Brett is an awesome guy. He had bikes racing Baja too. Colin Edwards (MotoGP) is really involved too.
You know Brett? Awesome! Ya, the guy really cares about the kids for sure. I had a lot of fun with those guys at the after race BBQ. All of Vegas treated these guys like Rock Stars - it was great to see. They went out to Nellis AFB, signed autographs for folks at the Exchange and got to roll with the Thunderbirds for a little while. I have a childhood friend/fellow Iraq War Vet I put in touch w/Brett for the race. My friend, a double amputee, was co-pilot for the Scott Racing Ford (that's my Bud on the right. We played little league and soccer togther growing up. Dude even had a crush on my Sis): Here's an action shot:
I don't really know Brett but we talked through FB and emails. That is the best organization I've seen for disabled vets. A lot of them are great and help financially or get them adaptive equipment but this gives them a piece of life back. Nothing feels better then the thrill of a race. I've posted about it here before. I really can't say enough about them.
Well make it happen. I'm sure there are a ton of people here that'd sponsor Mike and donate to RFTW on his behalf. Talk to Brett and then start a new post about it .
This race was a lot of fun even though I was the last 3 lap finisher - used up all my energy helping W7 in that narrow rock section during the first lap and that was it. Wish I was riding a smaller bike but no excuses. I'll be back next year to ride the full race (just before I hit the big Six Ohh), maybe on a 165 or 250.
found out that supposedly the "narrow rock" section was not part of the course we were supposed to go up to the right of that section........ I loved that section.....But for all laps got stuck behind guys in it big time, I ride that stuff all the time and was a 3 maybe 4 on the hard scale, but guys got hung up bigtime for 3 laps it was more than one rider lined up in there. The last lap was the most frustrating for me because I could not get past the guy in front of me he was rolling good on the open trail, knowing we were coming into the rock section I wanted to pass him and power through the narrows....I got stuck behind him in there again.
on way to 4th 50A proper form railing bermed corner (rare for me) Coming off the trail onto the track section
