Personal History
I’m Carson, I’m seven years old. I live with my mom, dad, and my little brother Jayden, who is two. We live on our family farm. On our farm, my parents are co-owners with my grandparents in our track called Tumbling Creek MX. Our track is advertised yearly for Loretta’s Amateur Nationals as their practice track. I get the opportunity each year to meet people from all over the country at our track for Loretta’s practice week. I’ve met several famous riders, and someday I hope to follow in their footsteps. Being around it all of my life, I have always loved watching them race and ride. I got my first dirtbike when I was 3, it was a Honda CRF50. I loved to ride it daily, and raced it a couple of times when I was four and five. When I turned 6, my parents got me a KTM 50, and I started racing it right away, around football games. I love football as well, but this year I chose to hold off on the football season to try to compete in points in our local TN/AL series. I’d rather be on my dirtbike than anything else.
Riding Goals
My goals in racing for this year are to hopefully receive the championship in points of this local TN/AL series, and hold at least third in points in the Open 7-8 class. I am currently training twice a week here at our track with two trainers in hopes to meet these goals. Next year, my hopes are to compete in a different series with different tracks from what I’m used to. I also hope to qualify for Loretta’s Amateur Championship. My ultimate lifelong goal is to compete in Pro Motocross and Pro Supercross. Again, I would rather ride my dirtbike than do anything else in the world.
Competitive Highlights
In 2019, I gained a new confidence in myself with my KTM. Between football games, I raced in 3 races in the fall. I got 2nd in two of them, and won the other. My first win had me hooked. Football season came to an end, and my family heard about a Winter series in KY in January 2020. When we found out about it, there were only two races left in the series. It was a tight arenacross track, which I wasn’t used to. The first race I placed 4th and 5th in the two classes I raced. The second race, (the last of the series), I finished 1st in one class and 3rd in the other. This boosted my confidence even more.
This Summer (once the COVID allowed), we started this local TN/AL series. There are usually 11-13 riders in the two classes that I race in.
The first race was May 16th. I finished 1st in the 4-6 class and 5th in the Open 50 class.
June 13th, I finished 2nd and 5th.
June 27th, I finished 1st and 4th.
July 11th, I finished 1st and 5th.
July 25th, I finished 1st and 6th.
August 1st, I finished 2nd and 3rd.
August 22nd, I finished 1st and 4th.
Best of all, I had the privilege to race at Loretta Lynn’s Pro Amateur Race on Sunday, August 16th. There, I raced in the 7-8 class, being the only one in the class that was 6 years old. I finished 22nd out of 35 racers, which I was proud of, being that some of those kids had already turned 9. It was an awesome experience, and I will never forget it. I only live a few miles down from Loretta’s track, and I had always dreamt of racing there someday. Now, next year, I’m hoping to qualify for the Amateur National Championship.