| If you are ever near Albany Georgia, the | | | | track. Jason and Kevin both took 3rd place |
| hometown of Ray Charles and Ray Stevens you | | | | trophies in their respective brackets at the State |
| will find a lot of sites to see. The Riverquarium, | | | | Championship in October 2009. |
| the Veteran's Park, the bike and pedestrian path | | | | Just in case you don't know much about BMX, I |
| down the Flint near the Civic Center and one of | | | | am going to explain how it works. When I took |
| the best places to visit is the Parks at Chehaw. | | | | Jason to his first race as an 8 year old, yes this |
| The Parks at Chehaw often just referred to as | | | | will be his 3rd year racing, I really didn't know |
| Chehaw by the locals is a unique park where you | | | | much about how it works, how it was scored or |
| can picnic, camp, go to the zoo, ride the train, | | | | anything really accept that they raced the bikes |
| camp or even Race your BMX bike on one of the | | | | around a track with hills built in and corners so |
| newest old tracks in Georgia. | | | | they had to have some good handling skills. |
| In fact if you decide to race in Albany at Chehaw | | | | BMX is Bicycle Moto Cross, after MX or Moto |
| BMX, you will be racing with some of the best | | | | Cross done on motor bikes. Now we also have |
| riders in the State of Georgia. You see team | | | | Cyclo Cross which is another take off MX but |
| Chehaw took 1st Place for the Day at the | | | | with bigger bikes and for the most part older |
| Georgia State Championships and 3rd place for | | | | participants. |
| the year overall. | | | | A Race consists of 3 Motos, but if for some |
| The BMX Track was host to both a Georgia | | | | reason such as bad weather they can only get in |
| State Qualifier and the Georgia State | | | | two motos there is an option called a 2 moto |
| Championship in 2009. It is an NBL Sanctioned | | | | transfer where your finish is based on your |
| Track and was rebuilt in 2009. The track has | | | | placement in the 2 motos that were complete |
| been doing quite well the past 7 years under the | | | | and the 3rd moto is thrown out. Scoring can get |
| direction of Ricky Lawrence. Ricky has been the | | | | real tricky sometimes because of birthdays many |
| track director for several years now and has | | | | riders will ride in a different category at the State |
| vowed that even though he was stepping down | | | | Finals then they do during the year. Jason |
| as track director he would still be around the | | | | competed all year until August as a 9 year old |
| track to help out. Seems this BMX thing gets in | | | | then August and September and the State Finals |
| your blood. BMX was not really around much | | | | as a 10 year old. Kevin competed as a 7 year old |
| when I was growing up, since it really didn't start | | | | right up until the State Championship and had to |
| until the mid 70's and really didn't take on in a real | | | | compete with 8 year olds in the championship. His |
| big way for several years. My son was born in 76 | | | | birthday is October 1, and the State Championship |
| and even as he was growing up it had not really | | | | was October 3rd. |
| matured to the point it is now. | | | | It does get confusing but it always seems to |
| Our two grandson's Jason 10 and Kevin 8 both | | | | workout and it is tremendous fun for the kids. |
| race BMX Bikes with Chehaw BMX as their home | | | | BMX is unique in many ways. |
