March 14, 2009 - Craig crashed at Moberly and
severely sprained his knee.
March 1, 2009 - Craig raced at Cooperland in a
Loretta Lynns Qualifier. He qualified with a 4th place.
December 14, 2008 - Attended Missouri State
Awards Banquet in Columbia with the Colliers. Craig
ended up with a 2nd place for the 250 Novice class.
November 6, 2009 - Race at Tulsa Arenacross -
ended up in Emergency Room with Craig. He came
up short on a Triple and broke both wrists. He got
the holeshot and was leading when the accident
happened.
November 23, 2008 - Practice a Elk River
November 22, 2008 - Practice a Rivervalley
October 8 - 12, 2008 - National at Branson
October 5, 2008 - Mo State race at Merwin
September 7, 2008 - Mo State race at Columbia
August 24, 2008 - Race at Moberly
August 10, 2008 - Race at Playground
July 20 - July 27 - National at Ponca
July 13, 2008 - race at Playground
June 29, 2008 - Mo State race at Buffalo
June 8, 2008 - Mo State race at Legends
June 1, 2008 - Final Springs Series race at Merwin. Craig won both motos on his 250. He spun out on his 125 during
his first moto. He ended up 2nd in the 250 novice class.
May 25, 2008 - Race at Playground. Craig brought home 2 first place trophies! Had fun racing our friend Clint
Johnson. Craig was able to beat Clint on the first moto. They are in different classes but on the same gate as it was a
small race.
May 18, 08 - Missouri State race at Grain Valley - Frustrating! Craig was 1st on his first moto. He had a solid lead on
his 2nd moto until the bike stalled. He was able to get it started and ended 5th. His overall was 3rd for the class. He
ended up 6th on his 250. Chris stayed home and is recovering. He must be doing well as he has been riding his
skateboard and texting at the same time.
May 4 - Missouri State Race - Chris had a bad crash on the start. He broke his collar bone and injured his wrist. He is
o.k. and recovering. Craig ended up 2nd in the 250 novice and 6 in the 125 novice.
April 27 - Spring Series at Moberly. Craig got 1st in the 250 novice class and 5th in the 125 novice class. Went down
twice in the 125 class. The track was muddy. Chris raced in the beginner class. Ended up 7th. Chris just needs to keep
pushing.
April 19 - Took the weekend off and went to St Louis for supercross. Had a good time watching Jimmy Albertson.
April 6 - Grain Valley. Craig got 1st in the 250 novice class. Chris raced but had gate problems.
March 16-23 National at Oakhill. We had a great week. We practice at Nocona, Tx the Saturday before the race.
March 9, 08 - 2nd Spring race at Merwin. Craig got 1st in the 250 novice and 2nd in the 125 class. He was 1st on his
first 3 moto's.
March 2, 08 - 1st Spring Series race at Merwin. Craig got 1st in the 250 novice and 3rd in the 125 class. Ran a very
good second moto in the 125 class.
Feb 24, 08 - Final Winter Series race at Lake Whitney, Texas. Chris raced and crashed in his only moto. He had a
great start and a rider went down on the back side of a jump in front of him. He was disappointed but I was glad to see
him race in a competition like Lake Whitney. Craig also had problems with other riders. He went down on his first moto
when there was a large pile up in one of the most technical sections of the track. Craig later crashed on this 450f on
the big hill. Another rider moved into his line while Craig was in the air. Craig landed into the rider and rolled down the
side of the hill "mountain". Craig crawled back up and finished the race. Craig was able to complete the series in 2nd
place! We left the track at 7:30 p.m. and pulled in our drive at 5:15 a.m. Monday. The boys both made it to school. It
has taken most of the week to recover.
Feb 9, 08 - Tulsa Arenacross. We had a blast! This was our first indoor Arenacross. There were approx 10,000
spectators. Craig won both his qualifiers and Chris qualified in his class. Both boys had a good night. The show started
at 7:00. Craig placed 3rd in the 125 novice and 4th on his 250. Chris placed 7th in his class. He had great starts and
battled hard during his race. We can't wait to do another arenacross event.
Jan 27, 08 - Texas Winter Series race at Oak Hill. Craig got 8th in the 250 novice class. He was 3rd after his first moto.
On his second moto he spun out on a corner. He also hit a rock and bent his front wheel. He got the hole shot on in
the 125 novice class in the main event. He finished 10th out of 80 novice riders.
Jan 20, 08 - Race at Oak Hill. Craig ended up 3rd in the 250 novice class. He got 10th overall in the 125 novice class.
Chris raced today. They didn't have a beginner class so Chris had to race in the school boy class. He had one of his
best races to date. Chris just keeps getting faster with every race.
Jan 5, 08 - practice at undergroundmx in Kemp, Texas. Raced at the National Track in Wortham on Sunday Jan 6.
Craig placed 3rd in the 250 novice and 10th in the 125 novice. He is currently in 2nd place in the series for the 250
class.
Dec 2 - Craig raced at Freestone Mx in Wortham, Texas. He ended up 2nd in the 250 novice. Got the hole shot both
moto's. Ended up at 15 in the 125 novice class. There were over 70 125 novice riders. It was our first trip to
Freestone. Had a great time despite the long drive. Zach and Dan Collier went with us.
Nov 24 - Craig and Chris raced at Legends in Halfway, Mo. It was our first trip to Legends. We really liked the track and
camping area. Chris raced for the first time in a long time. He wasn't happy with his starts but looked good on the track.
Craig and I were impressed with his speed and his jumps. Craig raced his 450 for the first time. He took 2nd in the 250
novice and 4th in the 125 novice.
Nov 11 - Craig raced at Rivervalley. Placed 2nd in the 250 novice and 3rd in the 125 novice. Was leading the 125
novice in on the 2nd moto but spun out in a corner on the 3rd of 4 laps.
Nov 3 and 4 - Jimmy Albertson school at Boogerwoods. Both boys got a lot out of the school. Chris conquered the
whoops on his 250f.
Oct 21 - Carthage - 2nd in novice and 4th in school boy. Should have been a 2/2. Craig spun out of his second moto
of the school boy. He thought he had a flat so he pulled off the track to check it. Also received 1st in the "Showme"
series for Novice and Schoolboy.
Oct 10 - 14 - Branson - Started out with 3 good practices. 1st moto was the 250 open. Guys like Wharton and Odell
were in the class. Craig is 5 off the gate and running strong. On his 2nd lap he had a bad crash on the downhill
section. Finished the day with a DNF. His best finish of the week was 5th. His overall best was 15th of 3 divisions. We
were able to make it to the mains in the 250 mod class on Sunday.
Oct 7 - Cooperland - Craig ended up 3rd in the 125 novice class and 5th in the schoolboy class. There were 39 novice
riders on the gate! Barry Jones was working in the Stillwater area and stopped by and spent Saturday nite with us.
Sept 23 - Merwin - 4th in schoolboy and 9th in novice.
Sept 16 - Carthage - 3rd 125 novice and 7th in schoolboy.
Sept 9 - Columbia Mo - Craig got 4th in the 125 2stroke class.
August 25 - 2 day Matt Walker School. Matt really worked the kids hard. Focused mostly on corners. Chris said it was
an extremely hard workout.
August 19 - Carthage - Craig got 1st in Novice and 3rd in schoolboy. He had a great battle with Zach Collier.
August 6th - Practiced a Racers Edge in Baxter.
August 5 - Missouri State Race at Buffalo. This was our first trip to the track. Not a flat spot on it. Craig thought the
track was rougher and ruttier than Branson. We were 3rd in the first moto of the Novice class. Had a bad start on the
second moto and ended up 11th. Overall finished 6th which trophied.
July 22 - July 27 - Racing at Ponca Nationals. Craig did great for his first trip to Ponca. No rain for the week so the
track was in great shape. Our best start was a 3rd off the line, best finish was 14th. Craig had good starts throughout
all the moto's. We learned a lot and know some things we need to work on for next year. Now its time to get ready for
Branson.
July 16 - Craig is off to CIY in Cleveland Tennessee. We will be getting our equipment ready for Ponca Nationals next
week.
July 13 - Race at Kingsville - Chris stayed home and Craig and I went to the race. Craig got 3rd in Novice and 2nd in
Schoolboy. He had a bad crash on the first moto. A racer in front of him stopped in a corner right after a big double.
Craig ran into him and ended up going over his bars. Busted up a brand new helmet. On well, it's only money right?
We are just thankful he was not hurt bad. He did get some tread marks on his back from a bike behind him that hit him
after he was down.
July 8 - Race at Playground - Middle 90's, Craig had back to back moto's. Ended up first in the Novice class. Chris
showed alot more speed. He got hungup in the gate during his second moto which took him out of the race.
July 6 - Arena race at Butler County Fair. First time out on an arena track. Craig placed 3rd in the Novice Class.
une 22/23 - Practice at Russell Mx Training Facility. Joe had the track in excellent condition. Good hard workout.
June17 - Race at Rivervalley - Oklahoma State Race - Great starts, having problems in the corners.
June 10 - Playground @ Carthage Mo. - Good turnout. Chris had a good race in his class. Craig ended up 3rd in the
Novice class. Got the hole shot in the first moto and always at the front of the pack. Worked on keeping tight on the
turns and working the front brake.
May 27 - Dragoon Park - Craig and Chris both raced. Chris looked fast and had some good starts. Craig had some
tough battles. He ended up crashing on his last moto. Ended up with a pretty nice bruise on the side of his head and
shoulder.
May 20 - Grainvalley - Great day of racing at Grainvalley, Mo. The highlight of the day was Craig getting the holeshot
in the 125 novice class. One of our best efforts to date. Our starts are looking great.
May 13 - Kingsville - Craig and Chris both raced. We really like the track.
May 6 - Race day. Craigs bike stalled on the first moto of the school boy class. We didn't get any more racing in
because of a down poor.
May 5 - Travel and practice at Moberly. Track ended being in good shape despite all of the rain we had all week.
April 29 - Raced at Merwin in a Ponca qualifier. Craig had problems on both 1st moto's. He was in 2nd and went down
on a turn in school boy. Then he was in 5th at the finish line and stalled out. His 2nd motos were much better. We
ended up qualifying. Chris ran his first race in awhile. He showed some speed and improved his racing during the day.
April 22 - Great race, big turnout. Craig ended up 6 overall in the novice class out of 48. He was 4th out of the gate on
the second moto. There were 42 bikes on the line. We were excited and ready to take a day or two off to rest up.
April 21 - Practiced at Merwin. Great practice. Ready for Sunday Missouri State Race number 1.
April 20 - Practiced at Worthingtons. Craig had a bad crash on the step on step off. Bent his handlebars. Ended up in
with no major injuries just soreness thank God!
April 18 - Practiced at Worthingtons. Chris did a big double he had never done before. Both boys worked hard and got
in a good practice.
April 16 - Practiced at Boogerwoods.
April 15 - The rain cancelled the races this weekend. We went to Boogerwoods Sunday and had a great practice.
Track got rough and rutty.
April 12 - Back to Worthingtons track for practice. Oval had dried out so we spent some time doing starts and running
the outdoor track. Craig spent some time on the supercross track. The jumps are huge!
April 11 - Craig and Chris practiced at Worthingtons track. The track was too muddy to ride so we worked on corners
on the oval. It was a excellent practice. Craig is putting his footpeg in the dirt on the turns. Chris made some awesome
progress when I took his clutch lever out of play. We are planning on going back and doing the same thing tomorrow
night.
April 8 - Easter Sunday! We took the day off and spent it with our family.
April 7, 2007 - We had planned on racing at River Valley today. Since the temps were low we decided to go to Timber
Run instead. We had a good practice and met some riders from Waverly, Ks. Their last name was Teel. We plan on
hooking up with them at future Mo Sate races.
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Chris at KU Basketball Camp