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  Well our big race is over and except for the threat of rain (which we never got, the sun even came out while we were cleaning up after the race!) and a few glitches that come with running this type of race for the first time, overall, I think most everyone had a good time.
  The races were exciting and close as we had 55 racers from the age of 4 to the mid 40's. There were a few bumps and bruises and unfortunately we did have one wreck where the ambulance was called. That was for Danny Roberts who broke his wrist in his wreck right before the finish line.
  Even though he was in pain Danny came back with a good one when the medical staff asked him if he was allergic to anything. Danny's response was, "Yeah, BMX racing."
  A huge THANK YOU!!! to all who helped before, during and after the races. First, thank you to all those who helped to get the track ready for the race. (You know who you are. I don't want to name names and leave anyone out.) Thanks to Channel 12 for sending out Eden Kendall and Josh to cover our event. (We even had a couple of phone calls on Saturday because of us being on the air!) Thanks to ASMF and the Clay County Fire Rescue for tending the bumps bruises and the one broken wrist. And finally thank you to the boy's from my son's Boy Scout Troop #404 who helped during the race. Finally, thanks to those from our track, JAX and other BMXer's who helped during the race to keep the track, concession and most of all registration running to the best of our abilities.

  Click here to see some of the videos from the BMX races in the Olympics.

  The wife of Ed Robinson III and the mom of his son Ed IV, Traci, passed away on 8 August. She was taken from her family by the disease Lupus. I have added her obituary information from the Times-Union on our news page. During our race this weekend, we will be collecting donations to present to the Lupus Foundation in Traci's memory. Please keep Traci's family in your thoughts and prayers.

Watch history in the making as BMX makes its highly-anticipated debut at the Olympic Games. Beijing is 12 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST). The Western states will enjoy the best time slots with most of BMX in prime time. BMX will be broadcast along with other sports so no permanent times have been assigned. (times subject to change) **All times EST. Practice days are not televised. Some viewers who live close the Canadian border may get to see CBC TV as well.
  Note: These are actual racing times converted to EST times from Beijing Time. If NBC shows the 'Live' as they happen, this is when you should see it. If they do tape delay, the times will change. Consult your local listings for more detail.
  RACE DAYS: TELEVISED ON NBC & CBC / Some times may be subject to change - See more at www.nbc.com
  Wednesday, Aug 20 -> (August 21st in Beijing) 8:00pm - Warm-up / 9:00pm - Women's Semi #1 / 9:10pm - Men's Semi #1 / 9:30pm - Women's Semi #1 / 9:40pm - Men's Semi #2 / 10:00pm - Women's Semi #3 / 10:10pm - Men's Semi #3 / 10:15pm - 7:30pm Break / 10:30pm - Women's Final / 10:40pm - Men's Final / 11:00pm - Medal Ceremony
  Racing Format: Men: 2 Time Trials, - Best one counts and is used for lane choice in the first quarter-final. From their, lane choice is based on the rider's previous race time. (ie. Rider X gets 1st in his 3rd quarter but his time is longer than the 3 other riders in that last round - he gets the 4th lane choice in the first round of semis)
  3 Quarters - There are 4 quarters of 8 with fixed groups (no mixed motos) and they do three motos. Top 4 in each group transfer to semis 3 Semis - Two groups of 8 race three semis each with top 4 going to the main Main - One lap for the Gold!
  Women: 2 Time Trials, - Best one counts and is used for lane choices for the first semi 3 Semis - Two groups of 8 race three semis each with top 4 going to the main Main - One lap for the Gold!

  At 10:32pm the finals on the 1st BMX Olympic mains were aired on USA TV. After crashes in both the men and women's races, three of our riders will be bringing home medals. Bennett made it to the semi finals with a dislocated shoulder but didn't make the main.
  In the women's main, Great Britain's Shanaze Reade had the lead but went down in the last berm. France's Anne-Caroline Chausson and Laetitia le Corguille took gold and silver while USA's Jill Kintner took bronze.
  In the men's main, three riders went down in the 2nd berm. Day and Robinson were in front of the wreck and held on to take silver and bronze behind Maris Strombergs' gold.

  "Hey guys! I wanted to say thank you to everyone again for taking care of me (and Grayson!) on Saturday. Thanks also to everyone who has been calling to check on me...you guys are awesome. I had reconstructive surgery that night at OP Medical. The Dr. said it was the worst he's seen and p#6699fficted a long road to recovery. I heard that Tonya had some great pics of my wreck...would love to see them. Hope everyone is weathering the storm OK and I'll be in touch soon!"
  I did get pictures of his wreck and the races. I also had a story and two pictures published in this week's Clay Today. One picture used was Danny flying through the air! I tried to get at least one picture of everyone on the track. Go to the picture section of our site and click on "2008 Summer Series Double Points race at MID BMX." This will take you to where you can see my pictures. A percentage of any pictures sold will be given to the MID BMX track.

  Well thanks to Tropical Storm Fay, we have good news and frustrating news. The frustrating (but not surprising) news is that because of the rain we need to have more work parties. Exactly when will be decided later.
  The good news is that since I was in the house for so long and had electricity, I had time to look for pictures and I figu#6699ff out how to add them to the site! Almost all of the rider profiles now have pictures. The ones that still don't have pictures are because I don't have them yet to add.
  If you have a profile, go to the profile section and see how good you look.

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  We have been having problems updating the track phone. Stay tuned to the website for the most recent news on practices or races!
  We have also been having problems with Yahoo! (they host our site). We are going to try this new site & see if we have any better luck!

  We have switched to this site for sure! Most everything is up. I believe the last thing that needs switched over are the rider profiles. They will be up and running soon. If you haven't submitted yours, now would be an excellent time to do so! Keep checking back for updates!!

  Be sure to check out the Middleburg BMX YouTube channel at this link. A good number of videos have just been added!!

  It has been brought to my attention that some people are having issues loading this page correctly. I will fix this ASAP. There are also people saying the link in the emails being sent out links to an inappropriate site. If you are one of these people, or know one of these people, please forward the offending email to middleburgbmx@yahoo.com. I have not had this problem with any of the links I click on, so I want to make sure the site is sent out correctly. Thanks!!

  Thanks to the rain there will be no practicing tonight. We will also not be able to race this weekend due to the Summer Series race in Naples. Good luck to those who are going to this race!
  We're still working on adding the profiles from the previous site to this one. Hopefully it won't be too much longer.
  Check out the videos we've added to YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/akeyamni, https://www.youtube.com/middleburgbmx and at https://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=gatorbait5551. Between these three sites we have videos of Kendra, JT (one has JT touching wheels in the 2nd berm), James C. (one has James crashing in the rhythm section), Greg, James R., Marty, Ed III and the Elite Women and Men. One of the videos that I took and JT added to his site has already had over 1,000 hits!

  Okay. Things have been pretty frustrating around our track with the rain and then the repairs that needed to be done. Then when we have the track in good shape . . . we can't race because of races elsewhere!
  We made up for that a little this week. We tried to have a race on Wednesday but the few that showed up at the track had fun while they were practicing but there wasn't enough to race. We tried again on Thursday night and guess what! We had a race! Kyla announced, the BMXer's raced, the fans cheered and everyone had a great time! They had so much fun that after the races we had a jumping contest to check out who had the best style.
  I was in the registration building working on the race results so I'm not sure who was the "official" winner but I heard them all having a great time and cheering for each other.
  We will be travelling this weekend to High Springs for their Halloween weekend of racing so we will not have a race at our track. We will be back on 6 Nov. for practice and maybe even a race if we can get enough riders.
  I have added in here the schedule for High Springs and the information they have sent out about the weekend. I hope you can make it over there and have some fun!

  HIGH SPRINGS BMX will kick off the State Series and celebrate Halloween with a weekend of events Saturday Nov. 1st and Sunday Nov. 2nd. The track will be open all day Saturday starting at noon for practice. Practice cost is $3.00 if not racing.
  Saturday: Race #1 (points only) starts @ 2:00pm - cost $5 / 3:30-5:00pm rider clinic with Amanda Geving and local experts. Cost is $15. / Race #2 (points/trophy) starts @ 7:00pm - cost is $8 Registration closes 30 minutes before race time. Between races we will have special halloween treats, raffles and contests. Everyone is also encouraged to bring their used bmx stuff to sell. Saturday night you are welcome to camp at the track and enjoy some late night practice and fun activities.
  Sunday: Race #3 (points/medal) starts @ 1pm - cost $7
  Please visit HSBMX.com or call Lynda (352)514-9735 for more information.
  Come enjoy the fun and start the season off right with 3 local races. Concessions open all weekend.

  Once again we will not be at the track this week but it is NOT because of weather or a race at another track. In case you haven't heard, this Thursday is Thanksgiving! We will though (weather permitting!) be back at the track on Thursday, 4 December for practice. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!!
  For those of you who like to participate in parades, the Middleburg parade will be held on Saturday, 13 December. Lineup starts at 5:30pm. The parade starts in the parking lot on the north side of the church at the corner of Blanding and 218, procedes north on Blanding and finishes at Main Street. We have won two trophies so far (one at Christmas 2006 and one in July 2008) while riding in these Middleburg parades. Let's try for a third trophy this year! I'll let you know more later about riding in this parade.

  We are still planning on being at the track tonight for practice but there are threats of rain coming in the area about 8am this morning. I'll TRY to update the website if we have to cancel but definitely call the track phone (282-9177) for updates.
  We are hoping to have enough to ride in the parade this Saturday, 13 Dec. Lineup starts at 5:30pm. The parade starts in the parking lot on the north side of the church at the corner of Blanding and 218, procedes north on Blanding and finishes at Main Street. We have won two trophies so far (one at Christmas 2006 and one in July 2008) while riding in these Middleburg parades. Let's try for a third trophy this year!
  You can park in the Publix parking lot or wherever the parade people direct you to park in the church area. Once you get to where the parade is being lined up, just look for your fellow BMXer's.
  If you can, decorate your bikes or yorself in a Christmas theme (nothing really elaborate just a bow or something) and if you have anything that lights up (ie - glo-sticks or flashing lights) wear them.
  Have fun and good luck to all who ride in the parade. It has been very fun in the past and I anticipate another fun time this year!

  Thank you to everyone who came out to Middleburg to ride in the Christmas parade last Saturday! The crowd was large and the BMX riders were many. We will find out later if the track has earned it's third parade trophy.
  We will be at the track for our last race of 2008 this Saturday, 21 Dec.

  FLORIDA ONCE AGAIN HAS POSSESSION OF THE PRESIDENT'S CUP!!!! The following was copied from the NBL site at nbl.org.
  FLORIDA ROCKS THE PRESIDENT'S CUP AND TAKES THE TITLE 12/28/2008
  More than 180 motos raced their way into history inside the Virginia Horse Center for this year's President's Cup and when the dust had settled, Steve Doan, Florida's State Commissioner, was grinning like the Grinch from ear to ear. He had just watched his talent-laden team from the Sunshine State take the President's Cup title away from Michigan. NBL's new President, Ken Masters, who served as Michigan's State Commissioner this time last year, watched his old team drop to 8th behind a group of other challenging states. The Carolina's (North and South) and Ohio came close but Florida had more than 200 riders in attendance and they dominated the day.
  The Results (last year's ranking in brackets)
  1-Florida (2); 2-Carolinas (9); 3-Ohio (5); 4-Virginia (11); 5-Georgia (10); 6-Pennsylvania (6); 7-New Jersey (15); 8-Michigan (1); 9-New York (14); 10-Connecticut; 11-Illinois (3); 12-Maryland; 13-California (4); 14-Alabama; 15-Kentucky (12); 16-New Hampshire; 17-Tennessee (7)

  I have just discovered that for some reason, the contact page on this site was down for a while. I'm not sure for how long, but I know that some people have been trying to email & I haven't been receiving them. It should be working now. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please feel free to resend your message if you're not sure if it was received!! 2009 NEWS

The new state season points started in November but with all the rain, holidays, big races at other tracks, etc, etc, . . . we haven't been able to have any races at our track BUT we are looking forward to having double races on some Saturdays and races on the Thursdays that we have enough riders to hold a race! One of the double races will be on Saturday, 17 Jan.
On the Thursdays that we have a race (since 99% of our riders have to be in school on Fridays) everyone must be registered no later than 6:45pm so all the pre-race paperwork can be completed on time for the race to start at 7pm. This way the riders can all get track time, earn points and be home early enough to get ready for school. (The younger riders are going to love me for that!) If you won't be at the track till 7pm, no problem! Just call the track at 282-9177 to pre-register!
We hope to see you all out here on 8 Jan for practice and hopefully a race! Our riders need their state points so they can earn their way in to the 2009 President's Cup Race!

Our next practice will be on Thursday, 15 Jan. and we will have a double race with all day practice on Saturday, 17 Jan.
The gates will open at 11am on the 17th for practice and the first race will be at 6pm. If you would like to call to pre-register you may do so at 282-9177. Leave the rider's name, NBL #, bike #, age and class.
Just PLEASE remember to register for practice/race BEFORE the rider gets on the track. We are a non-profit group and we are not in the same position as some of the other tracks who receive help from other entities. We rely on the monies from registration and concession sales only to pay our bills.
I think I finally have a complete list of names of those who ride at our track that had the chance to ride in the Prseident's Cup but I still don't have everyone's finishes. The lucky ones who had the chance to represent Florida in the year end race was as follows.
Kendra Stoddard - 13 Girls - 6th place / James Cazares - 15 Novice - 3rd place / Maxie King - 14 Novice - 5th place / Boone Hatcher - 12 Novice - 7th place / Ethan Tyler - 7 Rookie - 1st place / Bryan Bowers - 14 Rookie - 5th place / Ray Ragsdale - 16 Rookie - 1st place / Chris Brown - 17 and up Rookie - 4th place
Kyla Reed, James Reed, Vic Lewis and Preston Lewis also rode in the President's Cup but I don't have their finishes.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL who helped get the President's Cup back where it belongs!

Well, we haven't been able to hold a race since 17 Jan but we have been at the track for a bit of cold practices! We will not be at the track on 7 Feb due to the fact that a lot of our volunteers and riders are going to the big race in Georgia. GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

The track received some rain Wednesday but thanks to the track being uncovered early (THANKS JAMES R) and the ingenuity and determination of our riders, we had a working practice on Thursday night.
We will not be having a race tonight though due to High Springs having a double race today. We wish them well but remember your home track of Middleburg and don't forget to come out here and race! I know we've had a tough time with the weather and big races being held at other tracks but if we don't start supporting our own track and work on getting a bigger number of riders, we're going to start to have real problems and we'll have no choice but to drive an hour and a half to enjoy the sport we all love. I don't know about you all but I love having the choice of staying close to home AND travelling.

On April 18 we will be having both a DOUBLE POINTS RACE *AND* a WARNICKE RACE! More information (such as times) will be posted as soon as it's figured out.