Well for a day that josh knew he wasnt going to do well he did AWESOME!  This track is the first time that SMX has raced here it is a very new track and is in the middle of a cleared forest lot in NC, so lots of sand!  The day started off cold as heck 32 deg so jackets and Rv for sure, the track is very tight and technical basically turn jump turn jump and so on. This track is very sandy and loose but the front strech(one and only) is hard and slippery.  J's first practice wnet well and he got comfortable so the first moto in the 7 to 11 class he got good start and rode great found the sand monster at one corner several times today but always seemed to pull it out and finished 2nd.  The next moto was his 7 to 9 race and he flew around the track and stayed away from the others getting stuck in the deep sand he rode smart and finished 3rd out of 8 riders!!
 Now for the good stuff in the second round we had a discussion about starts and how to get his head right so what does he do got his first HOLESHOT!!!! he came out of the gate like he was on fire and held it until the first turn where the 85cc rider took him and the normally faster guy got him but he stayed in front of the guy he beat last moto and finished 2nd.  The 7 to 9 moto was awesome he had great start and ended up 4th into first couple turns but the sand monster got a guy in front and they got stuck together, so the rider J is in contention with for year end points was 3/4 lap ahead and he slowly caught up and by lap 5 and he passed him!! wow what a ride and he finished 5ht but 3rd overall.  i am very proud of the guy he didn't give up and caught and passed a rider a good ways in front.  Only one more race for the season and it is close in points only 4 between the top 3 which is were our guy is at!  Thanks to our sponsors and you for looking.
Papa

We raced in the 5th round of our series (Southern Moto Cross) and Josh raced great yesterday.   This track is Tuskarora and not big jumps but has one with a long straight away that he loves jumps big everytime!  He raced in the 65 7 to 11 open with the super mini's also and finished 2nd both motos.  The best part of that class was the second moto's start all the 65 guys came out together and hit the first turn back after the gate and all three were side by side sliding around corner looke awsome my hair was standing up!  J gave her the gas and came out and powered around to get 2nd and on heels of the first rider and never looked back.   The second moto was his 7 to 9 regular class he did great there also was behind a slower rider and wouldn't pass for some reason then about lap 4 he came around that long corner up the straight away and shifted to 5th gear and sailed for ever over that big double (it is not tall but you go far!) and landed right beside the guy in front of him and powered around (Finally power).  We were real proud of him but we are also working on the passing thing in straight aways where it is usually safer.  Thanks to our sponsors that help keep this bike running and J in the seat and Thank you for looking here.

We went to d29 JMP pro shoot out this last weekend and i had a good time and i think Josh did also.  He has never raced this track so it was a hard first practice getting use to the track style.  It is a loose dark dirt that doesn't seem to pack down, stays loos even in the straits.  He only raced his 7 to 9 class and placed 5th in the first moto and only fell on last lap at last corner but had time to get back up and finish with not one passing him.  He also in that moto kept up with a rider that normally pulls away from him maybe the track had something to do but i think J was on that moto.  The second moto he finished 6th and he fell the very first lap and took his head out of it, one rider fell near end so he was able to get in front to make it 6th over all.   I enjoyed seeing the pro riders dang they are fast!  I have seen video of fast riders but never seen it up close what a race loved it.  I have always seen round track and dirt track races so motor cross pros was a good time for me.  we have 3 races left in the Southern motor cross winter series and J is in 2nd place maybe this past couple of weekends will help his confidence and move up. we will see.  Thanks for looking
Papa

I raced in my first AMA santioned race last weekend in District 29 at Cow Branch in NC.  I have raced here before so i like the track and we did not have a race for Southern Motor Cross.  We arrived early to get set up and redo my ama membership, after i played with my friends.  There were 12 motos that day and guess which moto i raced in yup 12th!  There was 10 riders in my class 7 to 9 and 4 in the 10 to 11 class, that put 14 on the gate the biggest i have done yet.  the first moto i did not do so good but the second moto i had a great start and finished in 8th place so 8th overall for the day.   My papa said i can do better so we will practice my speed this week and we may go to JMP this weekend.  If we race i will update again with results.