The
heat was on literally and figuratively August 13th at
the States. Grueling 95+ temps with humidity that felt
like you were walking through the air put the smack down
on all the riders.
Quite a few of the titles
were already sewn up by the time the Championship rolled
around but a few burly blazing bikers stood out....
The Heaths are on a roll
this year. Big Daddy Jeff is dominating the 40-44 cruiser
class and once again stepped up to roll over his class
and take the plate. Heath's tan tank bobbed its front
end all over the other riders in the class and smoked
'em like a good cuban cigar. The other half-pint Heath..Jeffrey
rolled over his cruiser class but had to settle for the
deuce in his 20" class.
Controversy? YEA! Even the
State Championships had a little bit going on...It seems
before the Championship there was a bit of a discrepancy
over what class James McNamara should be riding in. I'm
not gonna go into the details of it all, but we'll just
leave it at the Big McMacNamara machine was stepped up a
class and upon that stepping, it seems he stepped it up
as well...A big first place for the controversial Jamming
James in 18-21 Expert.
Judge
Judy laid down the law and let Victor Behm finally change
his name to Victory Behm as he laid down the woop a**....well
you get the idea..on his classes. Behm blew past guys
older than him and smokeacized his cruiser class! Beside
rocking his classes he kept the style button on high all
day and let the pony tail fly in the face of his competition.
Look for that Nat.# 7 plate to go down lower come this September.
For those of you as old as dirt....yea that's all you 33+ fellers! You may remember the name Rich Farside. Rich was an early factory Hutch rider who then went on to woop butt for Diamond Back in the 80's. Well...he's back, he's killing it and he has brought his daughter Taylor to woop tail on the ladies classes
. Top finishes all over the place for these two for the day. Word has it that Rich is also involved in getting Diamond Back fully back into the racing scene, as they already have a few killer freestyle riders. The return of Old School race teams like SE (yea, the OM of BMX Scot Breithaupt is back in SE land...) and Diamond Back can only be good news for the sport and the scene.
It's been over 20+ years since I've been at State Championship and it looks like things are back on their way up, new riders, old riders and a revitalized scene point to a major revival of BMX racing in NJ. Mega smoking melting props to all the riders, parents, and volunteers who rolled into Egg Harbor to help and participate in the race.
Ride on!
