BMX Bike Racing Action In Augusta This Weekend

BMX Bikes News - Last Labor Day weekend, Augusta BMX Bike Track Director Philip Hart, his son Ryder and I packed into a rental car and drove to Louisville, Ky., for the NBL Grand National event. It was an exploratory mission for us as we prepared to submit a bid to bring the bmx bikes racing show to Augusta. It was a really cool trip. I’d never been to a major BMX bike race, and it was a real eye opener.
BMX bike racing is grassroots cycling at its best. Amongst the high-tech vendors and future bmx bike Olympians were moms grilling hamburgers and dads doing last-minute adjustments — before their own races. And kids everywhere tooling around on bmx bikes. Through the graces of NBL Director Bob Tedesco, I was invited onto the track to witness some of the best bmx bike racing I had ever seen. In many respects it was like watching the sprint competition on the velodrome. It was explosive speed that always teetered on the edge of calamity. A bad landing or a crossed wheel could spell disaster. And in many cases it did.
The atmosphere was friendly, and the attitude among the riders congenial. With BMX biking going prime-time with its Olympic debut in China in the coming weeks, the Elite-level racers were wearing their best polish doing interviews with media, or signing autographs.
Having seen the Pro and Elite finals Saturday night, we left to come home Sunday, rife with ideas on how we would do the event. Alas, we submitted our bid to host the Grand National bmx bike racing event, but it wasn’t meant to be. Louisville held on to the race, but our efforts weren’t in vain. The NBL chose Augusta to host a major bmx bike race.
This weekend Augusta BMX will host the 2008 NBL Southeast Regional The bmx biking event is expected to draw 300 plus racers from around the Southeast, and twice that in family, friends and fans. The race is a last-chance qualifier for the regional bmx bike championship, to be held in South Carolina in October. Racers also have the opportunity to qualify for the BMX Bike Grand National as well.
The track will open for practice on Friday evening, and racing starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday morning. Racing will begin at 8 a.m. on Sunday. The track is located at 2050 Division St., just off Broad St, near Lake Olmstead. For more information, check out augustabmx.

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