Some Lessons are Easier than Others.

Picture by Brandi Henson

Davis has been racing dirtbikes now for a year (he raced his first race on 9/15/07 at the Calhoun track). He has gone from a PW 50 (small Yamaha) to an oil injected 50 and is now also racing a bigger liquid cooled 50cc.

He has dominated his oil inject class mainly because he hasn't had much competition. He ended the regular season of the 2008 Moto Madness series with over 400 points.....I think more than 100 points ahead of the 2nd place winner. We are now in a 10 race "playoff" in which only 3 riders in his class qualified (Davis Y - 1st, Davis L - 2nd, Hunter - 3rd). The points have been zeroed out and because Davis L is out with a broken arm, the championship is between Hunter and Davis. Hunter's dad is Pete's BFF (which he will kill me for actually printing that) and Pete helped Alan (Hunter's dad) find Hunter's current bike.

Hunter is definitely great competition for Dave and we have seen Davis really step it up and he has been riding GREAT!!! His technique is spot on and he is giving it everything he can. Unfortunately, the last two races he has lost to Hunter and after 4 races they are tied for 1st place. This has been tough for our little man. He has cried and now thinks he is too heavy for the bike (which is funny because Hunter is much taller and weighs more than Dave).

We have explained to him that it is not about winning...it is about having fun and doing your best. I asked him if he did his best and he said "yes". We told him he should be happy for his friend and use it as motivation to go out and kick his bootie next week (all in fun of course).

Behind the scenes, Pete is doing his research to see what needs to be done to make his bike go faster. I guess there is something with the gearing that he can adjust depending on what track he is at. Pete hates to think he can't win because of his mechanic!!!!

The kids are off school this week (fall break) and there is no baseball on Saturday....I hope all this rest will help Dave do his best, win if possible, and to be a good sport if he doesn't.