Personal History
Insta: @pblackford124
I think my love for riding comes from the fact the my dad and his brothers raced MX and SX in their youth. So I guess that it is kind of in my blood. I have been riding motorcycles since I was 6 years old and I have been racing for the past 6 seasons. I love to ride with my brother, friends, and girlfriend who I just introduced to the sport. I have met many great people and made even greater friends at local and national events. At the start of my racing career I did a 1 on 2 training session with Ryan Hughes where I really got my form and awareness on the bike down. In 2019 I did 2, 1 on 2 training sessions with Donnie Hansen. One in Colorado and one in California, where I improved my overall speed and comfort on the ground and in the air. In 2020 I did another training session with him where I made tons of new moto friends and improved on the bike even more. I spent one month at Club Mx in June of 2021. I got more comfortable standing up through corners, riding long and deep ruts and riding fast in really rough conditions. At Club Mx I even got the opportunity to ride and hangout with some of the top pro riders, like Phil Nicoletti and Garrett Marchbanks. This past summer I started training with an ex professional motocross and enduro cross racer, Eric Rhoten, who has been to the x-games. Although he mainly rode enduro in his pro career, he has plenty of experience on a moto track and has been a big part in my progression. With all this training I am super excited for what the 2023 season has in store for me. Besides all the training and riding in general, motocross has brought my family together with so many other people from a range of all ages, from 7 years old to 50 years old. It's always a blast spending time with my Moto family on and off the track.
Riding Goals
While greatly enjoying my move through the 65's, 85's, and Superminis, my time at ClubMX throughout June of '21 was huge for my confidence on moving up to the 125 and 250, which I have been riding for just over a year now and I can't wait to continue on that path throughout the late '22 season and into 2023. I feel that my size and strength are great assets as I advance into these classes while I continue to work on my endurance through Peloton and highschool training sessions. My main goals for the 2023 season are to to podium in all my classes and be an overall champion locally, make it to as many possible national events and place in them, make it to Loretta Lynn's and place well at Loretta’s, win multiple national titles, and just have the best season I can possibly have. I'd also like to start getting into more supercross and arena cross and increase my confidence in those areas of racing.
Competitive Highlights
2018 5th overall 65cc 10-11 (season)
2018 9th overall 65 open (season)
2020 2nd overall supermini (season)
2020 4th overall 85 Sr mini (season)
2020 Lakeview 1st Sr Mini
2020 Lakview 2nd Supermini
2020 VMX 1st Supermini and Sr Mini
2020 Kicker AX Utah 3rd Supermini
2021 Utah AX 2nd Sr Mini
2021 Utah AX 3rd Supermini
Spent one month at club mx
2021 5th overall for the season in supermini