Trevor and I
9/14/02

We’re here, at fabulous Hangtown - personally, one of my favorite tracks! It has great jumps; big doubles, steep tabletops and my all time favorite step up. Hangtown is in Prairie City State Vehicular Recreation Area. It is a national track, too, which means pros race there. But today, the big deal is my race against Trevor.

This weekend at the races there was this kid, I had seen him once before and he smoked me. Trevor Allred was his name. He was fast in practice, but I could keep pace with him. Soon he'd be my friend from hanging out at the races.

In a lot of the races, you end up trying to beat a friend who is also your biggest competitor. In the first moto of my 65 novice class, I was on the starting gate. I was revving up my engine when the gate dropped. My start was not the greatest. Trevors was. He was in first. There were probably 8 people in between us and I passed all of them before the first lap was over and caught Trevor. Then, Trevor and I battled until the end of moto, but I wasn’t able to pass him and he won.

The next moto, I got a better start and was ahead of Trevor, but a little while after he put a great pass on me. I was right behind him until I fell and two riders passed me. They got a good 200ft ahead of me. When I got up I was mad, therefore I was riding fast, very fast. I passed the first rider over a very fun step up. The next rider I past in the last turn. There was one more lap and I left the two people I just passed. By the end of the race, I had 5 turns on them. I ended up 2nd overall, and Trevor got 1st, He earned it.

Not all races are good races (unless you’re Ricky Carmichael). In the 80 race I fell and could not get my bike up. So two older kids helped me get up my bike and overall I don’t know what I got, but my rollercoaster ride was over.