 Mammoth
motocross is always a fun and exciting race to go to and this year
was no exception. Although my results were not the greatest there's
something about just being on the mountain that sets off a great
vibe for racing. The weekend started off pretty good for me and I
was feeling comfortable in practice. Friday rolled around and I was
ready to race the schoolboy class. The qualifier moto didn't go the
greatest for me as I had a crash on the first lap and was deep in
the back of the pack. I managed to come back up to eighth which was
enough to qualify but left me with a bad gate pick for the main. In
the main I got a pretty good start and felt good until the red
flagged the race and we had to restart. The second start was not as
good for me and I got a horrible start. I never quite got going like
I did the first start and ended up 8th overall. After a
disappointing performance I was looking forward to Saturday and the
intermediate class. The qualifier for the intermediate race went
pretty good. I rode awesome but again struggled with a bad start. I
was able to get fourth in the qualifier and get a good ate pick.
Going into the main I was focused on trying to get a good start
knowing that I had the speed to run up front. I got an okay start
but I was going to take it considering the other starts I had the
rest of the weekend. I felt good and was riding solid in about sixth
until I had a little mistake and tipped over in a corner I was able
to get going but lost a ton of spots and was in about 20th. I was
able to keep pushing until the motos end and ended up catching up to
10th. Overall I was a little disappointed about my end results but I
felt good about my fitness and I just need to work on starts and a
little more speed before Ponca and Lorettas.Austin Burns #141 |
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This past weekend I raced at Thunder Valley in Lakewood, CO for
an area Loretta qualifier. Friday practice started out good
and I was having
fun on the track. Saturday was the stock classes and I
was looking forward to racing. I rode pretty good on Saturday
but struggled with my starts, but still rode good. As Sunday
came around, I was looking forward to redemption from Saturday.
I got off to much better starts on Sunday and rode well. Overall
the weekend was awesome and I qualified for both the south
central and
south west regions.
250 B Stock - 2nd
250 B Mod - 1st
Schoolboy 2 - 1st
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Annual World Mini Grand PrixThis past week was the 39th annual world mini grand prix at Mesquite Mx Park in Mesquite, NV. This was the first year for the race being at this track. The track was pretty goo throughout the week. The track got really rutted and rough which made for some awesome racing. The first few days of racing consisted of qualifiers. During my qualifiers I had some bad luck and had some crashes which put me back in the pack and fighting my way through the back of the pack in order to get goo qualifying positions. I ended up qualifying with descent positions and made all the mains which is the first goal. Going into the mains I was feeling confident and ready to race. There was only 8 mains, and I was in 4 of them which left me with back to back motos. I was bale to get off to good starts in all the main events and rode good except for the last moto where I was struggled a little bit, but still managed a descent finish. Overall it was a good week of racing an my results were good. 250 stock intermediate - 4th place
250 mod intermediate - 4th place
250 four stroke open non-pro - 5th place
250 schoolboy 12-16 - 7th place
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3 October 2009 ... Dodge Amateur
National
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9 August 09 ... Loretta Lynn's 2009 Well, we just finished up
racing from the 2009 Loretta Lynn Amateur National championships.
This year was a good experience all the way from the qualifiers, and
up through the race week. The week started off for us driving into
the muddy parking lot, and getting pulled in by a tractor. By seeing
all the standing water
on the ground, I thought the track was going to be in
horrible condition, but much to my surprise, the track was awesome.
They made a bunch of changes from the previous years, and I thought
the track was pretty fun. It was much more technical, and made for
many more passing opportunities throughout the race track.
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Watch the live results at the 2009 Loretta Lynns http://lorettas09.tracksideresults.com/liveresults.asp |
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3 August 09 ... Ponca City Racing Wrap Up The last few days of racing went good. I only ran 3 of my mains at Ponca due to Loretta's being one day after. Overall I rode pretty strong, and was able to walk away with a 10th in 250 four stroke open non-pro, a 8th in 250 intermediate stock, and a 5th in 125 two-stroke. |
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30 July 09 ... Ponca City Racing day 2 Today was the second day
of racing here at Ponca City. I started off the day with 2 mod
intermediate. I got off to an okay start and was riding okay the
first couple laps, then fell in a corner, and fell way to the back
of the pack. I rode good throughout the moto and was able to come
back and got up into tenth. My second moto was near the end of the
day, and was 125 two-stroke non-pro. I got off to a decent start,
and was able to pass a few people, and move into third. I rode well
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29 July 09 ... Ponca City Racing day 1Today was the first day of racing here at Ponca City. I started off the day with my first moto which was 250 stock intermediate. I got a descent start, and rode strong throughout the whole moto to end up fifth. My second moto was 250 four stroke open non-pro. I got off to an okay start, and had to pass a few people and ended up fourth. My third and final moto of the day was schoolboy. I got off to a pretty good start, and passed a couple people to move into fourth. I rode well throughout the moto and ended up with another fourth for the day. Overall the first day of racing went well. I rode strong, and was able to get some good results. Check back for some more updates throughout the week |
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28 July 09 ... Ponca City PracticeToday was the first day of riding here at Ponca City, Oklahoma. Practice started today with the 125 two stroke non-pro practice. The track was a little muddy to begin with, but ended up getting some good lines for the end of the day. My next practice was 250 four stroke open, and then intermediate followed by schoolboy. Overall it was a great day of practice. The track is pretty fun, and should make for some great race action throughout the week. |
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22 Jun 09 ... South Central Youth RegionalThe past couple of weeks have been super busy. I have been training for the upcoming amateur nationals, and getting our qualifying finished for Loretta Lynn’s. The past week I spent a few days in Albuquerque, New Mexico riding and training with Justin Buckelew getting ready for upcoming races. New Mexico was awesome, and a super fun place to ride. I can’t thank Justin and his family enough for all their help.
After a few days in New Mexico, we headed to Lake Whitney, Texas for the south central youth regional to qualify for Loretta’s. The weekend in Texas was good. The weather was super hot and humid, but it was good. The track was in decent shape, but got super dry, and a little slick. My first moto of the weekend was Schoolboy 2. I got off to a third place start, and made a few passes and got into the lead, but then got passed by one kid, and ended up second. In the second moto, I didn’t get the greatest start, but worked my way through the pack, and again got a second place finish. In the third and final moto, I got off to a top five start, and passed a few kids, and swapped positions with a couple people. In the end I ended up fourth that moto. Overall the weekend was good, and we made it into Loretta’s in our second class.
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6 Jun 09 ... Southwest Loretta Lynns Qualifier This past weekend was the
Loretta Lynns southwest regional qualifier at Glen Helen raceway.
The weekend started out with practice on Thursday
and Friday. The track was fun, and I couldn't wait for the weekend's
race. Saturday was the stock classes, and I had one race: 250 B
stock. The first moto started out descent, and I ended up with an
eighth, but since they ran a three moto format, I was okay. The next
two motos were okay, but I struggled with starts a little, and rode
tight. Overall I ended up 10th, and they only take 5 to
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19 Apr 09... World Mini Update
The past week at the World Mini
Gand Prix has been super fun. The week started off pretty good, and
the track was awesome all week long. I had some good motos, and rode
strong in the main events. I got off to descent starts, and rode
good thoughout all the mains; I was able to top ten every main event
except for one. Everything was great this past week, and I can't
thank everyone enough for all their help. I ended the week with some
good results, and I can't wait until Mammoth, and Loretta
Qualifiers.
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This past week was spent at the Amateur Open of Motocross in Buckeye, AZ. The week started out good, we arrived at the track, and it was looking really good. They added a bunch of mulch, and also added a new hill section. We practiced on Wednesday and I was feeling really good on the track. We worked on a few final touches on our bikes, and by Thursday, I was ready to race. Thursday went pretty good, I ran my first moto which was intermediate stock. I felt good going in to my first moto, but had some bad starts the first part of the week. I rode pretty good and ended up fourth. The next day I ran four motos. In schoolboy stock, I crashed hard in the second turn, was unable to finish the race. I ran 250 four stroke open non pro next, and was able to come out with a fourth place finish, as well as a fourth place finish in both intermediate mod, and schoolboy mod. By Friday, I was hoping to get some better starts, and get myself on the podium. I was able to get much better starts, and came away with a couple second place finishes, and also a fourth place finish in my second motos. I was going into the mains setting good in all my classes except schoolboy stock. On Saturday and Sunday, I was able to put some good motos in, and get myself some goo d overall finishes. Mid-size mod intermediate – 5th overall Mid-size stock intermediate – 5th overall Schoolboy mod – 5th overall Schoolboy stock – 9th overall 250 four stroke open non pro – 4th overall
Thanks for your support, Austin Burns #141
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This past week I raced in
Sacramento, CA for the Dodge Amateur
National at
Hangtown Motocross Park. The track
was super fun this year, and made for good
racing. They changed it up from last year,
and added a couple of new sections that were
a lot better than the previous years.
During practice, the
track got super rough. They added some type
of sawdust, and it wasn’t mixed into the
dirt yet, and made the track super rough.
The next couple of days, they ripped the
sawdust and got in mixed into the dirt, and
the track got better and better as the week
went on. For me the week started off okay
during practice. After my first couple of
motos I was feeling good, and was riding
great. The only thing was that I had
horrible starts and had to come from behind.
I qualified good going into the mains, but
had some bad luck in the mains, and a few
crashes that cost me better finishes.
125 2 Stroke Intermediate – 4th
overall
125 Intermediate
Stock – moto finishes (6,8,DNF)
125 Intermediate
Mod – 12th overall
Schoolboy mod –
moto finishes (4,5,DNF)
Schoolboy Stock –
10th overall
Thanks for
your support,
Austin Burns
#141
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This past week I
raced at
Loretta Lynn’s in Hurricane Mills, TN.
This year, they changed up the track, and added
a couple new sections. Overall the changes were
super fun, and I had a good time racing. The
week started out good, as we went practicing at
some local tracks a couple days before the race
week. Come race day, I couldn’t wait to ride,
but as soon as I got on the line, I got tight,
and wasn’t riding the best that I could. I was
making mistakes all over the track, and wasn’t
smooth. That was the story for the first round
of motos, but towards the end of the week, I
finally started riding loose, and was riding
good, but had to work from the back because of
bad starts. In the end I ended up 24th
in schoolboy 2, and 28th in schoolboy
1. Overall, the week didn’t go near as good as
planned, but I’m happy I was able to make it
there, and race in one of the most prestigious
amateur nationals.
Thanks
for your support,
Austin
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30 June 08 |
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250 Junior – 4th place 250/450 Junior open – 3rd place
Thanks for all your support, Austin Burns #141 |
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19 Jun 08 |
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Schoolboy 2 (14-16) – Moto 1 – 9th / Moto 2 – 10th / Moto 3 – 7th / Overall – 9th place
Thanks for all your support, Austin Burns #141 |
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9 June 08 |
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Schoolboy 1 (12-16) – Moto 1 – 6th / Moto 2 – 4th / Moto 3 – 7th / Overall – 5th Schoolboy 2 (14-16) – Moto 1 – 10th / Moto 2 – 13th / Moto 3 – 5th / Overall 7th
I rode good in most of my motos, but had a couple of mistakes that cost me better finishes. Overall the track was fun to ride, and it was a good weekend. I was able to qualify in schoolboy 1 because top 5 were qualifying positions.
Thanks for your support, Austin Burns #141 |
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the Loretta Lynn area qualifiers at Thunder
Valley. The track was good, and there was a
ton of people that showed up for the race.
On Saturday, it was super cold, and we even
got a couple of snow flurries. On Sunday,
the temperature was a bit warmer, and the
track was good. Before practice, the track
was super muddy, but by the end of the
day, the track had huge ruts in it, and was
one of the roughest tracks I have ever rode
on. My races were okay, but we qualified for
the south central regional, and that's what
we went to do. Overall It was a fun weekend,
and my results were okay.
Schoolboy 1 (12-16) - 2nd place
Schoolboy 2 (14-16) - 7th place
Thanks for your support,
Austin Burns #141
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for the Loretta Lynn area qualifiers. The
area was super windy, and made for a dry and
dusty track. I raced the schoolboy 1 12-16
class in a 125 two stroke, and the schoolboy
2 14-16 class on a 250F. Overall the track
was fun despite the wind and the dust, and
my results were good.
Schoolboy 1 12-16 - 1st place
Schoolboy 2 14-16 - 1st place
Thanks for your support,
Austin Burns #141
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Aug 08
This
past weekend I raced at the 
This past weekend
I went to Texas for the south central youth
regional at
This
past weekend I raced at Glen Helen Raceway for
the Loretta Lynn southwest regional qualifier.
The track was super fun, and had the same design
as it did for the pro national that was held
there a couple of weeks ago. I raced the
schoolboy 1 class on my 125 two-stroke and the
schoolboy 2 class on my 250f. The racing was
good, and they used a three moto format which
made for tight overall finishes.
We have just
finished up with the World Minis in Las
Vegas. The week overall was okay, but not as
good as I would've liked. We qualified in
good for both the stock novice, and mod
novice. Going into the main, I had a chance
to win both classes. In the stock class, I
got into a first turn crash which put me out
of the race. I went back to race the mod
class, and was feeling okay. I came off the
gate and didn't get the greatest start. I
made a few passes, and by two laps to go I
made my way into third. I stayed there, and
went 1-3 for 3rd overall. Overall I'm not
completely excited with my results, but the
week was fairly good.
5th Annual 2007 DODGE Amateur
Motocross National, Oct 07 We
have finished up with the 5th
annual Dodge Amateur National in Sacramento.
Overall I had a good week, and I am pretty
happy with my results. In the 250 Stock
novice class, I was in first in my division.
I then went out for the main and got the holeshot. I never looked back, and took the
win, but do to the points system that the
Dodge runs, I ended up with second place. In
the 250 mod novice class, I qualified fourth
in my division do to a bad second moto. I
had an alright start and was inside the top
ten. I was able to work my way up to second
in the moto, and I also ended up second
overall in that class as well. On the last
lap of the mod class, I cased a jump and
bounced into a braking bump. My hand had hit
the bars hard, and it was sore, and hurt to
pull in the clutch. We decided that the week
had been good so far, and we ended up not
running the schoolboy stock main. This past
week has been good, and I appreciate all
your support.
Ponca
City Grand National,
Jul 2007 We are
getting home from Ponca, but I didn't do to
well there. I qualified okay, but in the
mains, I had horrible starts, and just
wasn't riding the greatest. I ended up
getting about 20th place in my mains, which
is horrible considering how well I qualified
in some of my classes.