Rider Updates
Sep 3 2014
Its been a year of preparation and training getting ready for this years epic BITD Vegas to Reno "The longest Off-Road Race in the US". And this year went down fast and smooth with very little problems at all. My team mate Braxton Southwick would start us off this year and our plan was to rotate every 3rd pit or 100 miles or so to keep us fresh. We drew a great start position and anticipated a great race. We left Vegas at 3:00am Friday morning to get to the starting line located at Beatty Nevada and make it there by 5:00am to be ready for a 5:50am start time. Braxton jumped on the bike and had an awesome start gaining a few positions and starting the momentum for the day. At pit three I jumped on the bike and felt great. I pushed my Honda CRF450x to a top speed of 102mph in some sections. I had a small get off in a sand wash around mile 180 but jumped back on the bike and pushed even harder. At the end of the day, one flat tire that I rode the last 10 miles on, we had finished with a fourth place. We had an average speed of 47 miles per hour and a top speed of 102mph. I would like to thank all my sponsors for the support and products. And I am really looking forward to the 2015 season where we plan to race the whole BITD series and go for the Championship.
Sep 12 2013
The 2013 Vegas to Reno race this year was an awesome experience. Tech and Contingency went great and met some great people. The race started at 5:45am near Beatty Nevada. Everything started out fine unfortunately I picked up a rear flat ony 15 miles into the race. I had to ride about 20 mile on the flat to pit one where my crew changed it. I made up a great deal of time over the next 100 miles making several passes. About 8 miles after pit 4 I was diasapointed with a front flat tire. I had to ride 40 miles on the front flat and it cost me about an hours time. My crew changed the front tire at pit 5 and we were off and running hard and fast. (My plan is to run a Mousse Bib on the next races. No more flat's.) At mile 270 into the race the brand new Trail Tech stator failed on the bike causing a DNF. (A big disapointment, I will go with Baja Designs stator in the future.) Still me and my crew learned a great deal and are looking forward to our next race, the Henderson 250. We also plan on running the enire BITD series in 2014.