I have been riding since age 6, but officially started racing last May.

This is mostly due to being a stubborn 3-wheeler rider for so long (the 400EX is my first quad)... Not many series that have 3-wheeler classes anymore & I was too young when they did.

First started considering racing back in 98 when I was riding a lot of MX on my ATC250R at some local practice tracks. All my buddy's on quads (many of which raced MX locally) kept telling me that I could spank the majority of quad guys with my 3 wheeler. I tried calling the track to see if they would let me enter with my R, they didn't seem real receptive. I then started spending some time on a friend's 400EX and watching them at the track, especailly comparing them to the 250R's. Decided I needed one and would start racing soon thereafter. Up until this point, I had ridden many of my friend's quads, but actually still preferred my ATC's...

After actually participating in some racing, I decided I liked woods racing (harescrambles, GP's, etc) a lot better than racing MX (I really like putting practice time on at the MX track though). So that's what I've been concentrating on the last 9 months or so. Still working on getting my suspension setup for the woods, as I originally had it built for MX.