9/1/08 This this past weekend was the last round of the series at Steele City. I rode well but I struggled really bad with the corners from over watering them before both practices and the LCQ. Even though the track was not preped in fear of rain, I learned from that event I need to work on my throttle control. I was clearly off the pace due to my own mistakes I kept making in the corners! guess I need to ride a blue grooved track with water on it and ill get better! I flew home saturday morning to race on sunday at Freestone!

This whole season has been exciting and very challenging at the same time. I wanted to do really good this year. And some unexpected health issues that came up out of know where during the sx season ended up with the Dr's saying I cannot train or exercise other than riding my motorcycle. So mentally I was a lil disturbed from not being able to just kill it training like I normally do. I look forward to the off season to regain some confidence in my riding and work on some things! I want to thank my mechanic Butch for all his help and support through out the season. Without him I couldnt have done it! And Steve for helping out the team with everything at the races and cooking up some killa grub! Id like to thank my sponsors for all there support throughout this season and all the previous years prior. You all have not given up on me through times of injurys and anything else that can affect a riders results! I look forward to the 09 season!

8/25/08 Southwick I had some mechanical issues from the first lap of practice to the last lap of the LCQ! I was kind of bummed out because I like the track and I have not qualified there before. We changed everything electrical and even the fuel. But I chose to ride my bike even though it was not running properly because I like the track so much. I I look forward to racing there in the future!

8/19/08 Millville was a bad race weekend. I did not make the cut in time qualifying. I was making some changes to the bike, but still didnt get the job done! We changed gearing, jetting and kept making improvements and was as prepared for the LCQ as we could get! I felt great going into the LCQ, but when the gate dropped I didnt get the start I would of liked. I was in the top ten and making my way upfront, and I hit a rider on the first lap that bobbled in a corner and it caused me to stall my bike! I kicked and kicked only to go to dead last and start coming through the pack. Thats when it kept going down hill! I got into crash after crash and ended up still some how finishing 19th to my suprise. I never gave up, I kept driving forward. But thats how racing is sometimes. Thats the challenge of it! sometimes your on and sometimes your not! My Mechanic Butch did an excellent job at dialing in the bike with the feedback I gave him after practice! Thanks Butch and Steve for your effort, we just need to keep it going this weekend at Southwick!!

7/29/08 This weekend the wife, Cayden and I went up to the ranch with some friends to take the boys riding and do some fishing! I caught a 7lb bass saturday night among a lot of other good size ones! We had a good time cooking out and spending the weekend together! I love my family so much, its so hard to be away from them sometimes! There is nothing we cant go do together to have fun!

7/19/08 Thanks to the team this weekend Butch and Scuba Steve Unadilla went pretty good! Both motos I was running in good postitions and went down twice in the first moto, and once in the second moto. Then a lap to go my bike blew up! I was running 25th and moving ahead in the first moto and finished 32nd. And the second moto I was in 20th and was trying to move forward and fell and ran 25th the whole race untill the last lap. Thanks to my Wife Cortni for the help during the week! The work we have been putting in is pay'n off so I just need to continue doing the same thing!

7/13/08 Budds Creek was a good weekend but kinda bad at the same time. I rode great in practice I was 40th in times so it wasnt good enough. In the LCQ I got a decent start. But when I was trying to pass guys out of the main line it wouldnt work cuz the track was a lil over watered and I would just cat walk up the hills and lose even more postions! I tried to come back through the pack and just made mistakes. And I fell on the 4th lap and it blew it for me cuz I couldnt get the bike started. It is what it is, its all part of racing. I know the things I worked on this week paid off and thats what matters for me. Im looking forward to next weekend!

7/10/08 I was riding out at 3 Palms and a local photographer snapped a pic of me while I was doing some sprints. Its a pretty sick pic! Thanks Bird Man! Off to Budds Creek!

photo: by Bird Man

7/07/08 Red Bud was a stuggle for me. I felt good in practice only to come off the track and be just out of the top ten in times in my group. I still need to improve my times in practice. It is killing me, im not qualifying and I need to pick it up. Its frustraiting but thats the challenge of racing. Atleast im not way off the pace. Im off by a small margin on times it just makes you mad. It could be worse, but I want to race and its wearing me out. I just need to put in some quality time on the bike this week and put it together.

7/02/08 Thunder Valley was a bad deal for me. I cant see good at night races. Our own track at Freestone is the best lit night track in the country and I dont like racing on it at night. Its just personal preference. I was going to skip Thuder Valley because of that, and I should have. But its all good, everyone is faced with the same track conditions. I was horrible in practice. And in the LCQ I came from out of the top 20 to 9th. I rode better then I thought I would so I guess it isnt to bad after all. Were looking forward to Red Bud this weekend!

6/16/08 Well this weekend the team put it together at High Point. Thanks to Butch my mechanic and Scuba Steve all the hard work we put in, things finally turned around. I finished 30th the first moto, and 27th the second moto. Not my best results by far. But atleast im in the mix of things again. The start this weekend was bad if you were on the outside. Both motos I got behind a pile up in the first turn. But it is what it is, im looking forward to the next race. But I dont know how well that is going to be due to its a night race for the first time in the Outdoor Nationals.

5/26/08 Well Glen Helen was this weekend. I rode great, I finished 16th in the timed qualifing. But I needed to be top 12. So the in the LCQ I was riding good too and on the start of the 3rd lap I just moved into 6th, they were taking top 9. But they red flagged the race and restarted it and I started ok and was in the mix and on the first lap I went down cause somebody crashed infront of me. I came from 20th to 11th in 5 laps. I deserved to be in, I had the speed. Crap happens sometimes, just gotta keep it going!

photos by: Chris Kinman courtesy of www.TransworldMotocross.com

4/10/08 Since Houston Sx I have just been riding as much as I can now. I had a few set backs and couldnt ride or train for 3 weeks. But now im back in the mix. So i've just been wing ding'n it! I raced at Oak Hill, the GNC Amateur National on my 450 trying to get some track time on the bike. I finished 6th in the +25 class, and if I would have had more time on the bike maybe could of finished around 3rd. There is some bad dudes in that class! It was a lot of fun. One other really important thing in my life is im awaiting the birth of my first child with my wife! We only have 9 weeks to go! Its a girl her name is Cayleigh and im so excited! We cannot wait any longer! I'll have some more info on some things soon!

2/18/08 This past weekend was my home town race in Houston. The racing was great, I was finally in the nite program. I deserved to be there, all the things I have been working on have finally come together the past 2 rounds. Even though I did not make the program at San Diego. Up to this past weekend that was the best I had done. But I backed it up even better the following weekend in Houston. I finally got my bike dialed in toward the end of the season. We are already working on outdoor settings. So well be prepared for the season to start!

2/5/08 Well A3 was a good one. I was riding really well. Just had some bad luck. In practice another rider took me up high in a berm and made us both go down like a goon. From that it smashed my header pipe so bad the bike was all choked up. I went back out in the second session and just couldnt seem to put a lap together. Every lap it seemed someone was down on the tripple and they had the red lights on, or after a technical rythem section some one would be laying there and they would be flagging. I just couldnt get a lap going. I'm keeping my head up, I have been riding good. Just have to put it all together.

1/27/08 Frisco was this past weekend. It was pretty wet and muddy, which made it a technical track with lots of ruts in the jumps. I missed it by 500ths of a second. Our laptimes were all very close. I thought I rode really well and made the cut. Once I checked the times I was shocked to find out I missed it. But with extreme conditions there is extreme results sometimes you do really good, or really bad. Riders last nite that make the cut every time didnt. And others had there best career finish ever! None the less im looking forward to return to a normal track condition! Ive been working hard, and have been improving on some lil things. A3 is next weekend so its going to be a good one!

1/20/08 This weekend was the best weekend of my career! I signed my first contract with a title sponsor! Im so excited to get to represent for TASER® International! We are going to drive the fans crazy with all the cool stuff we have at the events! I want to thank them for there support, and how much its going to help my team! Thanks TASER®!!!

1/10/08 Wednesday we were throwning down some laps. We got some footage so I thought I would post it up! Hope you enjoy!

1/08/08 Well Round 1 at Anaheim wasnt what everyone wanted. It was kinda muddy but just in the wrong places. I rode really well, but I struggled with consistancy. I would do sections really well, then come to a sloppy corner and blow everything I had going. I learned from my mistakes, and im ready to race Phoenix this weekend!

photos by: Willtopete

12/2/07 This weekend was Rnd 1 of the HoH/FMF AMA Texas Winter Series at the Freestone Amateur track! The track was great the turnout was huge and it was a lot of fun! I finished 1st in the +25,2nd in the 250pro, and 3rd in the 450pro. Thanks to Josh Czernik for letting me borrow his 450! Here is some pics from the race!

11/12/07 This weekend was the Texas State Championship at Freestone! I won the vet championship! i was pumped! Thats 2 years in a row! wooo hooo! I only have a 250f so I only rode the vet class and the 250 pro. I was 2nd for half the race of the first moto until I went down. Then I got up and slid out another lap and couldnt get the bike started. I pretty much threw that class away! But was riding well. Second moto I started in 4th and then hit my knee and pulled off! Thats racing, never know what can happen!

10/08/07 I have been fishing a whole lot while i have been waiting for my 08 bikes to get dialed in! We have been catching a lot of trout,red's, and occasionally flounder! That is called a Texas trio! But me and my buddy Jimmy decided to fish off the bottom of this channel with live bait and we caught 2 bull sharks! the first one was about 6 ft long and when we got it to the boat it dove back under the boat and snapped the line! we were like nooooooooooo way! but 15 mins later we caught another one and faught it for 30 mins and finally i got it on the boat after numerous tries! and we took some pics with the ol camera phone! we forgot to take out the good camera! hope you enjoy!