MK’s blog

Misquite, NV hosts the last round of the WORCS series. I was looking forward to this race because the last two races held here I have crashed out hard. This track is very sandy and rough and will bite you if you’re not ready for it. I’ve always liked sand and have been practicing in it for the past few weeks to get ready for this race. I got to the track on Friday morning to see what the moto track was like and did two practices to learn all the jumps. After practice I walked the off-road and was really happy with the layout of the track. It was a litter shorter than last years track but still long. Saturday morning raced the unclassified race and was super pumped with everything. 450A race didn’t start very well I got caught sleeping on the start and was last. I forced my way through the motocross track and by the end of the first lap I was 6th. I felt really good and started pushing more every lap. People were falling everywhere in the sand and I was able to stay up for once. I moved into 2nd with 2 laps left and I kept a strong pace thinking maybe that I can catch first, but didn’t push it too much to crash. I came through a dusty section of the track and notice that 1st was on the ground. I wanted to spirit the last two laps so no one can pass me and take the win away from me and I did just that. I won by about 15 seconds. I was super happy to get my first win of the season, but the only down fall it was at the end of the season. Either way it was a win. I raced again in the Open A race and like the 450 Race I got a last place start again. I made a lot of passes on the moto and off-road to get into second behind my brother (Brad). I was feeling really good so I wanted to pass my brother and pull away. I did that but then I started to tighten up so I slowed up and he got back around me. I dropped back about 30 seconds and with two laps left I pushed it again and closed up and almost passed him but ran out of time. I felt really good with my performance on Saturday’s races. Sunday I didn’t know exactly how I was going to hold up for 2 hours after racing two races the day before and pushed in both of them. I warmed up on my road-bike for about 20 minutes before the race to loosen up and so I could push from the start of the race. I got a great started and was 3rd heading out to the off-road. My first lap wasn’t the greatest and fell back to 4th. I tried to stay smooth and fast to stay with the lead group. I was 6th when I pitted the first time and I was feeling really good. I knew that I was going to push the last hour of the race with all the hard work I’ve been putting into training. Ian Bythe was 5th and riding a great race until his bike broke on him after the half waypoint. Justin Seeds was running 4th and I pushed to catch him. He let me by with about 30 minutes to go and next was Ryan Abbatoye in 3rd. I caught and passed him but he got back by me in the pits when I did a stop and go for gas. I was able to pass him again on the same lap before coming into the motocross track. I was feeling amazing and kept pushing on the last lap I caught Corey Floyd but wasn’t able to get passed him. I finished 3rd and I was in shocked because it was my first Pro2 podium ever. It was a great way to end the 2009 Worcs series and hopefully can transfer into the 2010 season. I would like to thank my family for all their support, My Trainer Randy Lesovsky, John Burr Cycles, Maxxis, AP Brakes, Wossner Pistons, GPR, FMF, Precision Concepts, Answer,