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I just had my first race back after breaking my left wrist and it went really well.  I got the holeshot in both 450 motos and lead for a lap or two until finishing 2-2 for 2nd overall.  My 250f motos werent as strong, I started around 5th both motos and ended up going 4-5 for 5th overall.  I've been training hard even when I havent been able to ride and its helped me get up to speed quick.  But I had a lot of fun and I cant wait to race an entire season next year.

At the first race of the year on Jan 31, the Denver arenacross, I went down in the whoops and broke my scaphoyd bone in my left wrist.  It still hasnt healed.  I just recently had a screw put in to help the healing process. I wont be on a bike until July.  Training has been going good so I will  be ready come July!

The us open didnt go as planned, I was runnin 4th in the main and landed on a tough
box and went down pretty hard, ending up 17th out of 20.  Not the result I was looking for
in my last novice race but onto the B's and onto more success.

All I have left is the World Arenacross Finals in the Lites Novice class then its up to the B's!  This year I raced in Arizona, California, Idaho, New mexico, Colorado, Missouri, Minnisota, Kansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma,  I won races in 3 out of ten states and finished top ten in every state except for one!  The highlight of my season started with me winning area qualifiers in the north central, southwest, and northwest regions.  Then I won the north central regional qualifier in little falls, MN in the open C class for loretta's.  With high hopes I drove to Ponca city and finished 7th in 450 mod novice, 12th in 450 stock novice and 13th in 250 mod novice!  One top ten was just the motivation I needed for Loretta's.  After driving all night lorettas didnt go as planned, I crashed in every moto and ended up outside the top 20.  But the experience of the season and the thousands of miles was awesome and I am going to take the motivation into next season!

I went down to Ponca City with my dad and had a great time.  I rode hard in my qualifiers early in the week, with an 8th as my best moto finish.  The finals could've gone a little better but a 14th in stock and a 19th in mod but its just a little extra motivation to do better next year.

After driving 16 hrs by myself to San Bernardino, CA my dad flew in for the fathers day weekend race.  I went 6-5-6 for 6th overall and they took the top 5 to LL's.  I couldn't have riden any harder so it wasnt too bad.

Right before finals, I drove down from Durango to Lakewood for the two day LL area and two day Ponca City qualifier.  The first day was awesome, winning Open C with a full gate of 40 riders.  Day two could've gone better, after running 2nd until the last lap in moto one of 250 C, a bobble in a corner left me with a stalled bike and 12th after I remounted.  In moto two I got 3rd around the first turn and ended up winning with a 12- 1 for 5th overall in 250 C.  Which was good enough to qualify for the Oak Hill regional and the Glenn Helen regional.

I drove home from school in durango at Fort Lewis for the championship race and finished 2nd in 250c.  I didnt lose by much but I really wanted to win and had been training hard.  Then drove 7 hours back to school after a day of racin!

I headed down to Floresville Texas while on thanksgiving break from Fort Lewis College for the team championships.  I finished 6-3 for 3rd overall in 250c, i finished 13-11 for 12th overall in collegeboy 16-24 and after 5 strait days of riding i finished 15th overall in the 250 open amature team class for colorado.  Finishing 3rd in 250c was really awesome and it made me want to train hard for next year.