Personal History
I am a 25 year old motocrosser who has been racing for 20 years now. I started riding when I was 4 years old and began racing flat track shortly after that. I raced around in circles till I was 9 and then started focusing more on motocross. Even though I hadn't been racing motocross, I had a MX track in my back yard, and it didn't take long to start putting in good results. By the time I was 13 I started racing a 125. In just four short years I had gone from a "C" rider to an "A" rider. Things really started going good in 2002 at the age of 19. I was running up front every weekend. (against AMA National qualifying riders much of the time.)
I have always had problems with injuries, but in 2003 I suffered a big one. (broken back and shoulder) This injury put me out for 2 years. In late 2005 I came back to race a double header arenacross. Riding in the intermediate class due to my time off, I managed to win both nights and lap nearly half the field. This was short lived as I managed to break my wrist a month later. I was out for the whole 2006 season and it took two surgeries to get me back in the game. But now, I am 100% healthy and I made it through all of 2007 without any broken bones. I feel that I have matured greatly as a rider the last couple years, and I am much more focused as well. I just need to get my speed back and I will be back up front again.
Lately there is rarely a day when I am not either riding my dirt bike or training for the upcoming season. Maturity, health, focus, love for riding, and hopefully some more sponsorship help, will get me back to where I was and beyond.
Riding Goals
- Win Races!!!
- Race the Racer X Vet National Series and score a podium (and be in the points chase)
- Qualify for Loretta Lynns
- Race more D23 series and be consistent top 5
Competitive Highlights
- I used to whip up on the 80's when I was riding a 60
- Won the Sturgis hill climb on my 80. Climb was good enough to win the 125 and 200 class also
- 1996 SVCC Hare Scramble Champ 100cc (leading point scorer in all classes)
- 2000 SVCC Hare Scramble Champ 125 Class
- 2001 South Dakota State MX Champ 250 B class (11 of 12 moto wins)
- 2002 5th Over-All SDMX Championship 125 A class
- 2002 4th Over-All SDMX Championship 250 A class
- 2002 Qualified for Ponca City National 125 and 250 A class (Dakota Region)
- 2003 Qualified for main at AMA Regional Arenacross 250 Pro (Grand Forks ND)
- 2008 6th place 2nd moto at Vet National in Milleville MN after starting 3rd to last in a field of 19
- 2008 Won my heat race and finished 2nd in main at Midwest Supercross, Sioux Falls SD
- 2008 Scored an 8th place moto finish out of a field of 22 after starting in dead last at Joe Dirt Motocross, Moville IA