Well it has been a long winter and I have been ready for spring since about last November. I haven't raced since Thanksgiving weekend due to a couple "back to back" concussions, but I have been riding a decent amount considering it's winter time. I have made 4 trips to the Sandbox Arena, 1 trip to the Fergus Falls indoor, and just got back from a ride in Oklahoma City last week.
MSR, Motorex, and Driver Websites are all in line to help me again this year and a huge thanks goes out to all of them. I also have one more potential sponsorship deal in the works and should know more in the near future.
I have posted a tentative schedule here on the site, and hope to start the season off in two weeks (Mar. 28) at Challenge Trax in Kingsville MO.

On May 31st I raced at the good ol' Sioux Valley Cycle Club just minutes from my house. Due to some morning rain the track actually stayed pretty good despite the usual high winds that always seem to haunt that place. Because of bad starts I was only able to manage a 5th place overall. However, it was cool to see all of us bunched up together all the way till the checkers. 1st through 6th all seemed to be about the same speed, it just came down to getting the holeshot.
On another note, last weekend was the first round of the Vet National series at Millville. While Friday's practice was absolutely amazing, on Saturday morning the rain started and didnt stop. The race came down to getting a good start and surviving the whole moto without dumping it over in the mud. Before the gate even dropped for the first moto my goggles were already impossible to see out of due to the rain falling in between my tear offs. When the gate did drop I found myself with a last place start. (excellent) The track was absolutely miserable but I was able to pass about half the field in four short laps. After the disappointment of my first moto I was determined to redeem myself in the second, but I wouldnt get the chance after officials called off the second motos.

Checkered Flag Productions came to town on Saturday Jan. 31st to put on an arenacross in conjunction with their usual monster truck show. We were greeted with a "cobble job" of a track, but the $500 to win more than made up for it. With the track being very hard to pass on I knew it would be crucial to do good enough in my heat race to start on the front row. Of course, I ran into a downed rider in my heat race and tipped over, forcing me to start on the second row for the main. However, even with back row start I managed to pass my way up into 4th place where I would finish. Congrats to my boy Brandon Kruger for taking the $500 win.

I would also like to take the time to once again thank Driver Websites for all the work they have done for me. The results I have received because of DW has FAR exceeded my expectations. If you don't know, well now you know. Sucka

Early Friday morning as I was driving to Interlakes Sport Center, (nice sponsor plug ehh) I decided that I better do some riding soon. So the next day, I rounded up some "man friends" and headed to the Sandbox Arena just east of St. Paul for round 2 of their Winter MX Series. Despite a ridiculously long program that took nearly 9 hours, I had a great time on a very fun track. Deciding to "nut up" and be a man for once, I raced three different classes, the 250 and open pro, and the +25 A. I ended up finishing 5th, 4th, and 2nd overall respectively. I did manage to score an easy first moto win in the +25A class, but only to suffer a crash in the second moto which kept me out of the overall. Sure I had some bad luck again this last weekend, but there were a lot of positive things going on too. I know I had the speed to win any of the classes and my starts were really pretty good all night as well. If only the ol' "arm pump ferry" didnt decide to visit me again the night before a race, I truly think I would be blogging about my 3 wins right now. I am really looking forward to Midwest Supercross in Brookings next weekend!!!

Saturday night definitely had it's ups and downs but all in all turned out to be a pretty good night. In my heat race I had a pretty big "get off" over the finish line triple, when the rider in front of me backed off at the last second. I didnt have enough time to fully react and ended up casing the jump big time. (Side note: Braden Parks would have easily gone on to win the heat race but, while all alone out front, stalled his bike in a corner uncontested. But that is neither here nor there.) Anyway, my crash forced me into the last chance qualifier which I easily won. Despite a poor gate pick due to having to qualify out of the LCQ, I managed to pull off a decent mid pack start. That is pretty much where I would end up when the checkers waved. (8th) Overall, considering the stiff competition, I was fairly happy with my results. More importantly though, the gap that separates me from the front is shrinking quikly.