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 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.   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.

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.

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.

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.

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?!

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.