Personal History
On just my second birthday my dad got me a JR50 with training wheels. By two and a half I was riding without any training wheels. This started a passion for motocross in my life that can never be stopped. By age five I started racing every weekend. When I got my first KTM 50, I started to prove to my dad that this was something I was meant for. I either won or crashed trying. I've always had a drive so strong that I hate losing. Whenever I do, I do everything in my power to correct my mistakes and get faster so I will be on top again. Throughout my riding career it's always been a struggle for my dad to support me because I have three sisters and motocross is not cheap but he has done everything he could. While I was in high school I maintained being an honor roll student with high 90's and in spring of 2014 graduated 2 years of college with a 3.8 gpa. At 28 years old I’m finally financially stable enough to fully support myself. I recently just picked up a 2023 Yamaha Yz450F on the 1st of March 23’ and will be riding that in the future with plans of getting a 24’ Yz250F when that releases. I have big plans for the upcoming years and your help would be very appreciated. At the same time, I know I would be a good asset to your team and be able to prove to you that I'm the perfect racer to support. I have a lot of motivation to achieve the things I want and my main goal right now is trying to go professional.
Riding Goals
For 2022/2023 I have big plans and want to reach my goal of becoming a pro motocross racer. Over the past couple years, I’ve been working, trying to practice as much as possible, and saving money to chase my dream. Now it’s all about bringing the puzzle pieces together and working my hardest to achieve my goal. I plan on getting the rest of my pro-am points this spring and racing some of the pro Canadian national races too now that I’m able to go over the border again. Then I will be applying for my AMA pro motocross license for the 2023 season as soon as I can. I know if I was able to perform to my ability at AMA pro nationals I could make it into the motos. I believe I can make at least a few professional races throughout the year in 2023.
Competitive Highlights
Locally I am always top three fastest at any track in the expert class and have worked hard to be the best I can. Over the last 9 years, local racers who I have competed against and battled with have been turning professional and making multiple pro motocross nationals. Seeing these other racers achieve my goal of qualifying for an AMA pro national has made me realize I can too. In 2016 locally I raced about 5 races and battled for the lead multiple times. I always finish in the top three and have multiple moto wins over the years. Right before I had plans to race a couple pro-am races and get my pro points in 2016 I crashed racing a local race and broke 3 vertebrae in my upper back and blew apart my shoulder. I took quite a bit of time off over winter and spring recovering and getting back to full health. So since then in 2017, 2018 and 2019 I’ve been practicing and riding for fun while also working to better my technique and keep my skills sharp. In 2020 I competed in my first 2 races since breaking my back in 2016. One at the 100% Unadilla Amateur Throwdown where I placed 2nd in +25A behind Robbie Marshall and 8th overall in Open A after a fall in one moto. The second race was the Can-Am race at Area 51 motocross where I placed 5th overall in Open A and 3rd in +25A. In 2021 I raced the Pleasure Valley Dylan Slusser Pro-am race and finished 6th out of 28, gaining 16 of my pro points. The next 2 races did not go as planned only gaining 4 points at Englishtown Pro-am with a 7th place finish and then 1 point at Doublin Gap Pro-am. Both these races I had bad crashes and did not finish anywhere near where I was capable of. Unfortunately, on the way home from Doublin Gap I was in an accident with my toy hauler where it ended up flipping and a $9k tow bill and a totaled trailer later I had to recover financially for 2022. I took the rest of the year off to get my finances together for 2022. Then at my first race in spring of 22’ I had a freak crash and broke my thumb pretty bad. 5 months later I rode again for the first time in September and decided to save my money and get 100% healthy for the 2023 season to give turning pro one more shot. I have more motivation and drive to be the best at motocross every single day of my life and plan to improve more than ever in the years to come. 2023 is my year, where I come out fully prepared and achieve turning pro.