The Holeshot

The holeshot refers to the first person to the first corner in racing. The holeshot is the key to the race. If you are last to the first corner, but you’re the best rider you still might loose. So you want to be the first person to the first corner. So im going to tell you the way I do it so maby it will help you inprove your starts.

The importance of a good start is accurately addressed by Gary Simics:

There are two races in motocross ; one is from the starting gate to the first corner. The other one is from the first corner to the checkered flag. When you do well in the first one the second one is normally a lot easier

First I choose a good gate to start at. I like to be in the middle or the left side. That puts you closer to the first corner because most of the first corners are right turns, because it allows you to keep you right foot on the back break.

Second I pack down the dirt were im starting to help me get more tracktion. When it’s a concrete start I sweep my gate and make sure there isnt any dirt on it because it will make you spin.

Then I slide up so that im sitting on the gas tank so that the bike want flip. By the time you do all this they should have the 30 second card up. When it goes sideways it means the gate could drop anywhere between 5 and 15 seconds.

When the card goes sideways I put the bike into second gear by clicking uo on the gear shif once. Then you turn the throttle about three fourths of the way and wait for the gate to drop. While im waiting I watch the pen that holds the gate up because it has to move before the gate drops.

Then when the gate drops you drop the clutch and hold it wide open. During this I don’t let out of the throttle until I get to the first corner. Once you get there you want to use your front and back brakes. The front brake stops a lot faster then the back so if you use it you can stay in the gas longer. If you use my tips you should be able to grab the holeshot and it will make your race results a lot better.

Andrew Short

Andrew Short won his first career 450 supercross win this weekend in Seattle, Washington. Short, who's from Smithville, Texas, has been racing in the Supercross Class for nearly six years.

Short turned pro in 2000, and by 2001 he had earned a ride with the Motoworld Racing Suzuki support team. The first three years of his pro career were not that good for Andrew

However, the hard worker started earning top twenty results, and in 2002 achieved twelfth overall in the West Coast Supercross Lites class. And fifteenth overall in the MX Lites class.

Andrew ran into another rider's rear wheel as several riders knocked each other off as they were rolling down the start strait.  Andrew high sided and the momentum of his body threw him over the bars and then he got ran over by another rider.

Andrew visited the Asterisk Mobile Medical unit and determined that his shoulder dislocation was unlikely but the pain was too much to continue racing for the night.

Later he wrecked and had to have surgery on both elbows. He also has a broken wrist and will have to have a cast, which will make him miss some races.

Andrew Short is a great rider in my opinion and it’s great to see the number 29 back on top.
Motocycle- U.S.A. said:

One of the most clean-cut riders in this ragtag band of moto racers, Andrew Short is the type of guy you might find at a Les Schwab tire shop. Clean-cut, hard-working, friendly, fast and capable of landing results.that’s why multiple factory teams including Suzuki, Honda and KTM have put faith in this young Colorado native.

"Andrew short. Web 25 Apr. 2012 <http://p.vitalmx.com/photos/users/64/photos/58010/s780_042112seattle_race1509.jpg?1335098619>

The Scrub.

Well first you need to know the difference between the whip and the scrub, which are commonly misunderstood. A whip is when you turn the bike sideways in the air which is used to look cool or set up for the corner after the jump.

The scrub is used to scrub off height which makes you stay lower to the ground. Some people believe is reduces speed to but it doesn't it just reduces the height.

When whipping you turn the bike in the air. The scrub is when you turn the bike while going up the face of the jump.

When racing dirt bikes your goal is to get around the track as fast as possible. If you could find a way to stay lower over jumps you would be able to go faster.

When you go up to a jump and your behind someone you can scrub a jump which will keep you lower to the ground so you will be able to go faster. Basic physics prove that you lose speed in the air unless you do something like riding off of a building on your dirt bike.

Therefore you can be on the ground and accelerating why the other rider is still in the air. That could be the difference between winning the championship and getting second.


The scrub will allow you to go faster. The the Dirt Bike Blogger said "whip for show, scrub to go" which is a correct accusation because the whip is to look cool and the scrub is to go faster.

The scrub is a very hard trick to master. It can take a lot of practice to master the scrub. If you master the scrub it can be the difference between first and second place.

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