Hi
again y'all. Happy 2007 to you. I hope
your holidays went well and I know many of you got
new dirtbikes for Christmas. I have
been getting many phone calls and emails from people who
are anxious to get
some training in the new year.
I
want to congratulate my 2006 riders who did so well with their progress and
their race results.
I know the parents are happy as well to see
their children move up the performance ladder so
quickly.
Big
congrats goes to the following NOMXA riding students whom I personally
nominated as my
"Rider
Of The Year". I came up with this a couple of
years ago to honor a rider in each class (pee
wee, minibike, big bike) who showed
great improvement, top race results at a high level of
competition, regular training, response to training,
determination, guts, heroism, and everything
else that goes into making a great motocross racer.
The
PeeWee (50cc): Blake Rothenstine - Alabaster,
Minibike (65cc-85cc): Kris Burden -
Big Bike (125cc and above): Jared Hicks -
I
train riders from all over the eastern
them BAMA boys are showing great promise. Blake and Kris
have only been riding for a short
while and they both are consistently in the top 5 (even with 40
riders on the gate at national
events) at most races they enter. And Jared was
already fast and got even faster with our help.
Blake Rothenstine (that's
ROTH-IN-STYNNNEE not Steen) was relatively a
new rider who was just going to the faster 2-stroke 50 racing
bike when I started
training him early in 2006. During our very first
lesson together, we got him
jumping a pretty fast double (his first ever) and he
just took off from there. The entire
2006
season, he would show up at tracks and startle the spectators as he flew
over very large jumps on his 50, sometimes lapping many riders
in some races.
He had a few cases of bad luck at some of the
national events but I know he will
be faster than ever, wowing the crowd with his speed and
jumping skills on his
Number 623 next year as he moves up to the 65cc class this
year.
Accomplishments
this year include Series Champion in the 50cc 7-8 Class
in the Southern Classic
Championship Series. 3rd Overall
in 50cc Open class in the SCCS Championship Points.
5th Overall in
65cc 7-9 in the SCCS. No, he
didn’t win the Championship in those other
two classes but he
only raced a portion of the series vs. riders who attended every round so
his points were accumulated with higher finishes in fewer
events. So, very respectable
results! Blake also competed at Ponca City National,
Loretta Lynn’s Regional at Gatorback,
Mini O’s at Gatorback.
In
the Minibike class, Kris Burden was also relatively new to racing and
he had good skills as I analyzed him in our first training
session at Twin Peaks MX.
He needed some fine-tuning and encouragement
to move up in speed and
overall performance. Little Kris and his dad, "Big
Kris", traveled (sometimes hours)
to meet with me just to work for a half a day or so at a time.
I marveled over
how dedicated they were to get training on a regular basis.
Lesson after lesson,
Kris
got faster and faster. Jumping bigger, crashing less, better cornering, more
speed,
consistent laptimes, more
track-smarts for passing and pulling holeshots. He
showed
great determination
in many Alabama Series and Georgia MX races sometimes coming
from the back of the
back to win races or place in the top 3 against strong talent.
He often led races from start to finish as
well.
Kris'
highlight of the year was going to The U.S. Team Challenge at Cycle Ranch
Motocross
Park,
near
the 65 class. Kris had consistent top 5 finishes all week long
against some top-level talent! Way
to go Kris! We have high expectations for him on his number 5
KTM in 2007 as he will soon be
moving up to the 85cc bike full time.
Last
but not least, in the Big Bike Class, Jared
Hicks from southern
speed and consistency this year. Even though we was already a
talented B Class rider and quite
fast, we helped him improve his cornering, starts, and overall
speed and strategy on the track.
He
raced most of 2006 on the 2-stroke KX125 against the more powerful 250F
4-strokes and he
came through with flying colors in almost every race he entered.
Winning many races in the Gulf
MX Series and placing in the top 5 at many national events
all over the southern
Accomplishments
in 2006 for Jared include winning
the SCCS Championship IN THREE DIFFERENT
CLASSES: 250B, Youth 2-stroke,
and Youth 125-250F. Very impressive indeed to win all three
classes for the entire 16-Race series. No other rider
won that many class championships for the
entire series in 2006.
Jared
also had respectable finishes at Ponca City & Mini O’s.
Jared
is now riding a KX250F so he has even more power underneath him to put it to
those other
thumpers for 2007. Be on the look out in the B
class and soon the A class for the green number
17!
Check
out our photo gallery often as we are constantly adding new photos to it.
http://www.geocities.com/number1mxclass
The
more training your get, the quicker you will be a better rider. Some of you get
one lesson
and think that's all you need. Ohhh,
if you keep getting training, you progress more and more.
There
is no limit to how good a rider you can be.
We
will be attending many of the indoor Alabama Arenacross
series races this winter. See
http://www.jmrpowersports.com/forum for info on that fun and big series.
The
2007 schedule has been announced for the outdoor series covering
See
http://www.aonia-pass-mx.com
for the complete schedule.
We
are selling lots of items on Ebay on our store called
Horsepower House. We are now an
Ebay POWER SELLER! http://stores.ebay.com/horsepower-house
where you can find many
motocross related items and novelties. Check it out.
Of
course we are a VP Racing Fuels dealer carrying fuel to the races and selling
VP fuel jugs on
our Ebay store. Check that out if you
are interested in running the best quality fuel in your bike or
car. http://www.geocities.com/vpracegasatlanta
See
our links below for much more of what we have to offer.
If
you want to arrange a training session down here in
almost all winter thus far), please contact us well in
advance. We are getting many calls and
emails so the calendar fills up quickly. We can travel
all over northern
short notice. Trips farther away require more planning so get in
touch with us soon. We will go
anywhere for enough riders.
See
y'all at the track!!
Dave Harris
NOMXA