Originally Posted by Darin
I thinks it's very cool that you are racing him. I started mine at 8. He just got his a bike a week before, never rode a BMX bike before and never over any kind of jumps at all. We watched other guys for a while then he geared up and took off. He crashed 3 times on the first lap. He still hasn't won, but took 2nd once. We don't try too hard to win, but enjoy just being there with the other racer and having fun. After some time off, we plan to hit race at least once a week next year. Our track has 2 races every week and practice night on thurs. Post a couple pics of your son, and good luck.
He has just loved riding his bike since he was 3 and would try riding over hills, jumps or any thing he could find in the neighborhood. I did some web searching and was surprised to find a BMX track less then 10 miles from our house. He loves it and has share of crashes but jumps up and keeps going.
I noticed your from Denver, PA, do you race at York?
I heard that is a pretty fast track. We race at Lebanon and maybe next year will try York a couple of times. I don't want to travel too much and make it too intense for him. I want him to just enjoy it first and then go from there.
Good luck
Jerry