Hi Guys,

Going 10 mph down the Freeway is not the way I expected to spend the 9 hour drive up to Mammoth Mtn , which should have only taken 4hours. Once being towed into the track buy the water truck we unloaded Mary Jane and did some burnouts in our practice session. We then had 3 days of getting acclimatized before the racing began! So, we had lot of fun on our mountain bikes and luckily Devin had put in some 450EXC bikes so we could get around. It was nothing like southern California, there were trees!!! Haha. It was a lot like Bulgaria and perfect weather everyday. 

We may have had the slowest vehicle but we definitely had the fastest bikes!!!

The mini week started on Monday and didn’t go as well as hoped. I took a few moto wins but an unfortunate crash lead me to being sat in a hospital bed. The DOCs said I had to rest for 8 weeks but as always… I didn’t have that long!!

I was back out the next day not feeling to good, but preparing for the big bikes.

Let alone having the crash, I was also going into my first ever race on the 250f! the boys down at KTM had done a Wicked job on my bike.

I was going in with some super fast guys and in my heat race managed to pull the holeshot. I then was able to break away from the rest of the pack whilst they were all getting tangled up with each other, to take the win!

In the final, my flyin machine went to the front. Taking the holeshot, It wasn’t long until the pressure started building and one of the Suzuki riders tried to make a move. I held my position and eventually took the WIN!! That was awesome!! Taking my first ever 250f win….

That night we were all sat in the pool at our hotel when someone started shouting, we looked up and saw a BEAR… it was so cool. (for me anyway)

The next day I was ready to go again and with Murray Miller the track official showing me the lines I was ready to win another title.

I placed second in my heat race and was “ready to race”.

Once again I managed to squeeze the holeshot and make an early break in the main. I kept out in front for the remainder of the race and brought my KTM to the top step!

An amazing week, I had so much fun with the team (Devin, Joe, Mike). I cant wait until next year!!

Thanks again Murray…

Max