Well its mid April and I have recovered from my injury at the Phoenix Supercross.  I have been in aggressive physical theropy and exercise off the bike for 3 months now.   I started riding for two weeks ago and I feel good.  RacerX Canada posted a notice online that I was looking for a ride for the Outdoor Nationals.  I received an offer within 24hrs of the posting and will be riding the entire Canadian Outdoor Nationals for Team FXR Racing.  I’m still working to line up additional sponsors.  Mike Battista of MB1 Suspensions will be providing his excellent work throughout the series.  I will be racing a Honda CRF450 in the MX1 class, so stay tuned.

Pheonix Supercross started out good.  The weather was good (it had a roof) so we got two qualifying practices not just one.  I qualified into the night show in my first practice, but really stepped it up in the second practice.  During the second practice my time among the non-seeded riders varied between 1^st and 5^th fastest, ending 3^rd in my qualifier and 29^th overall.  In my heat race I got a decent start, but got taken wide in the first turn.  I rounded the first lap in 16^th place.  I gradually moved up, missed a direct transfer by finishing 11^th.   I lined up for the 4 lap LCQ determined to qualify for the main.  I got a good start, rounding the first turn in 3^rd place.  I held strong in third place for three laps when Andrew McFarland finally got by me.  I was still in 4^th, the final qualifing spot on the last lap.  I survived two very hard block pass hits by the rider behind me until he hit the back of my bike a third time while I was beginning to triple into the rhythm section.  My bike was knocked sideways in the air and when I hit the ground my right leg was under 3 bikes and riders.  I broke my femur in 2 places and was out for the rest of the Supercross season.  My only claim to fame from this event is the crash being shown on Speed TV at the beginning of every subsequent Lites broadcast.   I know I can run the pace and make main events in Supercross; I’ll just have to wait for the 2009 season.