ERIC
• • • • • • • • • • December 21 , 1971
B IRTHDATEI
RESIDENCEI • • • • • • • • Sacramento , California
• • • • • • • • • Owner, motorcycle
OCCUPATIDNI
suspension and service shop
OTHER INTERE5n
MOTORCYCLESI
••• Helping kids learn to ride
• • • • • • • • • VZ250 , CRF450R
Cross Country.
Hare Scrambles, Motocross
SPONSORSI • • • Fly Racing , Works Connection ,
Race Tech , Arai Helmets, Nor-Cal Motorsports
loCAl TRACK/RID G AREAl ••••••• Hangtown
(Motocross) , Stonyford (Off Road)
CLASSESI • • • • • • • • Veteran A and Over 30 A
(Motocross) , A250 (Off Road)
D ISCIPLINES:
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RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Vet Pro Champion , 2003 Dodge Truck
Nationals
• Fifth overall , 2002 National
Hare Scrambles
WHY Do Yo u RACE?
" For the rush! "
BEST RAC ING MOMENT?
" Getting fourth place in the Nationa l Hare
Scrambles in Michigan. "
WORST R ACIN G M OMENT?
" Breaking my leg in Laughlin , Nevada, and hav ing my friends drive me 11 hours back to
Sacramento so I could have
surgery the next day."
WHAT Do Yo u D o F OR FUN?
"Teach my 4-year·old son Tyler
how to ride . When he gets a few years older, I
will teach him how
to work on his own dirt bike ,
so I don 't have to. "
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