Well, two wheeled terrors it was a blustery weekend in the rolling hills of Flemington New Jersey at HCBMX and State Qualifiers 3 and 4. Massive Matt Danek and his crew of super northern volunteers whipped up HC into killer shape for their turn at the gate. Matt popped up a few pictures on his camera phone to me that he had taken after the rain had blasted the track earlier in the week and it was amazing how much work was done in such a short amount of time to get things back into flying, rolling, jumping shape.
Pt. Pleasant Bikes, Felt, KB were all back to see who were the top teams for the weekend and Chip and Dale’s rolling BMX command center made an appearance as well. Andy has been supporting BMX since about day 2 in NJ and special thanks should be made to someone who lives the sport like himself. Catch the 2-Hip BMX Team down at his shop this summer!
The NJBMX State Series sign up trailer was revitalized for this showdown and Janeen, Nancy and the rest of the Board were making heavy use of it, taking signups, answering questions and keeping us band of BMX crazies from going into race overload!
Enough preliminary mumbo jumbo, people want to hear about some of the racing action.
Before we get into anything about racing, it has to be thrown out there, it must be recognized, the reason we all start doing this radnoodleness is because we love that feeling we get when jumping that bike, and one young gun stood above the rest this weekend and that was the maniac Mike Resz”Crossup”kowski. The 9 expert was SKYING (see the picture) the triples out of the first turn. Every time he was on the gate the whole crowd got up to see this tiny rocket blast into the air. Looking at that young dude started me thinking that we know have 3 schools old, new and future, BMX is going places people and like Mike shows, the skies the limit.
Now on to actual gate dropping and main finishing!
Micro midget maniac racers were trampled by Gabriel “have to love em” Hatem in 5 under rookie. He rolled the first both days and held back the rest of the tiny terrors like, McDonald, Elleto and Bryson. The rad lads of 8 Rookie were flip flopped over the weekend, with Karsten Tribus taking the 1 one day and Jeremy Haney taking the second the next. Kyle Hamblin and Lenny Hicks were rocking the 6 Novice and 8 Novice classes over the weekend, both dads volunteer heavily at their local tracks and both still shred on their scoots! Props to the micro second generation squiddly squadron!
Moving into the near teen groups, well at least the over 3.5 crowd! Massive Matty Cranmer rocked the uno one day and dumped a deuce the other in 8 Expert. Chris Koval also rocked out in that class, following up behind Matt and Cranking Kyle Dulock, 8 Ex is a crazy close class to keep the eyeballs glued on!
Jesse Heft, hefted the first both days caging Austin “Gorilla” Padilla. The first straights in this class are one crazy ride! Erik Robbins slipped back and forth this weekend in 11 Rookie, but it was Josh “Holy Hannah” Haney who smoked the comp this weekend! Looks like the ’07 novice classes are gonna be wild!
What does it mean when you are 2 years younger than everyone else in your class? It means your name is Paul Filippone, yea he’s expert but a 10 year old blasting 12 year olds? Skills lads and lassettes, skills. 1st on Sunday!
15 Rookie had Kraemer and Codis swapping positions over the weekend as well, that seems to be the craziness of the windy land of Hunterdon County!
16 Expert was romped on by Vinnie Man”how does he go so high”nino, shredding both days to finish first. Winning a race and being able to do backflip x-ups means you got the skills to thrill, the next Donny Robinson?
Heather Haugh and Shannon Walsh blasted through HC for the older ladies classes both days, though they are in different classes, they get combined most times, but still shread it out there. Little lasses? Alana Carolan kept the pedal down and got Emilie McMurray both days but big Steve McM is on the training tip and we’ll see what happens in the class later in the year!
Big wheels,¦the cruiser class. Bill “Herniated” Hayden got the first in 35-39 on day one, with Pete “Wogs” Wohglemuth in the 2 spot. Day 2 saw the return of Chris Lamb. The lambinator, taking the competitive class wire to wire for the win.The old dogs cruiser class was taken by Rumbling Rempkowski on day one but Big Jeff Heath got busy on day 2 after working all day Saturday.
The old dogs class was taken by Ripping Rich Farside, both days beating guys up to 22 years his junior, crazy! The main on day one was pretty ballistic as the battle for the 35+ novice class was getting heated in the last straight rhythms. Wogs and Crazy Craig went down in heap of flames, allowing some 80’s old fart loser to roll around them and claim the class win for the day miracles must happen, but it was no lie that it actually went down..
Grrrrrrrrrrrr, the big guns, the bad boys, the killers the money men. The 16 Over Open class!
Yea daddy, you know these guys were shredding it, it’s not even about who wins, (okay it is for them) it’s about the style for miles that goes on out there. This weekend saw the return of Greg Morgan to the track and the open mains, he pulled in a 5th and 3rd for the weekend, Greg was massive not too long ago, so this may be the return of more Morgan madness! Caveman Kapigian kept his knuckles off the quarry dust long enough on Saturday to take the deuce with Brett Snyder following in behind him, Brett bounced back on Sunday as the Caveman was nowhere to be found. Who won..both days? Back to back with insane wild speed and style Flying Phil Delizia, NJÃ’s one and only. He roasted the comp for MCS and Pt Pleasant bikes both days. Ya never know if Phil is gonna throw big or kick a massive style pull manual to blow your mind with his skills. Riding is one thing, but Phil’s enthusiasm for BMXing off the track speaks loads about the character of “The Jersey Wunderkid” Big things ahead for Phil, let’s hope he stays in NJ. So thats the way it went with the big boys of NJ BMX. Young guys, rookies, never be afraid to say hi or ask for tips from these guys, they were new riders just like you at one point and are stoked on BMX just like you!
That’s a few of the highlights from the weekend. So much action going on in those hills that we scared away the black bears of the Jersey mountains! Yea daddeeos and two thumbs up major to Matt Danek and his crew for giving NJ 2 more fantasical State Races! Next stop is the track in the center. The middle mania of Central Jersey BMX.
See you all in July! Now go shred some trails or something!!!
Results:
Day 1:
Age/Class>>Name Age Place
14-15, 16 & Over Girls
Shannon Walsh 14G 1
Heather Haugh 17G 1
16 Expert
Vincent Mannino 16E 1
Luke Yerkes 16E 2
Jeff Tantum 16E 3
Daniel Smith III 16E 4
18-21, 22-29 Expert
Dave Pawlowski 28E 1
Jim Mulhern IV 18E 1
Timmy Sullivan 20E 2
17, 18-21 Expert, Novice
Michael Kouterick 18N 1
Carl Risley 21N 2
Tom Martin 17E 1
17 Novice, Rookie
Kenny Meleta 17N 1
Stephen Moritz 17N 2
Sean Mulhern 17N 3
Kyle Robinson 17R 1
16 Novice
Jeffery Heath 16N 1
Sean Hogan 16N 2
Timothy McCarthy 16N 3
14 Expert,
15 Novice, Expert
Shawn Lloyd 15E 1
Braeden Mark 15N 1
Luke Filippone 14E 1
15 Rookie
Tyler Kraemer 15R 1
Joseph Codis 15R 2
Lee Matos 15R 3
Frank Paglianite 15R 4
13, 14 Novice
Dakota Caulfield 13N 1
James Cranmer 13N 2
Christopher Opitz 14N 1
Thomas Turner 14N 2
Gary Transue 14N 3
12, 13 Rookie
Anthony Talamini 13R 1
Amanda Robbins 13R 2
Danny Muessig 12R 1
10-11, 12-13 Girls
Taylor Farside 11G 1
Linda Oliverio 12G 1
12 Expert
Victor Behm 12E 1
Michael Schneider 12E 2
Steven Dulock 12E 3
11 Rookie
Josh Haney 11R 1
Erik Robbins 11R 2
Ian Kulis 11R 3
Richard Wheeler 11R 4
Ryan Shreve 11R 5
9 expert, 10 Novice
Tommy Gillis 9E 1
Zarek Justis 10N 1
RJ Godino 10N 2
Justin Phillips 10N 3
Brandon Brown 10N 4
Ryan Anderson 10N 5
10 Rookie
Maxwell Wheeler 10R 1
Colin Grabel 10R 2
Anthony Petrillo 10R 3
8 Expert, 9 Novice
Matthew Cranmer 8E 1
Christopher Koval 8E 2
Jesse Heft 9N 1
Austin Padilla 9N 2
Jake Pletscher 9N 3
9 Rookie
Bradley Staudt 9R 1
Ryan Cohen 9R 2
Billy Wittig 9R 3
6-7, 8-9 Girls
Alana Carolan 9G 1
Emilie McMurray 9G 2
Cheyenne Godino 6G 1
6, 8 Novice
Kyle Hamblin 6N 1
Lenny Hicks 8N 1
Michael Gelsomine 8N 2
Colin Hamblin 8N 3
8 Rookie
Jeremy Haney 8R 1
Karsten Tribus 8R 2
7 Rookie
Ryan Scott 7R 1
Ryan Yuhas 7R 2
Nathan Grabel 7R 3
Eric Matos 7R 4
6 Rookie
Christopher Bestine 6R 1
Alex McMurray 6R 2
Giselle Thompson 6R 3
5 & Under Rookie
Gabriel Hatem 5R 1
Nicholas McDonald 5R 2
Jeffrey Eletto 5R 3
Jake Bryson 5R 4
Kevin Ditmire 5R 5
45-49 Cruiser
James Rempkowski 47C 1
Jim Mulhern III 46C 2
40-44 Cruiser
Rich Farside 40C 1
Nils Tribus 41C 2
30-34, 35-39 Cruiser
Chris Worrell 30C 1
Bill Hayden 39C 1
Peter Wohlgemuth 37C 2
Allen Thompson 37C 3
Frank Klimecki 37C 4
14-15, 16-17 Cruiser
Luke Filippone 14C 1
Sean Mulhern 17C 1
10-11, 12-13 Cruiser
Paul Filippone 10C 1
Victor Behm 12C 1
Zachary McLaughlin 12C 2
9 & Under Cruiser
Jesse Heft 9C 1
Michael Gelsomine 8C 2
35 & Over Novice, Expert
Rich Farside 40E 1
Dale Maghan 32E 1
Thomas McMurray 36E 2
Brett Middaugh 40N 1
Robert Clarke 36N 2
Frank Klimecki 37N 3
Craig Wilson 38N 4
Peter Wohlgemuth 37N 5
10 Expert, 11,12 Novice
Paul Filippone 10E 1
Anthony Carsillo 11N 1
Nicholas Jones 12N 1
Brian Farro 12N 2
Trevor Justis 12N 3
Kyle Glenn 12N 4
Ryan Jagusch 12N 5
Adam Kulis 12N 6
16 & Over Open
Phil Delizia 18O 1
Dave Kapigian 36S 2
Brett Snyder 23O 3
Daniel Smith III 16O 4
Greg Morgan 20O 5
Dale Maghan 32O 6
Timmy Sullivan 20O 7
Jeff Tantum 16O 8
Day 2:
Age/Class>>Name Age Place
35 & Over Novice, Expert
Christopher Haugh 22E 1
Rich Farside 40E 1
Thomas McMurray 36E 2
Michael Kouterick 18N 1
Paul Carroll 38N 1
Brett Middaugh 40N 2
Loren Hamblin 37N 3
James Rempkowski 47N 4
17 Expert, Novice
Tom Martin 17E 1
Kenny Meleta 17N 1
Sean Mulhern 17N 2
16, 17 & Over Rookie
Derek Fielding 16R 1
Kyle Robinson 17R 1
16 Expert, Novice
Jeffery Heath 16N 1
Timothy McCarthy 16N 2
Vincent Mannino 16E 1
Luke Yerkes 16E 2
Daniel Smith III 16E 3
14,15 Expert, Novice
Brandon Stella 15E 1
Luke Filippone 14E 1
Braeden Mark 15N 1
14, 15 Rookie
Jay Nipe 14R 1
Joseph Codis 15R 1
Tyler Kraemer 15R 2
Frank Paglianite 15R 3
Lee Matos 15R 4
12-13, 14-15, 16 & Over Girls
Heather Haugh 17G 1
Shannon Walsh 14G 1
Linda Oliverio 12G 1
12, 13, 14 Expert, Novice
Victor Behm 12E 1
Thomas Turner 14N 1
Dakota Caulfield 14N 2
Gary Transue 13N 1
16 & Over Open
Philip Delizia 18O 1
Brett Snyder 23O 2
Greg Morgan 20O 3
Jim Mulhern IV 18O 4
Daniel Smith III 16O 5
Chris Haugh 22O 6
Timmy Sullivan 20O 7
Sean Mabin 23S 8
10 Expert, 12 Novice
Paul Filippone 10E 1
Nicholas Jones 12N 1
David Crofton 12N 2
Brian Farro 12N 3
Trevor Justis 12N 4
Adam Kulis 12N 5
Ryan Jagusch 12N 6
9 Exert, 10 Novice
Michael Reszkowski 9E 1
Stone Walsh 9E 2
Justin Phillips 10N 1
Zarek Justis 10N 2
RJ Godino 10N 3
Brandon Brown 10N 4
Christopher Whiley 10N 5
12, 13 Rookie
Brandon Dreher 12R 1
Casey O’Donnell 13R 1
Anthony Talamini 13R 2
Amanda Robbins 13R 3
11 Rookie
Josh Haney 11R 1
Ian Kulis 11R 2
Erik Robbins 11R 3
Richard Wheeler 11R 4
10-11 Girls
Taylor Farside 11G 1
Whitney Kowski 11G 2
10 Rookie
Maxwell Wheeler 10R 1
Colin Grabel 10R 2
9 Novice
Jesse Heft 9N 1
Austin Padilla 9N 2
Tyler Warner 9N 3
9 Rookie
Bradley Staudt 9R 1
Ryan Cohen 9R 2
Billy Wittig 9R 3
6-7, 8-9 Girls
Alana Carolan 9G 1
Emilie McMurray 9G 2
Cheyenne Godino 6G 2
8 Expert, Novice
Kyle Dulock 8E 1
Matthew Cranmer 8E 2
Christopher Koval 8E 3
Michael Gelsomine 8N 1
Colin Hamblin 8N 2
8 Rookie
Karsten Tribus 8R 1
Jeremy Haney 8R 2
5 7 Under, 6, 7, Novice
Joe Caputo 7N 1
Kyle Hamblin 6N 1
Joseph Krause 5N 1
7 Rookie
Ryan Scott 7R 1
Nathan Grabel 7R 2
Eric Matos 7R 3
Ryan Yuhas 7R 4
Alexander Kowski 7R 5
6 Rookie
Shayne Simon 6R 1
Christopher Bestine 6R 2
Alex McMurray 6R 3
Gisele Thompson 6R 4
5 & Under Rookie
Gabriel Hatem 5R 1
Nicholas McDonald 5R 2
Jeffrey Eletto 5R 3
Jake Bryson 5R 4
Kevin Ditmire 5R 5
Jonathan Wheeler 5R 6
45-49 Cruiser
Jeffry Heath 45C 1
James Rempkowski 47C 2
Jim Mulhern III 46C 3
40-44 Cruiser
Rich Farside 40C 1
Nils Tribus 41C 2
30-34, 35-39 Cruiser
Chris Worrell 30C 1
Jeff Lamb 36C 1
Chris Whiley 37C 2
Michael Simon 36C 3
Allen Thompson 37C 4
10-11, 14-15 Cruiser
Paul Filippone 10C 1
Brandon Stella 15C 1
Luke Filippone 14C 2
9 & Under Cruiser
Jesse Heft 9C 1
Michael Gelsomine 9C 2
