Racing 2022 Outdoor Pro Nationals on YZ250 2 Stroke - Budds Creek Update

Hey everyone!

It seemed like a lot of people liked the last few videos I have shared on here so I figured I would start a thread to share my experiences while trying to take on racing at the highest level on the trusty 2 stroke! My dad also made a thread on here for people to follow along with us on our privateer journey back when I first turned pro in 2014 and people really seemed to enjoy the insight so I wanted to give everyone the chance to follow along again, except for this time it should be a much better experience since we are doing it 2 stroke style!



Here is the setup, nothing fancy but it's all we need to get us to where we need to go! I was supposed to travel with a good friend Brandon Scharer in his sprinter van for the summer but he ended up with a compression fracture to his back after Pala so I've had to improvise and hit the road myself! I also was supposed to have a race motor and race suspension to use and unfortunately I had a sponsor back out so I am doing it on my own setup with some light head and cylinder work, vForce reeds, and an FMF pipe and silencer. Up until last week I was planning on using stock suspension since it's all I had, but luckily one of the trainers at South of the Border, Matt Toth, ended up loaning me some Enzo forks to use. Still have the stock shock on there but with the help of the guys at SOBMX I think we have it set up pretty dang good all things considered! I also ended up separating my shoulder about a month ago at the Justin Brayton Shootout in Iowa so I am coming in a little behind where I'd like to be as far as time on the bike, but I am excited to see what I have and build into it throughout the summer. We have hit quite a few roadblocks during our preparation for the summer but it's nothing I've never dealt with before and I've learned to just roll with the punches and do what you can with what you have!


This video is kind of an intro to what we are trying to do this summer. My girlfriend and I are going to try to vlog the experience, we've never done it before but we figured this would be a great time to try. Also in this video I tried to put together some racing highlights from the last year and a half or so on the 2 stroke just to show you guys what we are trying to bring to the table this summer! Won't be anything super professional or with expensive cameras or production, but it will show you guys the experience and hopefully be entertaining as well!


Here's some clips from last week at SOBMX doing some testing on the new suspension setup I'm going to be running. I was also trying to test out my recently injured shoulder to see if it would be good enough to race, but luckily I felt really good and should be good to go for Saturday at High Point!

As of now I am planning on hitting High Point, Red Bud, Millville, Unadilla, Budds Creek, and Ironman if everything works out! I've been racing strictly locally for a number of years and I'm beyond excited to get back behind the gate at the top level and I'm even more excited to be doing it on the 2 stroke. The YZ250 is my favorite bike I've ever had and by far the most comfortable I've been on a bike so I can't wait to see what it can do.

I would like to thank all of the people that have helped make this possible for me this year. In a time of uncertainty with what all is going on in the world it means a lot to me that people were still willing to support me and I appreciate it more than I could explain! Thank you to:

My Mom & Dad
My Girlfriend
HBi Auto
Dean Hushon Insulation
South of the Border MX
Yamaha
Freedom MX
Real Ink Graphics
Fox
FMF
Victory Sports
Miserable Clothing
The Radcliff's
Greg Colescott
Donnie Luce
David Braswell
Matt Toth
Ryan Cunha
Chris Reisenberg
The Strader Family
Brad Godfrey

Thank you so much to everyone that has offered encouragement and all the kind words on the things I have posted on here, can't wait to bring show you all the 2 stroke experience this summer!