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Updated = July 19, 2010

  GA State Qualifier 5 at Peachtree City on September 11th

Practice and Registration: 11am - 1pm           SQ4 results (posted 18 July)
Racing:                           2pm.                     SQ3 points (posted 19 July)
Meeting prior to race  
Agenda                   Local race credits (posted 19 July)

Pre-register for GA state series races here!

Click on the pre-registration for your forms.  See you there.      =====>

Your GA State Team,
Shayne, Terri, Laurie and Thomas

GA State is pleased to announce our 2010 GA State Series.

  1. You will need to have 8 local races to your credit by August 31st 2010.

  2. You must have 3/5 State Qualifiers to qualify for the State Championship.

  3. All State Qualifiers and the State Championship will run in a 2 moto transfer system with a main.

  4. The new fees will be as follows. SQ pre: $25 post $30 SC pre: $35 post $40

  5. Introduction of a Trophy Team Series as an incentive for small teams. Cost is $10 entry fee for trophy of the day. Maximum of 10 riders per team. You may not move up to the money team series during the season. All other team rules apply. State will keep track of your scores and placing. GA state series rules!

  State Qualifier 2010 Ga State Series.
  SQ 1 Peachtree City March 20th
  SQ 2 Albany            April 17th
  SQ 3 McDonough      June 26th
  SQ 4 Augusta           July 17th
  SQ 5 Peachtree City  September 11th
  State Championship AUGUSTA October 02nd 

 

  Report back on SQ 4 at Augusta on July 17th

What a great day for this State Qualifier, hot, humid but breezy! 98 riders came out to enjoy some exciting racing on a track and facility that was groomed to perfection to welcome the Regional riders for next weeks even bigger event. Thank you so much to all the volunteers, Mitch Moon ( track director) and the parents association who worked so hard to make this day a special one for all our riders. Thanx to Doran Heating and Air Inc. for the free popsicles during the race, a heat life saver for all and greatly appreciated.  Photos taken by Dawnita Hall

The experts delivered some very skillful racing on a course with some good old fashioned dirt berms, straights 6 long and tight cornering. Mark Mitchell, 41 expert made it look easy with his perfects, Brandon Brown had to fight every race for his wins being chased hard by local Vanden Dixon and Nathan Grant. Nick Connelly and local racer Thomas Tedesco gave the crowd some exciting racing. The lead changed hands several times, but Nick held onto to it in the mains.

Our novice riders enjoyed same challenges. The length of the track and some of the dirt berms changed the leads several times during the race. Dylan Munoz used home track advantage for his wins, and Bryce Moon almost made it a perfect racing a 14 expert Christian Perry.

Girls, girls, girls everywhere competing. The Beynon girls, Stephanie and Anna, represented well with firsts and second, Alexis got her perfects in and Cheyenne took home the gold too.

Cruiser racing was probably the most spectacular racing of the day. The 40-44Cr with a 50 plus cruiser were 7 deep!!! All men are great friends off the track but when that gates drops, all bets are off. Rob McAllister, Thomas Gonzalez, Robert Perry and Sonny Hines were in the mix first and second straights, no-one went down in those corners, then 2nd berm saw some changes. Rob came out first followed by Robert Perry and Thomas Gonzalez, Sonny was off the course in the melee, the race for the finish line 3 straights away was on. Rob McAllister held onto his lead to the end with Robert and Thomas rounding out the top 3, Anthony, Matt, Sonny and Bart were no slouches either and finished close on their heels.

Rookie classes seem to grow with each State Qualifier. Alden Parker 9 rookie held onto his first places all day being chased by local Cory Gill. Kaleb Rider looking more like a novice won his 6 rookie class and Hunter Janes 5 Rookie took home the win for his class.

Team Racing is getting tighter to the finish line. Fast Back outraced Black Crown for the win and that puts these 2 teams in a tie position going into the LCQ in Peachtree City. Augusta BMX and Bike Tech put in some good scores too. 4/5 scores plus the State Championship will determine who our Team Champs will be October 2nd. Stay tuned.

Look forward to seeing you all in Peachtree City, September 11th for the LCQ #5.

 

Thank you for supporting GA State BMX.

Your team,                                                          GA state points
Shayne, Terri, Laurie and Thomas.           

Photos taken by Dawnita Hall at www.DawnitaHall.com

 

  Report back on SQ 3 at McDonough on June 26th

Thank you to all the riders and their parents who braved the close to 100 degree weather that was visited upon us. We had a great turnout of 145 riders, with some truly exciting motos and a very tight team finish results, going down to the 4th set of tie breakers. Thank you to the volunteers and parents association of Sandy Ridge BMX for preparing the track for this event.

Expert racing was at its best this weekend,. Mark Mitchell led the charge in the combined 41 expert, 35-40 expert class, with Waymon Post a novice keeping the boys honest. Alex Palmer maintained his perfect score this weekend as well as Ty Robinson. RJ Livesay enjoyed his perfect with Matthew Gates and Doug Pottter our 35-40 novice gentlemen just keeping him in check throughout the motos and the main.

Girls were everywhere this weekend. Thank you to Courtney Applewhite from NC passing through GA joined us for the day and to Kendra Stoddard from FL. We thoroughly enjoyed having you this weekend. Kalee Reynolds took home the win this weekend and perfected her motos as did Stephanie Beynon. Nice racing ladies.

Cruiser class, always some great racing. Rob McAllister ruled the roost this weekend with his perfects and team mate Thomas Gonzalez hot on his heels all day.

Our 17 rookie class is beginning to look a lot like a novice class these days!! I think we may have some move-ups coming in. Ezra, Michael, Frankie and Timothy have all matured on the track and were looking very solid out there all weekend, Ezra took home the wins though. Keep your eyes on this class. Alden Parker, our 9 rookie, has been training hard and came home with the gold! Kaleb Rider, our 6 rookie, looked good all weekend racing to his wins as did Hunter James, Sam Walters and Logan Campbell dueled it out in the mains with Sam taking home the win. Superb racing from our 5r and under rookie class.

Team racing is always exciting and although Chehaw and Fast Back received the same scores, FastBack won it on a tiebreakers. Black Crown came in for the 3rd. Kovachi, Evolution and Augusta BMX rounding out the finishes.

Round 4 will be hosted by Augusta BMX JULY 17th. GA State will supply frozen popsicles to keep you cool throughout racing.

Thank you for supporting GA State BMX.

Your team,                                                          GA state points
Shayne, Terri, Laurie and Thomas.           

Photos taken by Dawnita Hall at www.DawnitaHall.com

 

  Report back on SQ 2 at Albany on April 17th

April 17TH  was simply a wonderful day in Chehaw Parks.  The weather co-operated perfectly, track was in good shape and ready for our racers.  Thank you to all the volunteers at Chehaw .  This was a wonderful opportunity to dial in the track before the Regional this coming weekend.

 Expert riders saw Christian Perry, James Donnelly, Ty Robinson and Alex Palmer keep up the perfect rides for the day.  There was some great racing between Cole Acord and Nicholas Wells vying for the perfect line through the corners. It was only in the main that Cole took home the first place. Look for some exciting dueling in the races to come. Keagan Bryson is back in the game with his perfects and Toby Daw also from Florida took home his win for the 11 novice.

 Cruiser action all day long. The men raced like boys !!! Anthony and Mike were racing Shayne and she kept both of them honest on the track.  They diced in the corners while she looked for opportunities! They swapped firsts and second with Anthony pulling off the win for the main.  Thomas Gonzales really wants that number 1 plate but so do Robert Perry  and Bart Lundy. Thomas took home the final win, but look out for Bert and especially Bart in his super dupa new blue bike. I believe Blueberry will be his nickname!

Our rookie classes are still growing nicely. Christian Sykes ruled the 8 rookie class, Devin Harris captured the title of the day for 9 rookie, and great balls of fire but Rickie Jennings turned on the gas to take home the wins for 7 rookie.  The 13 and 14 rookie class will see some point challenges ahead as they age up for the State Championshiip. Andrew is staying on top with his perfect and Jacob and Sawyer will be vying for that number 1 plate too.   A special welcome to Jacob Bolt just turned 4 and the tiniest rider out there.  He made it around the whole track on his own. Hunter Janes took home first followed by Logan Campbell.

Team racing was small but might close this time. With ties for first place scores of 86, Bizzarro/Black Crown took home the gold followed by Team Chehaw, Fast Back, Evolution and Bike Tech. Thank you Team Managers for your support.

NEXT SQ #3 is at McDonough June 26th.  See you’all there.

Yours in racing,

Shayne, Terri, Laurie and Thomas.

GA state points  from SQ2 at Albany (Updated 21 March)

Photos taken by Dawnita Hall at www.DawnitaHall.com

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  Report back on SQ 1 at PTC on March 20th

It was a beautiful spring day in Peachtree City for our first State Qualifier. A big thank you to all the volunteers who prepped the track the days before and who worked so hard for us the day of the race. Congratulations to all for a job very well done. We had an impressive turnout of 155 riders. Thank you.

Lets start out with the team racing. Pleased to announce that we have 8 money teams participating this year, some returning from 2009 and others newly combined. Thank you in advance to all the team managers for your hard work. As all classes now have a main, racing was exciting and very close. The mains were full and bonus points abounded. Kovachi took home top honors for the day with Black Crown/Bizzarro taking second followed closely by Fastback racing. Evolution, Cahaba, Augusta BMX, Team Chehaw and Bike Tech rounded out the finishes. Welcome to Cahaba team from Alabama, we are glad you are making the trip. While teams are still forming this will be anyone’s game moving forward.

Rookie classes will be the one to watch this season . Our 5/u, 6 and 7 rookies are duelling out on the track. Bailey Smith dominated in the 5/u, Trent Lewis did his mother proud with his wins in the 6 rookies and JT Mobley proved he is the one to watch this season. I do see some move-ups coming along in this age group.

Novice racing is full of adventures and misadventures Cody Dutton took home a hard earned win in the 15 novice, dicing it out with Christopher Moore, Marcus Mascara raced his heart out to take home the gold in the main. Not to outdone I have to give credit to the 35-40 novice. Matthew, Jon and Doug ran a very close race with Matt winning out in the end. As the season warms up and the riders get to race more this will be an exciting class to watch.

Expert racing is just that, 8 on the gate, elbow to elbow, skills to match their speed and fierce competition. Our 17-18 expert is an explosive class with Travis Woodruff holding onto his win and Chandler Denton, Nathan Grant inches from him at the finish line. Mark, Thomas, Anthony and Jim raced like youngsters on Saturday!!!!! Waymon the only novice in the group, looked good out there too. Mark Mitchell for Kovachi took home the win with Thomas breathing down his neck and Anthony right behind.

Girls did a great job too. Congratulations to Melody Large, Kalee Reynolds, and Reese Camarata on your perfects for the day. Kyle just recently clipped in and gave Alicia Allen notice that she is getting faster!

Cruisers. Some of our guys were doing double duty this SQ. Rob Mcallister took home the perfect motos and wins. Vinnie Decastro is back and finished second with Thomas taking home the third place finish.

Thank you to all our NBL Bmxers for making this a great opening day for the series. We look forward to seeing you all in Albany for round 2 Albany, Chehaw Parks.

Yours in riding,

Shayne, Lori, Terri and Thomas.

 

GA BMX SQ #1 Race at PTC on March 20th, 2010        
Thanks Mr. Grindstone
   

Presidents Cup 2009 in Louisville KY: 

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Photos by Lori Tweedell - thank you Lori!  

 

 

 

 

 

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GEORGIA STATE COMMISSIONER REPORT on PRESIDENTS CUP 2009.

Thank you to all our GA State riders and their parents for making this an outstanding event for us. 54 entries for the President’s Cup . A total of 913 riders from all over attended the Presidents Cup 2009 at Louisville Kentucky. Our final placing of 10th with a score of 199, did GA State proud. Special thanx to Karen Allen for keeping score along with Mrs Farmer and Lisa Knight who assisted. Great job girls!

The event started with the parade lap of States. GA stood out with our blue jerseys and beanies to match. It is always a spine tingling moment to see all the riders covering every inch of the track before the big event. Then it was into staging as the experts took to the track. We were well represented with Nathan Grant , and Logan Bradford pulling off seconds to anchor our team in tough racing. The girls were well represented with Kaylee Miller upsetting the 15 G class with a first place win, Cheyenne Grant securing a 2nd in the 14G, and Shayne Robinson with Lauren Hines finishing out our top scorers for team points. Novice!!!! Well, Alan Farmer certainly outdid himself. What a win. He raced the very competitive 35-40 novice class, I believe if he keeps this up he will be an expert before we know it. Matthew Gates set a personal best with a 3rd place win in that group. Go Georgia!! A special shout out to our rookies for whom this was a first big event. You all did Georgia proud. All our riders represented our State with dignity and respect. I was a very honored State Commissioner to have such a great group of competitive riders, thank you.

This year, 2010, should be a great one for racing. Hopefully your President Cup stories will inspire new riders to come out this year and give it a try. Looking forward to a spectacular year of racing 2010. State Qualifier #1 in Peachtree City March 20th. See you there.

Kind Regards and yours in racing,

Shayne Robinson
Ga State Commissioner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos by Cecil Hannah - thank you Cecil

  Competition Congress 2010:  


 

 

 

 

 

 

The NBL will be holding its 2010 Competition Congress at the Best Western Lehigh Valley Hotel & Conference Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on February 19-21 (888.222.8512 or 610.866.5800). Competition Congress is the perfect opportunity for track directors and volunteers to gather and share their ideas with each other and the NBL staff and Board of Directors. The NBL offers seminars for everything from American Heart Association Training to Marketing & Promotions in an effort to give all the tools for running a successful local program to our track volunteers.

Go to 2010 Agenda
and Registration_Form

Anyone who wants to learn more about BMX should make the effort to attend this annual conference. It is also fun, check out recent  Competition Congress Reports

  GA rider features in local newspaper:

                    

 

Featured rider:   David Capell (50+ Cruiser)

         David recently had his BMX and prostate cancer article published in the newspaper.

Go read  his story,    "Passion and Poison"  ======>

 

  2010 GA State Series:

Ga State is pleased to announce our 2010 Ga State Series.

  1. You will need to have 8 local races to your credit by August 31st 2010.

  2. You must have 3/5 State Qualifiers to qualify for the State Championship.

  3. All State Qualifiers and the State Championship will run in a 2 moto transfer system with a main.

  4. The new fees will be as follows. SQ pre: $25 post $30 SC pre: $35 post $40 5. Introduction of a Trophy Team as an incentive for small teams. Cost is $10 entry fee for trophy of the day. Maximum of 10 riders per team. You may not move up to the money team series during the season. All other team rules apply. State will keep track of your scores and placing.

  State Qualifier 2010 Ga State Series.
  SQ 1 Peachtree City March 20th Pre-register for GA state series races here!
  SQ 2 Albany            April 17th
  SQ 3 McDonough      June 26th
  SQ 4 Augusta           July 17th
  SQ 5 McDonough       September 18
  State Championship AUGUSTA October 02 

  Report back on GA State Championship at Albany on 3rd October:

HOSTED BY CHEHAW PARKS IN ALBANY. GA state points  Albany website                Check your points!

Simply WOW!! The track and the facility were in excellent shape, the volunteers and Chehaw Parks did a wonderful job and even the weather co-operated for us. We had 141 riders compete for their State plate,12 raced the pro-am series, and 9 set up for the open series. All in all a great turnout for Georgia State BMX. Thank you moms,dads and riders.
Trophies!
I will start the day with the team racing. It always come down to the State Championship and this was no exception. Chehaw Parks capitalised on home ground and won the day of racing with a whopping 94 points, the other teams were all neck and neck with 3 tie breakers deciding finishes. Then nail biting adding up the combined totals. Congratulations to BICYCLES UNLIMITED, followed by Kovachi Wheels, Chehaw Parks, Team Savage, River City BMX, Juluka, Team Xtreme, Augusta BMX, Bike Tech, KBBMX and Atlanta Trek Store. Special thanx for all your hard work and look forward to seeing you’all back here next year.
Evolution Bike Clinic

Our Rookie class saw some Expert action out on the track. Peyton Matthews and even smaller Blake Farmer gave it their all with Peyton taking home the win. Rickie, Braden Race and Michael were right up there with them till the end. Congratulations to our 4/under rookies Logan Campbell and Tyler Tedesco. Justin Howling’s practicing paid off for him in the 12 rookie class, and Dean Smith took home the gold in the 13 rookie. We will have a great batch of novice moving up in the future.

Tent city
Who said that the older you get the less competitive you become? The hotly contested 35-40 novice class will deny that!!! Alan Farmer triumphed over everyone, raced his heart and soul to beat Thomas Gonzales and Anthony Wade. Sonny Hines dominated the 41 and over novice class and a special thanx to Al Ferri to making the trip back here to participate. He gave Sonny a run for his money. The hotly contested 11 novice class between Jordan Camarata and Logan Bradford brought out the best in both riders with Jordan taking home the number 1 plate. We will be seeing both riders in the expert class before the year is done. Thomas Tedesco has matured as a rider and after his win I look forward to seeing him the expert class not too long now.
Jimmie leads the parade lap
The 16 expert class, all friends for 5 years at least now of racing, saw Nathan Grant emerge as the number one. Alex Palmer surprised everyone with a great 2nd place finish overall with Michael Porter finishing 3rd. Justin and Keagan took home the gold in their classes with Travis solidifying his place as number 1 in State in the 18 experts.

Cruisers and girls. Our girls all arrived to race, a 100 % turnout and most certainly raced hard for their wins. Melanie Lawrence used home track advantage to take home her win over Jansen and Hailey. Our 40-44 Cruiser male class action was one of the most hotly contested on the day. Scott Lovelace and Thomas Gonzales although Thomas took home the moto wins he just missed the title by 10 points. Same time, same place next year gentlemen?!
Viktor tries not to scare the children
Thank you to everyone who worked so hard behind the scenes making this event happen for you. We will be announcing our series for next year in November with some exciting racing changes and introducing some new team structures for you to compete in.

Don’t forget the President’s Cup will be in Broadbent Arena Louisville, Kentucky December 27th. We will see you all there!!

Your 2009 Ga State Team,

Shayne, Stacy and Nicolle.       Got photos to share, please contact webmaster

  Report back on SQ # 4 at Chehaw Parks, Albany on July 18:

     Race Results      Points posted Photos coming soon.

Mother nature smiled upon us again and we had a beautiful sunny, not too hot a day at Chehaw Parks in Albany. This was a great end to the final of our 4 State Qualifiers. Georgia riders and teams came out in full force to compete for best points of the day and to take away the $500 team money that was available courtesy of Lee County Bank. Special thank you to all Chehaw Parks volunteers for all their hard work. Thank you to Tim Huff for taking care of the announcing duties.

The 16 expert class is still one of the fastest races to watch and this time did not disappoint. Nathan Grant managed to pull off a win in the main event over Brandon Murphy, but no-one perfected the day. Colby Fisher showed up from Florida to get some track time in and made it more interesting. Alex Palmer has dominated the 15 Ex so far this year and moves up to race the 16 year olds at the State Championship. Ryan De Roche and Ty Robinson, both 14 experts, had some exciting racing with Ryan taking it at the finish line. Our 12 and 11 experts is a growing class as the novices move up into this class. Well Done to Nicholas Wells 11 expert ,who moved up last week, and Blake Price 12 expert ( who also recently move into this group ) held onto his first place.

Our novices were definitely looking for their best points this weekend. Drew Price took home the perfects to improve his points, Jordan Camarata and Marcus Mascara jousted for position all day, Jordan made the win in the main with Logan and Marcus chasing him down. Andrew Sperano, William Seitz, and Ezra Poole and Alec Rogers are definitely a class on their own, and always manage to race hard despite the differences in their ages!!

Mike Corley has been practicing hard but was unable to pass David Capell on the corners in the cruiser class. It was good to see Marc Thomas return to roll the gate while his shoulder heals! Of course Rob Potter and Victor Palmeri dominated their classes but always a handshake and good word for their competitors at the finish line. The ladies always represent well and despite all our physical challenges of the day , from broken toes, sore knees, bruised ribs, Lauren, Melissa, Shayne, Lori, Kathy, Brandy and Savannah had fun!

Don’t know how long our rookies will stay rookies.!!We had some wonderful racing with Denver Beamon, Austin Hutson and Jack Woolbright making it a perfect day. Dean Smith held off Chase Gause and Chaz Crawford fought off Evan Williams in nail biting finishes to take home the wins for this event. Blake farme in our 5/under rookie class enjoyed his first places and Stephen Mills continues his winning streak in the 7 rookie class.

Thank you to Lee County Bank for their generous donation of $500 towards the team series of the day. Bicycles Unlimited posted a strong first place finish, with Kovachi and Bike tech placing 2nd and 3rd. Please see the team finishes for final results. Ga State would like to say a BIG BIG thank you to all team managers who have put in so much time and energy in racing the team series. If you have any input for the 2010 series, we are looking to revamp our series please let you State Commissioner know.

Look forward to seeing you’all October 03rd in Chehaw Parks for the State Championship.

Shayne, Stacy, Nicolle and Mike.

  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.

The State Qualifier at Albany should prove to be a nail biter as it is the last opportunity to get your best points.
Look forward to seeing you’all at Albany July 18th. Please stay tuned for some wonderful weekend events that Albany are planning for us.

Sincerely,
Shayne, Stacy, Nicolle and Mike.

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     Race Results         Points posted

  Report back on SQ # 2 at McDonough on May 30:

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
 

 

 

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Race Results

Points posted

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

         

  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.

 

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    Thanks Terri Sellner
   

State Award: Shayne Robinson, our 2006 State Commissioner was awarded 2006 GRPA Volunteer of the year! The PTC Recreation Department nominated her for her work with the various sports organizations in Fayette County. GRPA President Jimmy Gisi presented the award. Parks and Recreation Officials from all over Georgia are now aware of BMX racing. Hopefully this will result in more tracks being built in Georgia!

Congratulations, Shayne.