Ever since I could remember I have been going to races. It was a place I felt at home and it was a natural place for me to be.  When I was seven a whole new world opened up for me; I got my first motorcycle. It was an old Yamaha YZ50. My 50 did not look every good and in fact, I don’t believe that it had a front number plate the whole time I had it, but it was a motorcycle and a Yamaha and I was stoked. I rode it for a while and as all kids do, I grew. One day after I got done riding my dad told me he knew where a faster bike was. I thought that he was kidding as there clearly could not be a faster bike out there than my YZ50. I was wrong and I quickly found that out. This was my first true love in a motorcycle. My 1996 KX60 will always be one of my favorites. I rode that little bike to death, then we rebuilt it, and rode some more. I did all types of racing on it; flat track, motocross, and hare scrambles. I was so proud when I won my first big race on it, a national hare scramble when I was eleven years old. Next up was my 85. I was still a little small for my 85 when I first got it and it took some getting used to. I did in time learn to like it. A few months after I got my YZ85 my dad, my uncle, and I went trail riding at Land between the Lakes in Kentucky. This was where I sustained my first injury. I was going up a hill and hit a rock. The big rocks there and the small wheels of an 85 are a bad combination. When I hit the rock it turned me sideways and my uncle ran into my leg. It hurt so bad a passed out! My uncle felt so bad he bought me another YZ85 to flat track. We laugh about it now as it was so long ago. I did not stay on the 85’s long as I really took a liking to my dad’s YZ250F. I started riding it and it was awesome. I loved the four stroke power. It was so easy to use! The suspension worked so well too! It was like I could run over anything and get away with it. One of the funniest moments we have caught on our home video camera is me finding my 250 flat tracker. I walked out to the shop and there was an YZ250F sitting there. I really didn’t think much of it until I saw the numbers sitting on the seat; a three and a two. Those were my numbers! I was so excited I jumped up and down and then went screaming for my parents, who in my excitement ran right past. There really isn’t a whole lot to say about my time on a 250 as I was only on it for a year. My 450 is a whole other story, however.  In AMA competition one has to be 14 to ride a 450. For my 14th birthday my dad took me to Sikeston, MO to race a short track on the 450. I was super nervous. It was a Honda and I had always had Yamahas! Also it was a 450 that has a lot more power than my 250. After practice though all my worries were set at ease, I was a natural on it. On my first race out I beat a Grand National Expert.  I did a lot of racing on my 450 as an amateur. I went all over racing; Daytona, Ohio, and all across the Midwest. In 2009 I turned Professional. I knew this was a whole new ball game. My first pro race was in Peoria, IL at the famed Peoria TT. I was doing really well until my second round of timed practice. To this day I am not sure what happened but I crashed going into turn one and broke my shoulder. I had to take some time off after that to let it heal. That was the worst part of the whole ordeal. I wanted to do things but I couldn’t because I was broken. In 2010 I was hungrier than I ever had been in the past. I wanted to make a name for myself and I wanted it to be big. I had some decent runs in the pro ranks in 2010 but I lacked a few fundamental aspects of my program. In 2011 I started putting it all together; training, focusing, and going after my goals. The hard work was showing and I am really excited for 2012. I have everything going for me. I am more focused than ever, I am in the best shape I have ever been in, and I have learned through experience what it takes to be successful in the pro ranks.

EUROPE 2010

Amman Valley has the largest entry of Flattrackers ever seen in Europe, with 4 classes on both days with 60 + riders and 65 races over the two days....

Riders from 7 different countries are coming to compete in the European Mefo Flattrack Cup and Round 3 of the Pozzani Silkolene Shorttrack Championship on UK's only 1/2mile Dirk Track Oval at the Amman Valley Horse Trotting Track ,South Wales.

It is a real star line up including Elite League Speedway Star rider Edward Kennett (GB),3x UK Champion Marco Belli(IT), HM Plant Honda rider Ade Collins(GB), AMA Pro Flattracker Levi Mayer (USA), 2009 UK & European Champion Peter Boast, 2007 European Champ Jacopo Monti (IT), 2nd 2009 Euro Championship Jan- Willem Janson (CH), last years Winner Steve Hall(GB), Mick Janson (NL), Halbe Scheper (NL),Massimiliano Andreotti (IT), Tom Woolley(GB), Rusty Hodgson(GB), Stefan Gatzenmier(D) and many more....

MEFO EUROPEAN FLATTRACK CUP IS ON SATURDAY EVENING MAY 29TH RACING AT 7PM

AND THE POZZANI SILKOLENE SHORTTRACK UK CHAMPIONSHIP IS ON SUNDAY MAY 30TH RACING AT 1PM