THERE WAS TOO MUCH POLITICS IN MINI-BIKE RACING. AT THE AGE OF 12, I WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM MINI BIKES. In three months, I moved up to the 9- to-11-year-old Expert class, and then I won the championship in Southern California. I finished dead last however, I wanted to go back. Two years went by without racing, but eventually I went out to a place called Four Corners, near Barona Oaks in California. Interestingly enough, I only did two races when my friend moved away, I stopped. Instead, I thought about how to avoid getting hurt the next time.ĭO YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST RACE? I was 7 years old, and it was around a flat track. Sometimes I would get badly hurt, but I never thought about quitting. I’d fall down, get hurt, cry and do it all over again. I always wanted to get on my bike and go. I found my true passion for dirt bikes from a very early age. It helped that I learned to ride a bicycle at 3 years old. When I first started riding it, I would go up and down the street. It had wings on the side so that I wouldn’t be able to tip it over. One day he was at Sears and he saw that they were selling a mini bike with a 1-1/2-horsepower engine. My father noticed my fascination with the bike. ![]() I always wanted to sit on it and pretend that I was riding. ![]() My older sister had a Taco mini bike, which had a Briggs and Stratton engine in it. WHERE DID YOUR LOVE OF MOTORCYCLES COME FROM? I started riding when I was 3 years old on a mini bike.
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