The secrets to success for local BMX racer Christopher Hobbie are simple to describe. Go all out, don’t think too much on the track and stay near the front of the pack, or out in front of the pack, at all times. But there’s another secret the 13-year-old from Manahawkin doesn’t often share.

“My coaches told me to think about weird things while I’m in the chute waiting to race,” said Hobbie, who in March qualified to be a part of Team USA in the 13-year-old Challenge Class competition of the UCI…