Ben LaMay, is a privateer from Anchorage, Alaska. At the young age of 3, his Passion for riding came about when dad bought him a PW for Christmas, “I was super excited” he remembers, “I could barely say the word MOTORCYCLE, but I was riding it everyday. He rode that PW 50 around in fields and occasionally raced some local Flat Track Races. Shortly after that Christmas, he and his family moved up to Alaska and started signing up for all the local races. He raced in Alaska for about 5 years, and soon began winning time and time again. Knowing right away that racing was what Ben had his heart set on, his parents put there whole lives aside so they could support Ben in his passion.
They decided to take him down to Las Vegas to race the World Mini’s, to see how he would do. Very quickly, he started making a name for himself. When he was 8 years old, he received 10th place in his first national race on a KX 65.
He is now in the privateer area at every Supercross rac. Trying to make his dreams come true, not only for himself, but to repay his Mom and Dad, “I plan on making it and getting some money and letting them go on and do what they want to do.” When I asked Ben what he sees in the future, he responded, “My goals are to make the mains in SX and hopefully somebody will see that I have the heart to race and would give me a ride, and they see that I have the speed to race up front and all I need is some good bikes.”
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