Personal History
Hi!
My name is Filip Šimunec im comming from a small town near Zagreb Croatia.
From my 4th year my father thought me to ride a motorbike and I was in love with the sport ever since . For almost a decade I was competing in the sport in Croatia first it started with quads where I was really good at and won a cupple of titles, named the best motocycle rider for 2014 ,was the first guy to be called for the first ever team to go to QXON back in 2013 which I have records of.
As the crisis struck in our country and everything started to be very expensive we had to give up on the sport and had to sell everything back in 2015 , I wasn't happy about that and I was commited to do whatever it takes to get back as soon as possible so I started to work on jobs that I would never do so that I can buy a bike and go back racing.
It finally become true in 2017 that I bought a KXF450 2016 and so I'm back riding again but on a dirt bike finally which was my goal ever since I put a leg over a little PW 50.
Last year I started to race on a local level, racing in a B class ,where we have 8 races for the season. On my first comeback race after almost 4 years and first race on a motocross bike I got a solid 6th and 3rd finish for a 4th overall out of a total of 25 riders and it was amazing and I got to shut the naysayers down ! The speed was there but I just had to do a little more training and testing with the bike.
When I got up to speed and matched the times of some pro riders I broke my thumb and all ligaments in my foot, the doc said i wouldn't be able to for months , but i still showed on the next race after 2 and a half weeks and got a 10th overall out of 30 riders the last two rounds after getting my leg fixed went fine and I was up to speed and strenght and got two solid second place overalls.
For this year we plan to race the National champ. and compete also in the B class for only 1 year.
Riding Goals
Racing on the national level and competing for the wins and podiums. Have suport from diferent brand and people to help me with parts and riding gear to make racing easier.
Competitive Highlights
First race back racing after 4years finished 3rd in moto 1 and 5th in moto2 .
Finished strong in 2018 with a 2nd overall and felling comfortable and happy with the setup we have now on the bike.
Race quads for 6years and got 2nd in the national rankings 2times once became a champion in the national class and went to quadcross des nations.