RACER REVIEW SETH E. HAMMAKER #510 Age: 15 years Hometown: Bainbridge, PA Years Racing: 11 years Classes: Supermini 1, Supermini 2 Bike: Kawasaki 100 Race #: 510 Favorite Music: Country Favorite Movie: Happy Gilmore Hobbies: Golf, Riding bicycle, Spending time with family Sponsors: B-Line, 230 Cafe, PR2 Racing, Twin Air, 100%, Bell Helmet, Fly Racing, Golden Tyre, Limited Decal, Max Machine, Toy Tech, Nihilo Concepts First Race: Sleepy Hollow on the 50 track in 2005. Finished 7th & 8th Past Accomplishments: 6th & 8th OA at Loretta Lynn’s in 2015, Vurb Classic Champion in the Mini Sr. 2 class, FMF Power Award, Invited Athlete to the Monster Energy Cup, 1st place in the Winter Am Series in Supermini 1 Finish at LL: Mini Sr. 2 - 6th Overall / Supermini 1 - 8th Overall What do you like most about racing: I love the feeling of victory! Knowing that hard work pays off and having so many great people supporting me. I also like the training aspect of riding because I feel like the work off the bike is just as important as on the bike training. What Or Who Motivates You To Race: My parents and all of my sponsors that support me. Most of all I do it for myself and because of the true passion of the sport. I always want to be the best I can be so I am always finding new ways to be a better rider, and also be a better person. Goals for 2016: For 2016 I am going to train for Loretta’s and I want to get two top three overall finishes in the Supermini 1 and 2 classes. After Loretta’s I will go to Las Vegas for the Monster Energy Cup in October. Before Mini O’s I will be racing the Vurb Classic in Maine and also the Baja Brawl in Michigan on Labor Day weekend. And to wrap up to 2016 season I will be competeing at the Mini O’s in Florida in November. B
HOW TO WIN THE BIG ONE – THE LAST PIECE OF THE PUZZLE By: Jim Bull
If Your Goal Is To Finish Top 10 at Loretta’s This Year Then You Need To Read This Story!! Now that’s a worthy goal - but I would ask you this. Why isn’t your goal to “Win all your motos at Loretta’s this year”? Some may tell you that is unrealistic, who do you think you are, that there have only been a few people to ever do that, that other racer is much faster than you.
PROVEN FACT:
YOU’RE BRAIN CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMETHING YOU IMAGINE OR SOMETHING THAT REALLY HAPPENS. (PLEASE READ THAT PART AGAIN) I can tell you this. I’ve interviewed a lot of racers over the last 15 years and it seems every time I ask a racer what their goals are they either say “I want to finish top 10 or top 5 at such and such an event or in this particular race”. And guess what happens, that’s exactly what they do, or sometimes worse. Only ONCE has anyone ever told me that “I’m going there to win it”. And guess what ... SHES WINNING! (See K. Benson Racer Review in previous issue)
What if just once you said to yourself - I’m winning that thing and deep down inside you really believed you could. Can you imagine what might happen? Now I’ll throw my disclaimer out here. I know that not everyone who races is doing it because they absolutely feel they have to be the winner. One of the most important aspects of doing anything in life is to enjoy the experience, to have fun and be the best you can be, and I absolutely agree. However this article is geared towards the racer who is chasing the dream, to win the National Championship, to go Pro and make it work. You’ll have many naysayers and doubters. They might even be in your own family or on your friends list. They dont mean you any harm, well most don’t. They just don’t fully understand how our brains work.
You can ride all you want, you can work out every day, you can have all the right equipment and you can eat all the right foods, but if you’re brain isn’t dialed in, you aren’t going to win. You have the same opportunities to win the big one as anybody else. You put your boots on just like the next guy, it doesn’t matter if his are newer than yours. It doesn’t matter if you just broke up with your boyfriend or girlfriend, it doesn’t matter what anybody thinks or says but you… You can win this thing, if you believe you can. There is no way I can fit this lesson all in this column, but I promise you this, if you go to my website and download and print the entire article. Then read it and follow the instructions in it - you will finish better at the big race. Here’s the best part - it doesn’t cost you a dime, it will be the easiest part of your training that you will ever do and it will absolutely make you a champion, both on and off the bike. Do it now. Put down this paper and log on to: www.brappmag.com/news.html and click on the Loretta Lynn logo. Moms and dads, if you have a young racer you will need to help them with it, but it will be the best investment you can make in your racer. Go ahead - Do It Now!!! You’ve spent the time, you’ve spent the money, now you just have to finish. Take the Big Secret with you and come home with the gold. B BRAPP MAGAZINE July 2016
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