2003

For the 2003 TCCRA season I am racing with the number L605. I'm still riding the 2001 Kawasaki KDX200.

Date	Race#	Location	My Place	# of Finishers	# of Starters	Rank	Photo
3/9	3101	Athens	6	17	18	6
3/23	3102	Gilmer	7	15	16
4/6	3103	Bells	11	18	18
4/20	3104	Jacksboro	8	17	20
5/04	3105	Jean	7	20	20	6
5/18	3106	Jacksboro	10	22	22	6
6/01	3107	Pittsburgh	5	16	17	6
6/29	3109	N. Alto	9	18	19	5
7/13	3108	Cleburne	--	18	18	9
8/24	3110	S. Bryson	11	17		9
9/07	3111	N. Bryson	11	14		9
9/21	3112	Bonita	12	21	22	9
10/05	3113	Jefferson	16	16	16	9
10/19	3114	Malakoff	9	21		8

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2002

For the 2002 TCCRA season I raced with the number L607. I'm still riding the 2001 Kawasaki KDX200. I finished 5th overall.

In January we participated in the AMA District 37 desert race.  Check out the photos. I finished 8th out of 11 women novice riders.

Date	Race#	Location	My Place	# of Finishers	# of Starters	Rank	Photo
2/24	3001	Gilmer	12	13	15	12
3/10	3002	Bonita	9	18	18	9
3/24	3003	Jacksboro	12	15	17	10
4/07	3004	Alto - S.R.	5	7	9	6
5/05	3005	Pittsburg	2	8	10	4
5/19	3006	Mesquite	6	10	13	4
6/02	3007	Crafton	6	12	13	4
6/16	3008	Jacksboro II	11	12	15	5
6/30	3009	Dallas	6	9	11	4
8/25	3010	S. Bryson	10	11	11	4
9/08	3011	N. Alto	9	9	11	5
9/22	3012	Athens	10	11	11	5
10/06	3013	Gholson	6	9	10	5
10/20	3014	Bells	9	9	9	5

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2001

In 2001 I raced in the TCCRA Ladies Amateur class as L651.  I rode my new 2001 Kawasaki KDX200.  I also rode the new bike in a District 37 race, the Jackrabbits Hare and Hound, on January 14, 2001, earning 6th place in the ladies novice class. 

2001
Overall place in the Ladies Amateur class: 7th
Total points:  595

Date	Race#	Location	My Place	# of Finishers	# of Starters	Rank	Photo
2/25	2901	Pittsburg/Cox Mtn.	7	11	11	7
3/11	2902	Bonita	9	16	16	7
3/25	2903	N. Bryson	6	10	11	6
4/08	2904	Jean	8	12	13	7
4/22	2905	Muenster	10	13	13	7
7/15	2906	Cleburne	8	11	11	7
5/20	2907	Jacksboro	10	14	14	8
6/03	2908	Alto	8	11	11	9
6/17	2909	Jacksboro 2	9	10		8
7/1	2910	Rusk	10	10	10	7
9/9	2911	S. Bryson	13	13	14	7
9/23	2912	Gilmer	8	10	11	7
10/7	2913	Pittsburg	12	13	13	7
10/21	2914	Longview	9	10	10	7

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2000

I raced in the TCCRA Ladies Amateur class as L607.  The season got off to a good start - I got my first TCCRA trophy in the first race.  At one point I was even up in 3rd place!  Then in the second race I was 2nd off the start.  Things seemed really good right up until the first mile - check out the link to the Bonita race report and see my x-ray for my broken arm.  I was able to make it back for the race at Lake Murray.  A few weeks after the Lake Murray race the doctor officially released me to ride.  I'm slowly getting back up to speed.  And the big excitement:  I got a new 2001 Kawasaki KDX200 for the last three races!

** Special thanks to Randy from Honda West for fixing my carburetor problem at the first race.

2000
Overall place in the Ladies Amateur class:  12th
Total points:  385
For many of the races there is a link to a race report by either Pat or me.

Date	Race#	Location	My Place	# of Finishers	# of Starters	Rank	Photo
2/27	2801	Pittsburg	5	26	26	5
3/12	2802	Bonita	DNF	20	22
3/26	2803	Rocky Ridge	--	22
4/09	2804	Jean	--	18		17
4/23	2805	Muenster	--	17
5/07	2806	Twin Hills	--	14		19
5/21	2807	Lake Murray	12	13	15	17
6/04	2808	S. Bryson	7	17	12	16
6/18	2809	N. Bryson	12	18	19	16
8/27	2810	Bonita #2	8		13	13
9/10	2811	Flying P	6			13
9/24	2812	Jean	11	17	17	13
10/8	2813	Lake Murray	10	15	15	12
10/22	2814	Alvaredo	--	4	5	12

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1999

1999 was my first season racing dirt bikes.  My very first race was the Jackrabbits' Hare and Hound in California's Mojave desert in January 1999 - I finished second in my class.  Of course, there were only two of us in the Women's beginner class, but I did get my name in Cycle News.  It was an extremely challenging course for me.  If I hadn't been out there in the middle of nowhere with no one else in sight (they were all so far ahead of me) I don't know if I would have dared to attempt some of those hills!

I raced  the 1999 TCCRA cross-country season here in Texas in the ladies amateur class.  We just finished the last race and I am 7th overall.  Just one place away from a year-end trophy!  Oh well, maybe next year.  The season was fun.  I made several new friends and learned a lot.  Stephanie Taylor (L699) and I started off the season trading off last place, and ended up the season switching off places in the middle of the pack.  Who knows what we'll do next year!

Memorable moment:  Olney, Sept. 1999; my first real crash and my first injury.  Thank goodness it's only a bruise (a huge, footpeg shaped one).  I was limping for a while but I managed to work most of the stiffness out before the race.  That dust can be dangerous - I didn't see a big dip in what appeared to be a straightaway and somehow managed not to go head-first over the handlebars.  Instead I came up out of the dip and landed on my right side with my leg under the bike.  I didn't realize until the next week that it tore the pants in addition to the bruise.

Here are my standings as of the end of the 1999 TCCRA season:

Overall place in the Ladies Amateur class:  7th
Total points:  562
For many of the races there is a link to a race report by either Pat or me.

As a final note on the season, a group of us TCCRA "girls" raced at Village Creek MX in Kennedale, TX.  There were six of us, so we got to race in our own "ladies" class.  For four of us it was our first motocross race as well as our first time on that track.  The other two ride in the expert and intermediate class in TCCRA and of course they came in first and second.  Beckee as usual was ahead of the rest of us amateurs.  Stephanie, PCay, and I fought it out for the two remaining trophies.  PCay had a little mishap at the start of the first moto and I managed to somehow stay ahead of Stephanie, so I ended up with 4th, Stephanie with 5th, and PCay in 6th.

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My Humble Beginnings

I started riding dirt bikes in the fall of 1997 when we bought a Honda XR200.  It was a way of getting around to watch my husband, Pat, at various spots on the cross-country track as he raced his Yamaha 125.  Once I got a little better at riding, I thought I would give racing a try.

I want to say thanks to my husband Pat for being so patient with me!  He has spent many an hour waiting for me to catch up with him on the trail, or trekking back along the trail to help me pick up my bike and get it started again.  In the early days he even had to ride my bike through certain sections of the trail.  I really appreciate that as I know how hard it is to walk any distance in those boots!

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