Why The Need For a Racing College?
There are many questions asked when riders and their family members call our administration office. The most frequently asked questions are:
1. Why the need for quality rider education?
2. Can you help our rider get better?
3. Is your college different from the other schools?
4. Do you have a rider safety program?
5. Can you help me to help my rider?
6. Is your college different from the other schools?

Yes! Our college can train riders from the beginning levels all the way up to the top Pro levels. Your first-step is our introductory one-day course so we both speak the same language and to determine your skill level. There are basic techniques that a rider must know and do in order to have great bike control and race safely. Our objective is for the student to learn absolute bike control through basic techniques and effectively practicing them in a slow controlled learning environment. These basic and advanced techniques allow you to practice and integrate them into your own unique raci41 style. Without these fundamental skill levels the rider greatly increases their risk of having an accident.

Today, MX bikes are absolute all out raci41 machines, they are just like Formula 1 raci41 cars. When you put this into the hands of someone who is under trained they are obviously going to get hurt. In simpler words, "They are an accident looking for a place to happen". To compound the problem consider putting that same person on an advanced MX or SX track filled with 20 to 40 other riders. Many sports give you a second chance, but in raci41 you may not get a second chance.

So, I employ you to remember this very important fact about raci41 "The motorcycle does not care if you are Ricky Carmichael or John Doe; if you make a mistake you are going to pay. Our findings show that if you have not been trained by a qualified school you have a much greater chance of getting hurt.

Are you beginning to understand the need for this formal training program before the rider takes their bike to the practice or race track? We can tell you that we would never want our kids out on a race track without the proper education and display of bike control. While hospitals are never the place to discover you lack the education necessary to avoid accidents and injuries; many parents have called after making a trip to the hospital saying that they now realize the importance of rider education.

This is why we designed our one-day introductory step-by-step training program so you can learn precision bike control and handling techniques.

You may have heard that "Practice makes perfect". Well, as professional educators we are here to tell you that it does not. "Practice makes permanent." In simple words, what you practice becomes your automatic raci41 habits and behaviors. So, if you do not employ these quality techniques strategically placed into a well-structured training and raci41 program you will find it very difficult to compete against those who do. Your practice and performances are only as good as the quality of your raci41 education.

Through formal education you learn the proper techniques that allows you to practice them correctly from the beginning.
Racing and home building have this in common - a quality foundation. This foundation allows everything else to be built upon and supported by it. In a home it allows it to remain safe, stable, controlled, and balanced. In raci41 you will experience these same things through a quality rider educational program. This allows you to grow and develop in a safer way.

You will always race like you practice. The rule is, your practice habits and behaviors will automatically happen on the race track, without giving thought or hesitation. Hence, the quality of your practice is the quality of your raci41 performance.

2. Can you help our rider get better?
Yes, we can help you become a much better rider.
If you want a better performance record you must first change the way you are learning and applying that knowledge to your practice habits. Our educational program teaches the rider all the techniques, which they are required to learn, know, understand, and perform automatically. This stricter method of learning produces a top quality rider who is better, faster, and safer. Therefore the end-results of this educational process produces a rider who can automatically display basic and advanced raci41 techniques without giving thought or hesitation. This development of this advanced automatic raci41 skill level is absolutely necessary to free-up the rider’s mind in order to place their mental focus on all the other things necessary for their success in each raci41 event. For this reason we say education first, practice second, and raci41 third.

So, when the rider starts raci41 they have:
1. Acquired a good raci41 educational knowledge foundation
2. Can effectively apply the necessary raci41 skill levels that allows them to perform at their best
3. And avoid accidents and injuries, at the same time.

We see many kids getting really fast really quick but never taking the time to acquire the necessary raci41 education. We feel so sorry for these kids because many never stay in the sport. Their lack of quality education and experience produce injuries that seem to go on and on, which will eventually end their raci41 careers. And finally the kid says, "Dad, please I am tired of getting hurt. I do not want to do this anymore. Can we please do something else." Our program has successfully avoided this problem.

3. Do you have a rider safety program?

Our Parent Race Training Program
Most parent are not aware of the very important fact that they need to be educated in what we call the "Balancing Of The Rider’s Growth In Racing". Example – we have a parent who has a big piece of land and builds a track and the kid riders everyday and the parent are there pushing him on sections over and over again. Over all concept is having the parent have the kid only eat one thing on his place and ignore everything else. Rather than providing a balance in his meal. The parent is directly responsible for the success of that kid’s raci41 program. And the wrong influence can push him out of the program as
well. The real question here is Can the parents learn to become viable (contributing) team members? Can you make the changes necessary to become and work with the team.

Educational Classroom And Rider Training
Every quality educational program realizes that the best learning and training environment is during those times where there is no stress to perform on up and coming raci41 events. Therefore we would never recommend "Having a raci41 class two to three days before any raci41 event is a waist of your time and money." At the speeds required in both the stadiums and outdoor events all raci41 reflexes must be automatic habits and behaviors. We also recognize that every quality raci41 habit and behavior requires weeks of demanding and accurate training time to produce and develop. In simple terms, raci41 habits require many hours of dedicated and demanding quality practice. Quality practice time is absolutely necessary to produce these raci41 skill levels. For this reason we recommend that you not race for 30 to 45 days following our initial introductory program. This will give you the time necessary to accurately train our new raci41 habits and behaviors into your automatic system. We you will learn "Speed is only a by-produce of bike control. And the underlying foundation of bike control is bike balance and stability."

Financial Investment
Today’s raci41 is obviously expensive. There are the cost of the motorcycle, all of the safety equipment and everything that goes with that, the cost of going to and from the races, and race track fees, as well. What money have you set aside for getting a quality education in the sport of motocross and Supercross racing? Like in Formula 1 and Indicar raci41 getting a quality racing education is a must.

Why You Need Quality Education
I’m been asked what I see in the future for our up and coming talented riders. My reply is still the same, "I see a lot of talented riders struggling against their own belief limitations in the face of raci41 stardom. It is their belief limitations that are holding them back. If you trace these struggles back in time you will see that it all started off with what seemingly were misdirected thoughts. And, for whatever the reason these thoughts develop into belief systems. Next their belief systems create habits, which then create behaviors. Now here in lies the roots of their real struggle. With time and development these belief systems take root and grow into, develop, and become deep-seated belief system behaviors in their minds. It is these deep-seated belief systems and behaviors that are the real struggle, not the climb into raci41 stardom. When you compete against others this situation worsens and it becomes very difficult to overcome. However, when you compete against yourself (Self-Competition) it lessens and becomes easier to overcome.

The real answer here is knowing the pathway that offer the solutions to dismiss, delete, change, upgrade, improve, or modify these self-limiting belief systems. Without these solutions they will remain locked up within their endless struggle. You see the real fight that they are having is how to overcome themselves. There is an old saying that fits well here. It goes like this, I have met the enemy and it was I. Believe it or not – you are the only one who can hold yourself back or allow yourself to advance forward. Maybe now you will learn to pay more attention to methods employed to modify or upgrade belief systems. But nevertheless, let’s continue talking about this up and coming talent.

Anyone can see that there is a lot of great talent in the riders of today. But talent doesn’t mean a thing unless these riders can make the good decisions that lead them in good directions. Remember Talent means nothing in this profession of raci41 unless you make can, at the same time, make good choices, as well. Simple observation tells us that these riders are smart, talented, and know a lot of things. But know this too, there are a lot of talented riders out there who have never seen or will ever experience the light of stardom. It takes great discipline supported by successful planning in your thoughts, actions, and choices. You see, to gamblers, raci41 is nothing but a long shot. That is to say that at the top of raci41 there is only room for one. So remember without an advanced higher raci41 educational program that offers both the knowledge and application your choice making and decisions are greatly limited. Without quality education as a road map you will be greatly restricted in your attempts to get to where you want to go. Motocross and Supercross are the two most demanding sport in the world today. No other sport even approaches their difficulty. From my experience only a quality educational program can offer you your best working answers and solutions. And don’t be fooled into thinking it’s otherwise."

As you will learn when you take our safety awareness and counter measures program - safety involves every rider.  But more importantly, the safe and prudent operation of your motorcycle is your responsibility.  Learning to ride in a safe and prudent manor is not an option in today's market place of transportation but a requirement.  Creating habits and behaviors that automatically happen and occur, with hesitation, to avoid hazards or problems are the needed and necessary skill levels to employ.  With their application you lower the risk factor probabilities of becoming involved in unwanted and unnecessary problems.

I am a Chiropractor who, for the past 18 years, has followed the raci41 circuit all over the USA and Europe. I have treated all degrees of riding and raci41 injuries. These same injures continue to repeat themselves, over and over again. This tells us that we are not learning from our mistakes. Why is that?

For these individuals I suggest that it's time to start "Racing Smarter".  I personally feel that taking care of the rider is more important than taking care of the bike. As an example if you spend 10 hours working on your bike for the race, I feel you should spend at least 10 hours readying your body for that same race, as well.

I have repeatedly witnessed that those riders who received Chiropractic care before raci41 not only performed better but also experience fewer accidents and injuries than those who do not.

In lieu of this fact, I created a section in the library called "Rider Problems". This "Self-Help" recipe program is for the understanding, treatment and rehabilitation for almost all of the injuries I have witnessed on the circuit. I have also created another section in the library called "Health Care". This is a self-help program set aside so that responsible riders can take, not only corrective actions but preventive ones, as well. I have found that most repeatable accidents and injuries can be prevented from happening, even for the first time if the rider is mindful of what he or she reads and applies. Both programs are located on the menu in our library. At least I feel that this is a start in the right direction for the concerned riders and their families.

In the final analysis, it is the rider's responsibility for his or her own safety. The best we can do is sharing this information with them and through education bettering ourselves, our raci41 families and our sport. I keep thinking that someone will come along and put a stop to all of those unnecessary repeatable accidents and injuries, but in my over 15 years of experience, no one has yet.

If you think that it is the responsibility of the AMA, FIM or other regulatory agencies, you are wrong. If you think that it is the responsibility of the promoters or track owners, again you are wrong. It is the responsibility of the riders, their families and their race team members. In short, it is the responsibility of all of us.

In 1997, at one time during the USA's Supercross 15 race series, over one half of the top 20 USA riders were out with injuries. Is this problem "Rider Error", "Track Design", "Racing Fatigue Over Stress", etc.? Again in 1998 Supercross series we are seeing the same types of problems surface again. Why are these problems repeating themselves? Why can't we learn from our mistakes? What could we do as a safety awareness group?

I strongly recommend that every country join in and together create a Motocross/Supercross Safety Board that would:
1. Publish a rider/racer safety manual.
2. Require all riders and racers to complete a comprehensive safety awareness and countermeasures certification program for off-road raci41 like the program currently presented by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) for street bikes and WERA and AHRMA for motorcycle road raci41.
3. Require a safety certification before any rider can be licensed to race.
Did you know that AMA motocross is one of the few raci41 organizations that does not require a safety awareness program to licensing the rider?

This safety board would gather and collect, evaluate and publish all raci41 accident and injury information (i.e. rider fall cards). It would compile unsafe track obstacles and establish safe jump launch and landing angles, then supply this information to insurance companies, regulatory agencies, promoters and riders and racers. It would require that all riders involved in raci41 show proof of passing a comprehensive safety awareness and countermeasures program examination before acquiring a license. And proof of annual up-dating certification for the same.

In aviation, the federal aviation agency (FAA) requires all commercial airline pilots to attend and pass a school like this, once a year. Command pilots are required to take and pass this schooling, twice a year.

Like the FAA's program, I know that we can lower our accident and injury percentages from over the 90% mark to well inside the 10% level with the incorporation of a yearly re-certification program.

I am saying we don't have to keep repeating this endless loop of needless re-occurring rider accident and injury. We can make a difference. We can change the outcomes. We can lower the accident and injury risk factors found in our sport. Together, we can make our sport a lot safer. If we join together, share information, educate our riders and racers, we will greatly lower their accident and injury percentages. For this reason, I am sharing my "Safety Awareness And Countermeasure Program", as well as, my two and four-year professional raci41 college programs with all riders, racers, their families, their race team members and those in the off-road community who feel as I do.

Our Safety Awareness And Countermeasure Program makes the most aggressive strides ever taken in the prevention and elimination of accidents and injuries in our profession. For the last three years of its existence, it has performed. Data collected shows that the awareness and skill levels taught in our program have reduced accidents and injuries by a conservative factor of 25 to 1 (only 4 instead of 100 after taking our safety class). That is to say, riders were falling, having accidents and getting hurt twenty five times more often before the program than following it. Its simplistic countermeasures are the best collection of rider assembled immediate actions anywhere in the world today.

We hope that you will enjoy and benefit greatly from its presentation, as well as, share it with your friends and other riders. Join us, and together we can make our sport safer. Thank you for taking the time to read our safety introduction. Enjoy our safety program, and help us make riding and raci41 off-road motorcycles safer. Now, let’s discuss another benefit of our safety program.

Safety Training Pays!
This article was written in 1999. And each year after this year this percentage of money spent to fix and repair your bike will increase. Not to mention the increase in cost factor for any medical care needed or necessary.

Are You Interested In A $2000.00 Sponsorship This Year? Are you interested in having a little extra money this year to spend on your racing?  Moreover, if I told you an easy way to do this would you be interested?

But before I share with you this easy method let's finding out just how much
money you have spent over the last year for new bike parts, raci41 gear, and
medical services because of unwanted and unnecessary accidents, falls, and
rider injuries.  Let us list the most common replacement parts due to
accidents and falls. They include:

Bike Part - Est. Cost/Item to Replace – Number Per Year
1. Handle bars - Regular (7/8") - 85.00 & up - (13sets)
2. Handle bars - big (1 1/8") - 65.00   (2sets)
3. Handle bar grips - Regular - 7.00   (6 pair)
4. Front Fender -20.00 & up - (2 ea,)
5. Rear Fender - 20.00 -  (2 ea.)
6. Radiator - 130.00 - (2 ea.)
7. Radiator Shroud - 35.00 & up  (3 ea.)
8. Control level - 12.00 & up - (4 ea.)
9. Sub Frame -120.00 - (1 ea.)
10. Muffler - 80.00 - (1 ea.)
11. Pipe -150.00 - (1 ea.)
12. Seat Cover - 50.00 -  (1 ea.)
13. Seat Foam - 50.00 -  (1 ea.)
Cost Example:
From the above list let us calculate the estimated average cost per year from
the estimated average replacement per year column.
Bike Part - Est. Cost/Item to Replace – Number Per Year
1. $ 1105.00
2. $ 130
3. $ 42.00
4. $ 40.00
5. $ 40.00
6. $ 260.00
7. $ 105.00
8. $ 48.00
9. $ 120.00
10. $ 80.00
11. $ 150.00
12. $ 50.00
13. $ 50.00  
Total Cost Per Year $2220.00

Next, allow me to share with you that our safety program has already greatly
lowered this yearly cost factor for many.  Over the last three years, our
program has reduced accidents, falls, and rider injuries of a factor of 25:1.
What this means is that for every 100 accidents, falls, or rider injuries
you were having before our 2-day safety awareness and countermeasures
program, would be reduced to four.  Yes, I know that these numbers are very
impressive. However, another impressive factor about the program is that is saves you about $2000.00 every year afterwards? 

From the chart above, let us divide $2220.00 by the safety reduction factor of
25 and get $88.80.  The $88.80 is your new estimated yearly cost for
replacement parts following the completion of our safety program.  This is an
annual savings of $2000.00 every year.  If you race for 10 more years, your
estimated savings is approximately $20,000.00. And remember these figures do
not consider the replacement of raci41 gear, helmets, or medical expenses due
to injuries.  Do you think you might be interested in a safety program now?
Safety is everyone's responsibility.  But until everyone starts thinking this
way may I suggest that you consider taking the actions of "Protecting
Yourself" and "Saving Yourself" by taking a safety program like ours that
reduces your "Risk Factors". 

The safety program in the library of our motocross raci41 college web site is
free to those who are interested.  It only requires you to study and practice
its principals.  In the centerfold of this issue, you will find our racing
college poster #7 "Racing Safety Awareness" and our recommended
countermeasures. 

Now I can sit here and tell you that motocross accidents and rider injuries
are on the rise especially over the past few years but you may think you are
immune to them and so this topic does not effect you.  But nothing could be
further from the truth.  Because it does affect you, whether you are a new
comer to our sport or a veteran pro.

Racing Smarter Does Not Cost - It Pays!