Personal History
Two wheels and Dirt...
I'm an Arizona native who enjoys everything the outdoors in this great state has to offer. When I'm not racing off-road in the AMRA series, I'm usually hanging out with my beautiful wife and amazing kids. We like to camp, ride motorcycles and race BMX together.
I grew up racing BMX as a kid, then migrated to cross-country Mountain Bike racing in the 1990s. I bought my first dirt bike in 2002 (2002 Suzuki DR-Z400). Being a Mountain Biker, I was pretty much a singletrack snob. Boy was that DRZ a handful in the singletrack! The suspension was pretty awful on that bike as well. It was my first dirt bike, so I didn't really know any better... until my good friend Cody let me ride his 2003 Yamaha YZ-250F. I sold the DRZ and thus the beginning of my "Yamaha years".
I bought a 2004 Yamaha YZ-250F, then went to a 2005 YZ125 and finally to a 2006 YZ250. Now I'm a hardcore 2 stroke fan.
I’ve had many bikes since then, but my current preference for Extreme/Hard Enduro is a KTM 300 XC-W TPI.
Riding Goals
I've moved up through the classes very quickly since starting racing in 2006. I moved my way up from the first race as a C rider, very quickly through the B class and eventually to the A class. I won the AMRA Vet A (30+) championship in 2010. From 2011 through 2014 I competed in the AA class before moving to the Senior A (40+) class where I won the AMRA championship in 2014. In 2015 I got the bug for the Endurocross discipline and travelled nationally competing in the Vet and Amateur classes in the national AMA Endurocross series.
My goals for next year are as follows:
-Compete in AMA US Hard Enduro series in 45+ class and win another class championship
-Qualify for and compete in AMA Tennessee Knockout with a goal to finish top 5 in class
-Compete in select AMA Endurocross rounds and secure a class win
Competitive Highlights
My offroad racing career has been quite a blur. I entered and won my first C race in late 2006 and quickly moved through the ranks of the B class and then to the A class.
Some highlights of my career include the following:
- 2021 AMA US Hard Enduro Series - Vet Champion, West
- 2018 AMA Endurocross Series - Vet - 2nd place in championship
- 2017 AMA Endurocross Series - Vet - 3rd place in championship
- 2014 AMRA Championship Series - Division Champion, Senior A (40+)
- 2010 AMRA Championship Series - Division Champion, Vet A
- 2010 AMRA ACP AZ Dirt Days - Division Winner, 3rd Overall
- 2010 AMRA Rockstars Classic - Division Runner Up, 4th Overall
- 2009 AMRA Championship Series - Division Runner-Up, Vet A
- April 2009 - AMRA Neil Slater Classic Qualifier - 4th Place, Vet A
- October 2008 - TRS Copper Classic Hare Scrambles - 4th Place, Vet A
- 2007 AMRA Vet B Championship Runner-Up (in first full year of racing)
- November 2007 - AMRA / ATR Cholla Cross Hare Scrambles - 2nd Place, Vet B
- September 2007 - AMRA / TRS Copper Classic - 3rd Place, Vet B
- July 2007 - AMRA / Webe Bullhollow Classic - 2nd Place, Vet B