How to race a pro national race

Which race or races? Does he carry a pro license with the Italian Federation?

Need to reach out to AMA Pro Racing and make sure his license qualifies him for a AMA Pro license, then pay the fee and do the paperwork. Pick a round or rounds, and sign up for them…

Once you clarify he can get an AMA pro license and accepted into the events, he can join one of the pay to race teams as there are several of them. 

Rock River comes to mind and also the Privateer Spooort program sponsored by McGinley Clinic. https://www.instagram.com/theprivateersupportprogram/?hl=en

he would be able to do it on an International FIM licence i presume as well, and not have to give up his Italian Licence, 

(you can't hold 2 different FIM federation licences at the same time) 

How do you get to Carnegie Hall (or race a pro national)?

Practice, practice, practice...........

Apologies to my Italian moto brothers for an old joke......

And if any of you vitards feel compelled to give me grief, I suggest you start boning up on DR Rick's advice from the progressive insurance ads, otherwise it will be you in a few years 

I made it under the wire to be a baby boomer by 2 days, so I am allowed.

My 0.2c if he does come make sure he gets a full coverage health insurance policy. 

Inform them you’ll be participating in MX at the level of professional sport potentially for money. Make sure policy includes full repatriation services should he become fully incapacitated.

Once you ascertain he is eligible to race the nationals this is the first thing he should do.  Probably very expensive but worth every penny. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. 

He’d be a fool to come here without it. 

Some of the best advice given on vital. To whichever degree you think the US healthcare system is fucked, its always more. Can't imagine its any better for someone here on a visa. 

Second that statement. Italy has national health care. Those unaccustomed to the US privatized system would be in for a rude awakening. Please ensure your friend is fully aware of this. 

I thought the American way was to go with no insurance to cut costs and then set up a GoFundMe if you get hurt. 

Another thing you need to find is someone to buckle your helmet. 

I woudnt get too hung up on potential medical costs.  
You don't have to pay the bills and even if you buy insurance it wont cover much.     

Unlike Europe, most teams here do not offer a race service. As stated earlier, there are a few teams that operate on a pay-to-play style, but I doubt most of them would accommodate one race. 

IMO, pick a date of a race well in advance and try to find someone locally that will loan you a bike. Or if you can find a cool dealership that will let you race a demo model. 

I think Bubba Pauli's ISRT Kawi team supported team Morocco at the MXoN, might be worth a shot to reach out to them. Not sure of the logistics of adding another bike in the middle of the year, or if Friese/the team is even doing the nationals.

First introduction to American culture : 

Vital .         Perfect microcosm.

What brand of bike and size?

Speaking from experience, the most important thing to get first is a résumé or CV showing results in any European championship or series. That is the very first thing that the racing manager at AMA Pro Racing will ask for..

  You will also need a letter from your federation saying that you are a licensed professional or expert level racer.  

 I can also tell you from experience that racing at the AMA pro level is significantly more difficult than racing at any MXGP or EMX level event.   

 AMA pro motocross series managers are looking to protect their championship level athletes from any rider  who does not have top level experience, so be prepared for a thorough screening by the AMA

For perspective, You can ask EMX champion Nick Lapucci  about his experience in AMA motocross last season…

Cash ~ lot's of cash! 100's n 50's preferred! 

A very hot* trust fund  GF opens lot of opportunities...  

If he is competitive in the Assoluti d' Italia it should not be a problem to get a license to enter a National.  I think it would be a good idea to reach out to Thomas Traversini with the Italian Federation.  Maybe talk to Bader Manneh.  Also, Davide Degli Esposti did a few Nationals and SX's some years ago.

If he can find contacts and pick some races, I think it would be possible to arrange a bike to borrow and some support for the weekend, just bring gear and handlebars or other special parts.  You could probably put a program together just through Vital.

I could help for Washougal.  I did some riding and racing in Italy in the 2000's.  

Funny with insurance, I had to have insurance with my FIM license in 2000.  I crashed at the Genova Supercross and spent a night in the hospital.  I kept trying to explain that I had insurance.  At check out my friend who was helping translate said "don't worry, they just pretend like you are homeless"

Nothing is free, it's just paid for in a different way.

Its sad and funny at the same time. Kind of long but it gets back around to the point you make.

I own my own business and the best option I could find for insurance was $300 per month with a $10k deductible.  Normally I see my primary Dr. 2c times each year and have lab work to make sure the infection I had has not caused any complications. Normally $100 per office Vist self pay/ $300-600 if I had that insurance. Labs cost me $150 2 times a year. So it hasn't made sense for me to have insurance. Yah I know shit can happen. But for the past 3 years I've been taking care of my mother and not making as much $$  and not riding and limiting my risks. 

 Then just after thanksgiving I had a blister that got infected. I went to see my Dr. He took some samples of fluid and they tested it. A staph infection. I was on antibiotics  and it helped. But he had me get an X-ray.  I went online to find the phone number for the imaging dept and called to find out what I had to do. Informed them I was self paying and that its a 35 minute drive one way and I take care of my mom and will have to have somebody stay with her, so I want to make sure I'm not wasting time.  They said , " no problem , come on in and they will mail a bill. No need to make an appointment"  SO I drive there  and go to registration . They take my info up until I tell them I am self paying. They say ok , we can not register You until You pay for the services. Call this number and pay. And then told me to come back after .  I call the number while walking out of the room. I got a voicemail that they were out of the office until the next week. I called the backup number and it kept ringing with no answer. Tried it multiple times same result.   

 So then I call on the day the person is set to return. I give them the info, $82 for the Xray, $30 to read it and send the results to my Dr.  All together with the lab work $237 .  But they tell me, " You have to register before You can pay" .  At that point I had to wait until the next day and I went to the Hospital. The person I had talked to had gotten everybody on the same page and I got registered, went and paid. Then went to imaging and Oh now, the Dr. ordered the Xray for the wrong foot. They said I had to get the Dr. to resend the orders.  It was a a Tuesday, I didn't have anybody to stay with my mom the next day. But I called and told the Dr. what happened they faxed the order over after I told them I wouldn't be able to get back until  Thursday or Friday.  I was finishing up X mas orders at the time and the infection was going away so I wasn't in a super rush anymore. Almost a month had passed anyway at that point. 

  I had a hunch that I should call and make sure they had sent the order when I was able to go, and  they told me it was only good for a day. So  that caused another delay. They were able to resend the order. I went and reregistered since You have to everyday, and went to imaging with my receipt.  There was a problem with my registration and I was worried I would have to go back for a 4th time. But they took the X ray. I went to the lab after and they said I wasn't registered. SO they went to the registration office with me. It happened to be just down the hall. Surprise the person who registered me wasn't there. They had no record of me being there. But thankfully they got it all figured out. I got my labs done and went home.

  Then the other day I was grabbing my mail and there was a letter from the hospital. I knew I had paid in full. so I was wondering what it was. It was a Bill for the X ray and lab work!! For a little less than I had paid. The real kicker is that my Dr. wants me to get an MRI now and I can not get it until I prepay, and they will not let me until I pay my balance . I didn't have my receipt handy when I called so I couldn't give them that info. SO now I need to figure that all out. and then pay for the MRI. 

 This entire adventure started on Dec 16th, I got the Xray and labs on Jan 6th . The Dr. setup the MRI last week.  So the adventure continues. 

IF only I had that insurance that I thought was a waste of money. I would have gotten everything done already and still gotten the same bills, but they would have been much higher since I would have insurance  and would be billed at insurance rates.  And could easily not pay them , but I would have gotten all of the services done and not have a toe that looks like a cartoon.

While its true that they can not deny EMERGANCY  services , they can deny anything that's not done through the ER.  So the point of this long post is that Insurance may not cover everything, but just having it will speed up the process of getting treated .Even if it costs much more money in the end.

 On a sidenote I may have found a way to make money on the side selling feet pics. This photo got 36,000 views on my Facebook.  My toe is not as big as it is in the image now. 

I would try and go as fast as you can without falling

Damn! hope you're wearing flipflops with that toe. When you start the gofundme, I'll toss in a buck. 

Hiking boots. We just had a snowstorm that I was out snow blowing  about a half acre of driveway and parking area. Did a quickly a couple times then a full clean up 2 times when the storm tricked me and didn't end . Its been less swollen , but was pretty sore after all that time on my feet. I am missing an ACL on that same side so its not been the best of times. 

 My super long post was more to tell a story of why health insurance can make sense even when it doesn't make sense cost wise. I hope that I'm able to heal up fine with oral antibiotics and that I do not need to exhaust the rest of my savings that I've blown through helping my mother out. I'll figure something out. 

If it was me, I'd take a few drops of colloidal silver.  It's been a proven natural anti-biotic for centuries but the pharma companies try to smear it because it's cheap and not patentable. 

And put your bike back on the stand. 

My mom is big into ,well was until she started to forget it all, homeopathic stuff and has told me about it before.  I have read up on it and had good luck with it myself. Its one of the few antibiotics that  infections do not become immune to. Its also one of the few that will kill MRSA ( Silver).   I have a wound cream with silver that I've been using and its working well.  I will have to try adding some colloidal silver to my daily routine. I know that a lot of it is not good, but I've had great results with small amounts myself. 

 It is continuing to shrink and the open areas have been healing up well.  I encourage anybody that has an infection to research colloidal silver and use it if they feel like it may help them. It's relatively cheap . But also watch out for lower silver content brands and I personally try and buy the brands that come in a glass bottle. 

I've had success using raw honey on wounds. It seals the wound from air and the crystalline structure of the sugar acts as a sort of scaffolding for your skin cells to bridge together.   

I don't know what's in your wound cream, but, if it was me, I'd check to see if it has an antimicrobial ingredient. Using anti-microbial agents on an open wound can actually slow healing because it inhibits cell growth (bacteria cells and human cells alike).

Homeopathy is pretty wild magic when it works, but finding the right remedy can be tricky.  

Wishing you a fast recovery.