Personal History
Wow, where to start. Well I started riding at the young age of 3. By the time I was 4 I won my first race, then next thing I knew I was knocking out Missouri state championships on the 50s and 60s open classes and age groups. Unfortunately my parents got divorced when I started on 80s and shortly after that my racing came to a screeching halt. I did a few races here and there on my 80 with a bald rear tire and messed up suspension and still managed to always place top 3. After my mother sold the 80 I went on to "normal high school sports" such as wrestling, football, track, swim team, and baseball. there was still always that gap that was missing in my life and I was always hurting over the fact of "what if" being as nowadays (present) a lot of the guys I used to beat are now racing with pro licenses. to this day I still wonder what if. Back to the story. About the age of 16 years old my father who was always the big racing supporter and I got back into motocross a bit for ourselves after my stepmother passed away and I got my 2005 KX250 off of an old racing friend Cody Gilmore. We built a track again and I started my riding and training all over again. After winning some C class races in my JR and SR year in HS I turned to the navy eventually and I have been in the navy since 2008. After being in Japan for 3 years I came back to a bike that had survived a flood of Southwest Iowa and I rebuilt it and brought it to Florida where I am currently stationed as an aviation physiology instructor. I started riding in the sand which has been a whole new world to me being from Iowa where it is all hard pack. I bought the 2012 KX450f due to the fact that you can not ride 2 strokes in doors anymore and shortly after I blew up my 2 stroke. Both bikes are running great and I have adapted well to the sand. I have set a few of the fastest lap times for practice days...but there is still something missing. I have not competed since I was in high school. although I do often help out the newer riders at the track and take them under my wing trying to teach them the basics and just get them going...it is not filling my gap. I will be competing shortly now that I have my suspension on the 450 set up where it needs to be. I certainly hope to fill my gap and start to win races again. Although I may be far above the size of the normal rider (240 lbs.) I made up for it with 20 years of riding experience. I personally enjoy watching all of the 140 lb. and "normal size mx riders" fight to keep up with me and even complete some of the sections I do, the way I do. In closing, motocross may have been in and out of my life for awhile, but it has NEVER left my life and it never will. I love this sport and I will continue to do it until the day I am laid to rest whether it be from the military or natural causes. I can certainly guarantee that any offers and sponsorships are well appreciated and will be represented well at the local tracks around here and my future AX and MX races.
Riding Goals
My goal is to get back to where I was. I want to win another championship before I am done. Racing is much more competitive these days and I have had to change the way I work out for the Navy into my motocross training, it has been rough but it has also been very rewarding at the track. I want to win championships. I do not accept defeat lightly and I will not go down easily. The saying that has stuck with me from my father since I was a kid practicing until it was almost to dark to see was "boy, you have the heart of a true champion. You never give up and you never back down...that will get you far in life." I do believe I have the heart of a champion and it shows from my past in motocross, wrestling and football. 110%, never back down. full bore. AC707 is what I want to hear about some day on speed.
Competitive Highlights
I do not have to many competitive highlights since I was a kid. from then I would have to say it would be winning the MO state championships, winning the KC AX, and just being known and feared everywhere our trailer rolled up. people KNEW that I was the last one who would come in second or third. As soon as I got to the gate and dad gave me the tap on the helmet, it was go time..and nothing was going to stop me from getting that checkered flag. As a kid on the 50s and 60s, if I didn't win by at least half of a lap, I was personally upset. I hold myself to a higher standard and that's exactly how it will remain.