by Kovachi Wheels and Team Juluka., Evolution and Augusta BMX, Chehaw and Team Xtreme, Bike Center and Fly Tech. Thanks for all your hard work. Also, I would like to thank Reed and Carolyn for their work this year.

Regards,
Shayne, Carolyn and Reed.
 

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