Personal History
MY NAME IS BENTLEY NORWOOD AND I AM 6 YEARS OLD. MY MOM HAS TO HELP ME TYPE THIS BECAUSE I AM NOT TO GOOD AT SPELLING BIG WORDS AND TYPING JUST YET, BEING 6 AND ALL. I LOVE DIRTBIKES AND LOVE RACING EVEN MORE! I TOLD MY PARENTS I WANTED A DIRTBIKE FOR CHRISTMAS 2017 AND BOY WAS I EXCITED ON CHRISTMAS MORNING TO SEE THEY HAD GOT ME ONE! THEY ARE PRETTY AWESOME! AFTER I GOT MY FIRST BIKE, I KNEW I WANTED TO RACE. NOT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THE SPORT AND COMING FROM A FAMILY WHO DOESN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE SPORT, MY MOM AND DAD DID SOME RESEARCH AND GOT ME READY FOR MY VERY FIRST RACE. I GOT MY BIKE ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND MY FIRST RACE WAS IN MARCH, STARTING THE OUTDOOR SERIES. MY FIRST RACE WAS AWESOME! IT WAS THE BEST TIME AND IT GOT ME HOOKED ON THE WORLD OF MOTOCROSS. NOT HAVING ANY EXPERIENCE OR PRACTICE, I WASN'T SURE HOW WELL I WOULD DO. MOM AND DAD TOLD ME TO HAVE FUN AND BE SAFE. MY VERY FIRST RACE I CAME IN 4TH PLACE! NOW, SINCE THEN I HAVE NOT STOPPED RACING. I HAVE BEEN AT EVERY RACE SINCE THAT DAY IN THE ALABAMA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. WITH EACH RACE, I GROW. I ALSO JOINED THE YOUNG GUNS SERIES WHICH WAS A 3 RACE SERIES AND I WAS ABLE TO WIN MY VERY FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 1,1,1 - I WON ALL 3 RACES! I HAVE PLACED IN THE TOP 5 OR BETTER WITH SOME OF THE BEST RIDERS IN THE STATE. I AM WORKING SO HARD AT THIS SPORT AND PUSHING MYSELF TO BE BETTER WITH EACH RIDE AND RACE. THE PW CLASS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE CLASSES AROUND OUR AREA. I AM RACING WITH GATES UP TO 16 KIDS. THAT'S 16 4-6 YEAR OLDS. ISN'T THAT COOL! I HAVE BEEN BRINGING HOME TWO TROPHIES AT EVERY RACE BECAUSE I RACE IN THE SHAFT AND SHIFTER CLASS. I AM SO THANKFUL THAT MY MOM AND DAD ALLOWED ME TO BE APART OF THIS SPORT AND HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTING TO ME ALONG THE WAY. I COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT THEM. MY MOTO FRIENDS HAVE BECOME MY BEST BUDS! ITS TRULY THE BEST SPORT OUT THERE. I AM GOING TO WORK SO HARD TO TRY AND QUALIFY FOR LORETTA LYNN'S IN THE 2019 SEASON, I HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO BUT I AM DEDICATED AND I WANT TO LEARN EVERYTHING I CAN! THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LOOK AT MY PROFILE. I LOOK FORWARD TO REPRESENTING YOUR COMPANY IN MY MOTOCROSS JOURNEY AS A 6 YEAR OLD. THANK YOU!