This web page and the link to my blog is where you can follow my race efforts during the 2008 GNCC season.  Watch for updated information on how my training is going, the status of the bikes and gear and how my mental state is as the seaon wears on. 

Here's my story. I have had a motorcycle fetish all my life. My dad bought me a Honda Z-50 when I was 8 and I grew from one bike to another from then on. There was a 10 year gap in my school years where I didn't ride.  When money started to come in with a real job I started riding again with the purchase of a 1994 YZ250. Although I had been around motos most of my life I had never actually competed until I raced a Ducati 748 in the Colorado-based MRA series. That became very expensive (since I chose to ride a Ducati) so Supermoto became my next thing. I built a 2004 CRF450 into a race rig and did part of the Briggs and Stratton series at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI. My interest changed again when Joe, my race partner and co-worker, got me into hare scramble racing. I bought a CRF250 and woodsified it. That season of racing hooked me for good and Joe and I have been doing the District 16 and neighboring district events ever since.

Then came this GNCC thing. Joe and I were driving to a District 16 race in northern Wisconsin when Joe turns to me, and, from no where, says we should do the GNCC series. I initially thought Joe had just gone off the deep end but after another 5 minutes of driving, both silently pondering the possibilities to ourselves, we both leapt to life and started drafting a plan. That was last June and we haven't stopped scheming since.

There's lots of work to do. We bought a van, a camper and hooked up with the Vesrah Suzuki Endurance team for a huge amount of support.

The other key part of this adventure is keeping home life in order. I have a year-and-one-half old son that will be home with Mum while I tramp around the eastern US playing in the mud and trees. My wife has granted me permission to do the season but only with the understanding that it will be my last year racing. Agreed. At 40 years of age next year, that will be time to pull it over and put it in Park.

And there's a work schedule to balance out, too. I started this planning early enough to prearrange a few things but I suspect a few surprises could make for a bit of stress. Time will tell.