World-Class Performance Meets Local Expertise

By Jaime Hayes

Located in the South Carolina Sandhills region in Chesterfield is ClubMX, a world-renowned, full-service motocross training facility. Spanning more than 200 acres, ClubMX has become an international destination on the motocross training circuit.

Motocross is a high-adrenaline, off-road motorcycle sport that combines speed, skill, endurance and technical precision. Riders compete on dirt tracks featuring sharp turns, jumps, and elevation changes, requiring exceptional balance, physical conditioning and bike control.

The sport demands quick reflexes and strategic decision-making as riders navigate unpredictable terrain at high speeds. Motocross is one of the most physically demanding sports in the world.

Training facilities like ClubMX provide structured programs where athletes refine techniques such as cornering, throttle control, jumping form, and race strategy, helping riders elevate their performance in this intensely competitive discipline.

Brandon Haas, owner and head coach of ClubMX – and an accomplished motocross racer himself – found this jewel of a property a decade ago and immediately noticed a valuable feature: a perfect blend of sand and clay.

“The combination of sand and clay is ideal for motocross,” he said. “It allows us to build and maintain a variety of tracks for different methods of training.

“Finding this combination within the same property is very rare,” Brandon added.

Established in 2010, the facility features eight national-caliber motocross, supercross and arenacross tracks. Its structured program is led by a multidisciplinary staff which includes motocross and supercross specialists, a nutritionist, fitness coaches, a sports psychologist and a sports medicine physician.

As a private, members-only facility, ClubMX has capacity for 30 full-time members, both amateur and professional, who often live onsite.

Motocross, now a recognized professional sport, has soared in popularity across the world. At any time, ClubMX’s onsite members represent countries like Spain and France, who come to the facility to train. While some travel alone, others have their families with them and live in one of ClubMX’s housing units.

Members have a structured daily schedule, which includes several hours of on-the-bike training, strength training and conditioning, nutrition and mental skills coaching. “Motocross is more than riding the bike,” said Brandon. “It’s both physically and mentally demanding. At ClubMX, we make sure our riders are fully prepared all around.”

ClubMX also offers its members outdoor amenities like fishing and swimming, a cafeteria, chapel and a full-service pro shop with mechanics.

McLeod Health Cheraw recognized the value of ClubMX to Chesterfield County and the influx of people it brings on a continuous basis. In turn, ClubMX saw the value of having the services of McLeod Health Cheraw just miles away. The two entities formed a partnership, making McLeod Health the preferred healthcare provider for ClubMX members and their families.

“This partnership just made sense,” said Bren Lowe, CEO of McLeod Health Cheraw. “At any given time, ClubMX has 30 or more individuals on the property, and McLeod Health Cheraw is prepared to provide them with excellent medical care if and when they need it.”

Overlooking the property’s main track is its new performance center which will display the McLeod Health name, featuring areas for strength and cardio training, a sauna and a hyperbaric chamber – a useful amenity that is designed to boost healing as well as reduce tissue damage and inflammation using 100 percent pure oxygen. The clubhouse will also accommodate treatment areas for the nutrition and healthcare providers onsite. ClubMX continues to elevate motocross training that is world class in its performance and recognition.

McLeod Health Cheraw
McLeod Health recently commenced construction on a new state-of-the-art expansion to the hospital, designed to enhance the delivery of high-quality health care in Chesterfield and Marlboro Counties. The expansion will be constructed on the current McLeod Health Cheraw property and replace the current building, which was built in 1980, and will grow around the existing Emergency Department, which opened in 2018, and the Intensive Care Unit that opened in 2021.

With a strong history in the Chesterfield community since 1958, McLeod Health Cheraw, formerly Chesterfield General Hospital, serves residents of Chesterfield and Marlboro Counties with excellence in patient care. As part of McLeod Health, patients receive access to specialized services, improved technology, an outstanding physician network and enhanced facilities. Services available at McLeod Health Cheraw include Cardiac Care, Diagnostic Imaging (including 3D mammography), Laboratory, Surgery, Orthopedics, Rehabilitation, Hospice and Home Health.