Personal History
My name is Ben Marum, I'm 21 years old from Melbourne Australia. I have grown up around bmx and motorcycles my whole life. At a young age I raced bmx and was one of the best in the state. I won almost every weekend and rode in an older age group to keep myself in a competitive group. Once my local track closed that was the end of that era.
My mum has been the biggest influence in my life and alway will be. She is a single parent and raised 2 boys on her own , working 3 jobs when i was younger just to support me and my brother whilst trying to pay off a mortgage. She always wanted the best for both us boys and tried to make us happy, therefor having two growing sons riding bikes it forced her to give up the house mortgage so we could continue to do what we wanted to do. i only recently just discovered this at the age of 18...
I started motocross racing at about the age of 15.. I started in c grade and was just a normal mid pack rider. I lived with my mum, so she took me every weekend and spent thousands of dollars trying to let me peruse my goals, the next year I moved into b grade and started doing really well, winning races every few weeks or so. When I turned senior and started to pay my own way through the sport, where I didn't do a whole lot of racing as I couldn't afford to. In 2013 I took a whole new approach towards racing with goals I have set for myself and wanted to achieve, but unfortunately due to injury and financial reasons i was unable to finish out a series during the season.
Riding Goals
This year in 2014 I have set myself goals which I want to achieve and have taken action, I want to podium over all in the Victoria State Titles and also in the Gippsland Regional Series. I want to race a few rounds of the Australian Motocross Nationals in the C Grade Lites class and try get my name out there to get people behind me who can help me reach my future goals. I have been training most days every week from gym, to cycling , to on the bike fitness and healthy eating. I want to prove to myself that I am fast enough to do this and also show people that I can be upfront rider.
Competitive Highlights
1st place - Sun centre Masters motocross/ arenacross
2nd place -Seymour 2day open
2nd place - Ballarat 2day open
Sat 5th in the Victorian State Titles until injured in 2013