You've raced other series, how does the
LACC Series compare with media content / race coverage?
Oh yeh it's definitely promoted really
well and that's kind of another reason why I chose the
series. I mean, Acadiana Racing, lots of videos, lots
of pictures, it's really cool...it's just promoted really well.
So from what I understand your practice
time is mostly at mx tracks, why is that?
Mainly just the convenience factor, here
in Houston we don't really have any trails and the motocross
tracks are only around thirty minutes from my house.
We have some trails in Nacogdoches TX, Cycle Land, that I
ride quite a bit. I'm part of that club, grew up
riding there when I was younger, it's a good place to
practice and have a lot of fun out there. But yeh most
of my riding time is 3 Palms MX track or Rio Bravo MX track,
real close to the house, so nice and convenient.
So people don't really need to spend
tens of thousands of dollars on an RV?
Yeh I just roll up in the Chevrolet
cargo van (laughs)...I've got a bed and a microwave in it.
Every race people come up and check it out. A lot of
people feel bad for me, they offer for me to stay in their
RV but I like the van, it works for me.
What do you do for a living?
I'd gotten my CDL license and been
driving a truck for Flooring Technology for 4 years, its a
small company, we probably have around 12 employees. A
couple weeks ago I got promoted to warehouse manager so it's
good. So you don't get to work
in the heat every day for training purposes? No
it's pretty much just A/C all day.
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How do you stay in shape, do you work
out a lot?
Not really so much, I used to do a lot
of training and stuff but it kind of burned me out so I
don't do too much now. Whenever I get off of work I
just relax and then I just try to ride on the weekends.
That's pretty much it, that's all my training right now.
It kind of takes all the fun out of it, for me, whenever I
started doing a lot of training and gym work ...so I just
ride on the weekends. I ride my mountain bike on the
courses on Saturday mainly because I've never been to these
races so I like to get a look at the track.
Thanks for taking a few minutes to chat,
anything you'd like to add?
Yes I'd like to thank my sponsors JM
Racing Suspension, SMS KTM, Answer, Motorex, Sidi Boots,
FMF, and my parents.
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