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Hi everybody. I'm Justin Williamson, a member of
the Red Bull KTM Factory Off-Road Race Team. This year I am the
defending champion of the GNCC XC2 Pro lites class. I'm fortunate
enough to be one of the top Professional off-road motorcycle racers
in the country. Considering the other highly respected and truly
talented men in this group, it's my privilege to be among them.
For as long as I can remember, I've been passionate
about motorcycle riding and racing. I'm grateful to have learned
so much from so many wonderful people. This site is a great opportunity
to show my appreciation by sharing our knowledge, experiences, and
joy of racing and riding off-road motorcycles; and for me, thats
what racing is all about!
Last fall we wrapped up the National #9 ranking
for the '08 GNCC
National season, along with the #1 plate in the XC2 pro lites class.
And I'll be running the National #2 plate in the East Coast AMA
National Hare Scramble series. But the high-point of my eight-year
racing career came in June, 2006, when I became the youngest podium
finisher in the history of GNCC racing, at "The Wisp".
I greatly appreciate all the help from my friends,
family and sponsors. My successes
have been in large part due to their dedicated and diligent support.
I believe Off-road motorcycle racing is a wonderful
sport, and I hope it continues to grow; "the more, the merrier."
I also hope to have a roll in helping people enjoy it as much as
I have.
We designed our site to be both entertaining and
informative. And most important, I like hearing from my viewers,
so feel free to contact
me.
I hope to play an important role in the success
of the people and organizations involved in the advancement of our
sport. In this great "land of opportunity", what could be more exciting
and rewarding... Ride on!
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NEWS UPDATE
November 7, 2008
Even though we’re heading into the off-season, we’ve been staying busy every weekend doing races and demonstration/show riding events. And during the week I’m on the phone and sending e-mails to all my companies to finalize our racing program for next year. So things are looking really good.
A few weekends ago the local Police Department had a Pig Roast to celebrate Halloween. Sarah and I got invited to it because I’ve recently become good friends with a couple of the detectives here in Ashland. Dennis and Brian both ride and have really made my transition to living in Ohio a lot easier, and we’ve had a lot of fun riding together.
I told Dennis that since we were coming out to the party that maybe I could give the kids a little entertainment by putting on a little riding show. I was amazed at how many people were there, especially kids. We set up a couple big logs for me to ride over, and every time I would stop the kids would holler: “more, more”! When I was a kid I guess I would’ve wanted to see lots of that cool “crazy stuff” too. It felt really good to see people enjoying my little gnarly riding demonstration. Then afterwards I signed a bunch of posters and talked with all the kids. We had a really great time.
These past couple weeks my workload has been so heavy that my Uncle Chris has come over to help me get everything rolling for next year. He’s also been out watching me practice, to make sure I haven’t let any bad habits creep into my riding. So I should soon be back to my old consistent racing self. And with an entire off-season of hard practice, new bikes, and some serious southern racing during the winter months, I’m starting to feel very excited about 2009.
But here’s the best part. I’ve decided to start doing something very different with my talent and add a whole new element to my career. In the past few years, while out riding and giving “little pointers” to all my friends--pros and amateurs, guys and ladies, adults and kids—-I’ve been hearing a new compliment: “Hey Justin, your pretty good at teaching this stuff”.
I hadn’t ever thought much about it. But it turns out I’m a “natural” after all--but not at riding. Uncle Chris likes to brag about how he coached a very “not-natural” rider all the way to the “top”. But to get good at riding I had to be taught, and I had to work real hard at it. It paid off—-I “made it”. And along the way I learned something extra from him. I learned how to teach what I know!
There’s lots of riding talent at the GNCC “top-10” level. When I became National #9 last year, I realized how talented, and privileged we all are. But now, I also realize that teaching what you know is a talent that some people have, and some don’t. I’m one of the lucky ones. And it feels so good when people improve their skills from something I’ve said or showed them.
We’re still working out all the details of our “Off-road Racing Instructional Program”. Initially I plan to continue on my weekly riding-training-racing program, along with a continuous student instructing/advising program, on virtually all aspects of racing. Student riders will hook-up with me wherever I am on any particular day, or week, keep their eyes and ears open, take some notes, and just soak it all up. I think the 2 programs will fit together very well. Teaching will keep things interesting for me—with the “change-up” from pure “training”. And my "pro training program" will be a great benefit for students to personally witness and learn from.
It actually won’t be much different than what I’ve been doing every day of my life for years now. I’m just much better at it and more experienced now. And of course, I’ll have to be a little more organized so all my students get plenty of personal attention.
And what I’m hoping to do in the near future is get my videos rolling again, and have my students filmed each day. That way we’ll be using video clips to study our daily riding sessions in the evenings, to learn from, and sometimes it might be real fun viewing. My helmet-cam will work great for this too. At the years end, putting all the good stuff into a full-length DVD could be the ultimate entertainment!
Now I’m more excited about racing than ever before. I’ve always hoped I could do more than just being an accomplished racer. I hoped I could “give back” somehow. To help other people enjoy riding and racing the way I have, would be something very special to me.
I’ll have more information on my website soon, so keep checking back. But if you’re interested in one-on-one or group lessons, or even getting together here in East/Central Ohio before the snow flies, feel free to e-mail me with any requests or questions. Williamsonracingwebmail@yahoo.com
I’ll be at the next 3 CRA hare scramble races, so stop by my pits and say hi. And then I’ll be attending the GNCC awards banquet in a few weeks. I hope to see you all soon. In the mean time, tear it up!
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