{"id":224479,"date":"2026-06-21T17:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224479\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T17:23:14","slug":"bmx-racers-converge-in-clarks-summit-for-pennsylvania-state-qualifying-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/224479\/","title":{"rendered":"BMX racers converge in Clarks Summit for Pennsylvania State qualifying race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BMX enthusiasts gathered in Lackawanna County for a state qualifying race, as athletes of all ages competed.<\/p>\n<p>CLARKS SUMMIT, Pa. \u2014 An annual BMX racing event drew big crowds Saturday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wnep.com\/section\/lackawanna-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Lackawanna County<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Racers flocked to Cedar BMX in Clarks Summit for the Pennsylvania State qualifying race. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event is a lead-up to the Pennsylvania State Championship in BMX racing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Athletes from all around the nation came to Lackawanna County to compete, something organizers say brings a sense of community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Getting kids out here in the open air and just enjoying the sport, being outside, being in the community, making new friends. It&#8217;s very important to come out and try BMX,&#8221; said Michelle Kohel from Cedar BMX.<\/p>\n<p>Kids as young as 1 year old took the stage today at Cedar BMX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BMX enthusiasts gathered in Lackawanna County for a state qualifying race, as athletes of all ages competed. CLARKS&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-224479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}