Hey everyone!

 This has been a long week of racing, which was like all racing adventures, like a roller coaster.

It all started in Lima Ohio. The track was a very wide very fast ½ mile. The straight-aways were hard packed with marble-like pebbles. Going into the corners was a downward slope into DEEEP limestone cushion. I really like to ride cushion ½ miles so I thought today would be a good day.

Practice started and we had almost no changes to make. Qualifying was the best it’s gone for me all year. I qualified 11th guaranteeing me a spot on the front row of the heat. (Again, another first)

The heat looked like it was going to be a sure thing but sure enough Murphy’s Law bit me in the butt. The straight-aways the bike felt like it was having ignition problems because the bike would just cut out and stop abruptly. I pulled in after getting passed by the whole field and we got to looking for the problem. We found that the back wheel was rubbing and somewhat wedged in the front of the swing arm.

I had last pick on the third row of the semi and only 4 transferred. I did all I could but could not advance far enough ending my night right there.

We drove all through the night to get to the Amateur Grand Nationals in Du Quoin Illinois. The mile was the first event and I felt strong. All went well through the practice. The heat was one of the most exciting I have ever had. I got a terrible start, but the Weirbach Racing 450 was powerful enough to bring me right back to the front pack. Toon, Chebultz, Springsteen, and I had a hard charging last few laps with a new leader every straight. We came out of turn 4, 3 wide. I was on the very outside and was being pushed closer and closer to the wall the closer we got to the start/finish. We came across the line after Chebultz, who was trailing out of 4 drafted for 1st. while I took 2nd just barley out horse powering the rest and getting a front row main starting spot.

By the mains holes that had been developing in turns 1 and 2 turned to huge dryslick holes. I had a great starting line pick but spun hard and was last off the line. On the mile a mistake like that is very hard to over come. I fell far enough behind the lead pack I could not draft back and ran the race by myself and finished 7th, 1 spot out of the money.

I took the next two races off, the TT and Short track. These two races were races that could put my weaker left knee in vulnerable positions. I raced again on Wednesday on the 1/2 mile.

All day I got faster and faster and taking third in my heat I got second row on the main but wasn’t sent to a semi. For the main we made a few changes that really paid off. I got a great start and by the first corner I was in the middle of the front row. I pretty much spent the whole race battling back and fourth with Jeffery Carver. With 5 laps left I made a pass that stuck and tried to run down 5th place but ran out of laps after just about closing in.

The next day was the super short “short track.” The pro singles class was ran the second half of the day after “group 2” 250’s and up, laid down a ton of rubber making for a very narrow very slippery short track. The event was ran in a matter of 2 ½ hours. I was in 6th place through the race until blowing turn 1-2 on the last lap and being passed twice. It was a bummer not making another money spot.

Were back in Iowa now and I will be training and working until Hagerstown MD on the 25.

Thanks for all your support. You truly make chasing my dreams possible. Happy 4th!!

Hey All,  

For those of you who didn't know, this weekend was the world famous Springfield Mile weekend.  Me and Pops left SFO Thursday at around noon. Just getting through security proved to be a challenge once again. My knee brace made the metal detector sound off. I was taken aside and check to make sure I was not a threat to national security.  We had a very uneventful flight to St. Louis.

Once we landed and got checked in at Motel 6 (they left the light on for us...).   Dad and I went to the local movie theatre and watched the new Terminator movie. It was opening night and I could count the spectators on one hand! The next morning we headed off to watch some great amateur TT racing. The next day I made a personal decision to ride practice but not push it to hard.  I really wanted to race the mile the next day a do well. Timed practice didn't go that well for me and I ended up running near the slow end of the list and nor qualifying. 
 After practice we had open pits where we shook hands and signed autographs for fans and i tried to sell some of the KILLER Tony Davila racing shirts we had made a few days earlier.  Besides watching two great main events, the most exciting part of my day was when the Kawasaki pit and tents went up in flames!  Watching the races that day only made me more anxious to try to prove myself the next day on the mile. 

Thanks To Dick Weirbach, the bikes were ready to roll out for practice on Sunday. Tech went smooth and without incident. The 1st practice that was un-timed I felt like I rode like a sissy. After making a few changes I went out for my timed practice. Forgetting the importance of drafting, I went out ahead of everyone and ran a time that put me in 24th.  Knowing I had to hurry and correct my mistake I teamed up with the 3 fastest riders in my practice to draft with and qualified 14th. 

My time put me on the second row of the heat and behind the 2 fastest riders in the race.  I got a great start and by the 1st corner was in the thick of the front row pack. Swapping many positions throughout the race I finished in 6th place. I was in the pits sweating bullets worrying about running an LCQ when dad told me the top 7 transferred directly to the main event! (I made my 1st pro main!)  Again I was on the second row for the main and again behind 2 fast riders!

Off the start I again found myself in the thick of the front row riders by the 1st corner and what a 1st corner it was! Who knew clipping bar ends and laying rubber on each others number plates would be so much fun going over 100-mph?! There were alot of close calls and the draft took a great toll taking me from 6th to as far as 3rd and as far back as 9th where I finished. A lap past the halfway mark Shayna Texter and Mike Toon got each others bars tangled in each others leathers as I was drafting them and almost hit the wall. I ducked out to the left hard and my foot came off the peg. I was more worried about getting past the incident and came into the corner with my foot waving in the wind. Luckily Shayna and Mike survived the corner but someone behind us didn't.  There was a restart where I got another great start. In a few laps I managed to make it to third down the back straight and through turn 3-4 but was drafted down the straight to the line. I managed to settle in at 4th or 5th into the last corner but someone almost took out my front tire when he hit a bump and I went wide.  I lost so much momentum that I was passed a bunch and was shuffled back to 9th for the checkers.

We had reserved our tickets for Tuesday just in case of a possible rain date. Luckily weather permitted the races to finish so the next morning my father and I met with Steve and Stevie Bonsey , Ray Abrams of A&A Racing and friend Gary Tonda to make our journey to St. Louis.  We Checked into a Motel 6 (the light was still on...)  and started brainstorming for something to do.  There was some small excitment when the people down the hall were arrested out of there room for smoking CRACK!!! yeah it was WILD. Stevie and I found a local go-cart place that would let us run rain or shine.  We had fun after we let Ray pass us, and teamed up stuffing him in to tires and and almost spinning out Stevie into the grass (he should stick to motorcycles!).

Overall it was a successful weekend and I was happy with my performance on the mile thanks to the fast Weirbach Racing Hondas....and like the Terminator say's "I'll be bach!"

A SUPER BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT MAKES CHASING THIS DREAM POSSIBLE!!

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