Hampton BMX News
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BMX Beginner Lessons
The next 5-6 Thursday nights will provide new riders the instruction needed to understand BMX Racing, racing techniques, and will provide opportunity to work and improve on them. There is no fee for the lessons, however you must be a current USABMX Member... donations are welcomed. Don't have a USABMX Membership? Go to USABMX.com and click the Join Now link. After that, all you need is a long sleeve shirt and pants. New riders must be able to pedal a bicycle (no training wheels)....
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Local Racing and SQR update
As we entered into Phase III and the increased capacity of gatherings from 50 to 250 people, we were ery excited about getting back to racing last week. However, as we were discussing plans for our SQR with the city, we were informed that with the recent regional spikes in cases over the past few days, the city of Hampton is taking a more conservative approach. In hopes of minimizing the spread of the virus, the max gathering capacity will go back to 50 unt...
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Gate Practice Tuesday night, 6:30-8:30PM
Fine tune your gate starts for Rock Hill's National coming up in two weekends with us on Tuesday Night! $4/rider Please maintain Social Distancing of 6', no more than 50 people at the facility. USABMX Membership is required and can be purchased for 1/2 price now through the end of June. www.usabmx.com
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Update on June 6th and 7th events
Well folks, The Hampton Parks and Rec Department fought hard for us to reopen to running events, and they were successful to an extent, however they have been told we as a track must adhere to the Governor's Executive Orders of having no more than 50 people at the facility. With that said, the only thing remotely possible is block racing. The block racing guidelines will not work for us at this time as it will not allow our new riders and families to experience the racing atmosph...
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All events are canceled until further notice
The track is open to the public during this time from Sunup to Sundown. Please be mindful not to ride the track when it is wet. If you walk o the track and can see the imprint of your soles, it is to wet to ride. Volunteers run the track and every rut has to be worked out before a race. Thank you in advanced for your understanding! The Hampton BMX Crew
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****2019 AWARDS BANQUET UPDATE****
****2019 AWARDS BANQUET UPDATE**** Heeding the advice of the VDH’s article on considerations for cancelling or modifying an event in response to COVID-19 in Virginia, we have decided to move our 2019 Awards Banquet to an outdoor venue where there will be more distance between attendees. All of the event details will remain the same except it will be held at the Hampton BMX Track. We will still cater the main dishes. Please continue to bring the side dishes as we do have power for ...
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Week of 3/9/2020
Tuesday: Gate Practice 6:30-8:30pm Thursday: Beginner Clinc 6:30-8:00pm Friday: Banquet Set-up 6-8pm Saturday: 2019 Awards Banquet 2-6pm
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Race Canceled for 2/15
With a feel like temp of 33 degrees midday we have decided to cancel tomorrow’s race. Kids, parents, spectators, and volunteers just would not have fun with it being so cold. So it’s another Saturday canceled. We will make it up on a Friday soon. Stay warm everyone!!!
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Gate Practice this Saturday 1/18/2020
With the upcoming Lexington National next week we are having gate practice this Saturday Jan 18, 2020. Practice will run from 11-1/1:30pm $4/rider. We will have the timers setup in gate 8 as well.
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New SMS Alerting Service
We are moving away from Rainedout SMS alerts on June 15 due to new fees. After discussions with a few tracks and USABMX we have decided to go to Remind for our new SMS alerts. Please sign up now and don't miss another alert.
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