Personal History
Hi, I am Evrett Clarke. I'm 6 years old and have been riding dirt bikes since I got my first dirt bike on my 3rd birthday. But, I have loved them since the first time I saw one when I was 1 1/2! My eyes caught that bike and my little legs ran over as fast as they could so I could climb all over it! Then, about 6 months later my Mom got her first bike and I cried every time my dad said we were done having rides for the day...even if it was dark and freezing out!! My dad grew up on dirt bikes in Montana. He loved to trail ride and jump the biggest jumps he could find. My mom grew up on a four wheeler but my dad quickly switched her over. Sometimes they think dirt biking and Motocross is just in my blood. I didn't start racing Motocross till I was 5. I love racing Motocross and have always been in the top of my classes. We recently moved from Salt Lake City, UT to Myton, UT where we have 10 acres that my dad is building a track on so I can train everyday. We have a 30 foot jump, a section of whoops, and some really sandy corners! It has definitely helped me with my riding and racing. When I am not on my dirt bike I like to play with my two dogs, Roxy and Capone, ride my bike, and shoot cans with my bb gun. I am a very good student in school too. My favorite subject is math! I really like to have my mom quiz me on adding and subtracting. I don't like reading but I am pretty good at it. I have only missed 1 spelling word all year, and I hope it will be the only one.
Riding Goals
My main goal for this year is to make it to Loretta's. Since I started racing I have usually always been in the top 4, but I really, really want that 1st place spot. This last summer when we moved, we were also building a house and waiting for my home track in Vernal, UT to be built so I didn't get to train as much as I wanted. I also crashed on a double that scared me a bit. But I bounced back and now we ride at home as much as we can when it is cold, and since my home track is closed for the winter we go to SGMX in St. George UT to practice and Race at least 3 weekends a month. Right now I am sitting 3rd in points in the Moto 86 series at SGMX but I want to be in first. So I'm going to practice almost every weekend through out the winter so that I will take that first place! I am going to race in the Loretta's qualifier at SGMX and go to regionals from there. And then hopefully on to Loretta's. With in 5 years I want to have a factory sponsor from my favorite brand Kawasaki. I know this will be a lot of hard work but I love riding and racing so much I know I can do it. We have even visited Jimmy weinerts Motocross Training facility to see if that would help me meet my goals. I would love some day to professionally race and win Motocross and Supercross. I am glad I'm getting started now because I know that it will only help me to reach that big goal. I want to be like my favorite riders Ricky Carmichael and Travis Pastrana. I even started doing no footers!
Competitive Highlights
I raced in the Rocky Mountain Raceway 2014 MX series in West Valley, UT for the first time this year and was able to take 2 overall in the series for the 50cc 4-6 and open class. I am racing the winter series at SGMX in St. George, UT and took 5th in the 4-6 and 16th in the open. The muddy track really got to me that race. I went back and trained a couple weekends later and then again the day before the next race and was able to take 3rd overall in the 4-6 class and 11th overall in the open class. I was really trying hard to take 2nd overall in the 4-6 but got a really bad start out of the gate and came back and got into 3rd place. I was going for 2nd when I got stuck right behind another rider in the mud. I had to work really hard to make it back up to 3rd in order to keep my third place overall.
