Why Women Race Motocross

Why Women Race Motocross

By Nikki Weis

                Women racing motocross, what’s up with that?  I’m sure this may be a question that many ask and wonder about.  But to fully comprehend this, you must first go back to the base question of “Why race motocross?”  To understand what drives a person to race motocross can sometimes be very difficult for those outside of the racing arena.   So I will give you the best explanation possible, from a woman’s prospective.

                If you’ve ever ridden a dirt bike of any sorts, or even a go cart, or mini-bike, I’m sure that you enjoyed yourself and would like to experience it again.  Well, that’s how most get started, they get a taste of the off-road world and eventually get a bike of their own.  Once you start riding with your friends, it seems that a contest of sorts arises,  anything from seeing who can jump the farthest to racing each other around a track.   You start frequenting the local motocross race track and observe the racers, how they jump, how they ride, etc.  And then before you know it, you begin to think, god they are slow, I can beat them.  So you decide to enter a race. 

The adrenaline rush that you get before and during a race is out of this world.  Before the race, your heart is pumping so hard that you can see your jersey moving.  And when you’re out on the track, you forget about the rest of the world, your mind is only concerned with what is directly ahead of you and where other racers are around you.  Your first race is an introduction to the race world.  What you thought looked so easy and who you thought looked so slow and that you could beat, is now a reality.  When you are on that track racing, it’s a different story, you will never know, until you have been there.   Soon you begin to take more risks and attempt jumps that you haven’t in the past, it’s an incredible feeling when you have conquered a jump that you have been unable to do in the past.  It’s a confidence boost that...