Tonya and PQBON's WebLog

Racing....

For those of you that follow my life, you know I'm about to take up off-road motorcycle racing. Here is the list of things I have done:

• Bought a bike to race: a used '02 - YZ250F formerly used in Supercross and Motocross by Casey Lytle (His number 59 bike)
• Become a District 36 member
• Become a AMA member
• Bought a truck and a dirtbike for my girlfriend
• Started healing from both of my serious injuries (I shattered my right leg last spring and my right arm this summer)
• Picked out the first handful of races I want to do: Cross Country: Honda Classic National HS Feb 21-22, Phantom HS March 20-21, and I'm thinking about the Shasta Dam GP Apr 24-25. Motocross: Hangtown National May 14-16

Now I need to do the follow:

• Train and get my strength and endurance back from my injuries
• Train on my bike and get used to riding it
• Learn to jump my dirtbike
• Go faster
• Get new plastic and graphics for my bike. (Black front and rear fender, White Number plates, Blue tank and radiator shrouds)
• Ride at least once a week

For people interested in what and how I'm racing here are the two rule books book1 and book2. The two types of racing I will be doing are cross country and motocross. I will be racing the C class in both for now. In motocross races I will be running the both the 125 C class and the 25+ C class. This weekend Tonya and I are going to Prairie City SVRA probably on sunday. I will likely make my first foray onto the actual motocross track and try not to kill myself (I've ridden the TT track at Metcalf and the Vintage MX track at Hollister but never the full MX track), I'll also lead or follow Tonya on some trail riding and work on some skills for her (shifting and breaking).

And hey, anyone who wants to either be a sponsor or part of my pit crew let me know. At cross country races you need to have a pit crew to do gas and goggles for the rider. For potential sponsors: I can't guaranty results but I will be doing my best. ;-)

Posted by pqbon at January 23, 2004 2:30 PM | TrackBack