Young riders at track days

[Mort]

My 13 yr old son is interested in track days and possibly racing. I've seen a few young riders at Hampton downs ride days recently. Does anyone have any thoughts or knowledge on how best to introduce a young lad to track riding ?

He's a pretty handy trail rider with 8 years experience and progressing well and he fancies a go at a track day in the next year or so. Cheers :)

[wickle]

contact RDjase on this site his boy same age group is racing

[Little Miss Trouble]

My 13 yr old son is interested in track days and possibly racing. I've seen a few young riders at Hampton downs ride days recently. Does anyone have any thoughts or knowledge on how best to introduce a young lad to track riding ?

He's a pretty handy trail rider with 8 years experience and progressing well and he fancies a go at a track day in the next year or so. Cheers :)

Get in touch with Darren and Rach (email is best probably best at the mo as they're in the States) info@hamptondownsridedays.co.nz

[Devil]

FYI, our only requirement (apart from all the gear etc) would be an MNZ licence, then Darren is usually quite happy to take them out and help them settle in.

[Mort]

Thanks for the info guys. I'll be looking in to this further.

[prettybillie]

As Little Miss Trouble said - Darren and Rach at Hampton Downs Ride Days are the best people. They've been mentoring a couple of young guys including the younger Hassan kid and I tell you - that kid is going to be AWESOME!

[tigertim20]

My 13 yr old son is interested in track days and possibly racing. I've seen a few young riders at Hampton downs ride days recently. Does anyone have any thoughts or knowledge on how best to introduce a young lad to track riding ?

He's a pretty handy trail rider with 8 years experience and progressing well and he fancies a go at a track day in the next year or so. Cheers :)

Go speak to the local motorcycle club, theyll have other youngsters involved in racing etc, and will probably also be able to give you a line on a decent second hand trackbike suitable for your boy. Then get him along to a few, feed his appetite for it.

Great to see a dad getting involved and getting his boy into it.
Could be some awesome father son bike time coming your way!!:yes:

[Metastable]

Another fellow you can contact goes by the web name of "Tonto" @ www.gtamotorcycles.com He has a young kid about the same age that has been racing for a few years. I know he also mingles with a lot of the other parents that have kids involved in motorcycling in North America.

[Metastable]

I forgot to mention, you might also want to get your hands on a copy of Road Racing Worlds 2011 Trackday Directory.

There is a great article in there about getting kids started. Also, there are various other articles with regards to starting trackdays in general.

http://www.roadracingworld.com/magazine/track-day-directory/

Edit actually here is a digital version:
http://am3.olivesoftware.com/olive/am3/RoadRacingFree/default.asp

Mag cover, if you want paper:
http://www.roadracingworld.com/images/store/TDD2011_cover.jpg

[Mort]

awesome - thanks for that
:2thumbsup