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He knows exactly how many trophies he has won. He can tell you all about dirt bike racing and can even name some of the top riders who love the sport as much as he does. Why is this impressive? Brian Coburn- Kennedy is only seven, a first grade student at Alvin Primary School...and he lives to race. He will tell you he has won 21 first place and 20 second place trophies for his dirt bike racing. And, he has big aspirations. "When I grow up, I want to ride the "Baja 1,000", like Mouse McCoy," says Brian. McCoy is the only racer who has ever completed the race alone, with no team members, totally as an independant. Brian has also been given the nickname "Mighty Mouse" because he is small in stature, but impressive in handling his bike. The youngster's love of bikes began when he was just a "little kid", barely four, and his dad bought him a bicycle at the shop where he works. Before the year was up, Brian was the proud owner of his first dirt bike. Four days after he received it, the training wheels were taken off and by age five Brian had gone from riding the track around the acreage at his home, to riding local race tracks. He won his first trophy in December 2003 and nowBRIAN.................page 10races around the entire Texas gulf coast area at several different race tracks. Today, Brian races an even faster version of his Honda 50cc dirt bike. The love of bikes runs through the whole family. Aunts, Uncles, Mom, Dad , Big Brothers, Big Sisters.... even Grandpa rode. Brian's dad , Chad Kennedy has raced and ridden bikes for years, and although mom, Laura, does ride, she says she does it "just for the pleasure , on country back roads." As Brian learned to handle his bike,practicing often with his brother and dad, he was entered in competitions, and although mom admits to being nervous about the jumps on the tracks, her son has never been hurt because he always wears all his protective equipment. "When we got h