Wolf Pack Racing

After having done a few mate's races now and getting a taste for the racing scene, I decided the time was right to put a team together. After all weve a hundred or so members in the group now, many of whom get out and about racing regularly. The main reason behind this idea is to help with the cost of racing as, with a Liscence, Bc membership, race fees and travel costs it soon adds up. We have now got our bike bus kitted out ready for transporting 7 people and bikes so theoretically it should work. As well as this the guys behind our local riding spot The Eckington Trail Collective had announced the 2012 race series, and this would include a team championship which sounded great and it's always fun to race there.

Choosing the lineup wasn't too hard either, as of course myself, Jen and her cousin Dan the man would be up for racing as much as possible, and then there was the guys we'd met at last years Caersws trip, and aswell as hitting it off with them straight away, they were also damn fast! As a consequence of riding with them we also met the guys behind Rule Industries, and the stage seemed set for a six strong team for the upcoming season.

So heres a quick introduction to the team

Myself     Simon Powell
Well not exactly a wealth of knowledge as Ive only been doing it just over a year, but what I lack in experience and ability I certainly make up for in enthusiasm. In the last year I feel happy with the progress I've made, and riding with the rest of the more experienced guys in the team has definately helped push me on.

Little Jenny Wilson
My missus has certainly developed a taste for the sport and last years weekend with the Atherton's at the Red Bull Weekend Warriors thing has made her as determined as me to try and push herself.
Jen is no stranger to competition however and this is perhaps why she handles race day nerves so much better than most, Since the age of 10 Jen has competed in Gymnastics, swimming and running, almost every weekend right up until leaving school and reaching national level at swimming and running. I think we must have thrown out two full bin bags of silverware and medals when we last moved house.

Dan the man Charlesworth
With a competetive history going back even further than Jen's since the age of 7 Dan has competed at every opportunity in the Moto X scene winning numerous championships and being sponsored by Bridestone Honda at a very young age. It is obviously this and his bmx experience as a kid that enabled him to be able to jump on a downhill bike with no experience and pull off an amazing 4th place in January's 661 mini downhill at F.O.D, missing the podium by half a second, a time that would have got him 6th in the pro category. Dan was never off a bike as a kid and if he wasn't out smashing the opposition at a Moto X, he was out digging gnarly jumps with his bmx, this shows when you see him ride aswell, it's a common sight to see Dan throw a huge one hander or no footer on a race run.

Brendan (Brendog) Hazlehurst
A strange coincidence that Bren used to race with Dan in the school boys championships, Bren has an equally impressive history as Dan spanning up to teenage years winning many championships and going pro before a major head injury halted the Moto X career for him. Since then Bren dissappeared from the scene for a while, as you'd expect from such a trauma. Finally the urge to "go big" came back and Brendan returned, this time on a dj bike, and quickly became one of the resident nutters at local trails. Soon after Brendan found downhill and it's clear that the skills learned in Moto X havent left him, and  it must be from the dirt jumping that Brendan flows down tracks with such ease. I eagerly await seeing Brendon in action on the race scene.

Pete Keeton Mcginley
Pete met Bren through riding Dj at a local spot and they have joined the Dh scene together since. Pete also has a long history of racing Moto X as a senior, as well as riding bmx and dirt as long as he can remember. Stylish and controled whenever he rides Pete is sure to be one to watch as he gains some racing experience.

Chris Haynes
Chris was practically born on a Moto X bike, riding since the tender age of 3, and racing from the age of 12 until 20, winning 3 championships along the way. Chris has been riding freestyle Moto X for his stunt team along with fellow Wolf Pack Racing team member Kevin Loughrey since the age of 16 and performs at shows all over europe, although only doing downhill for the last year as with the other guys in the team, awesome bike skills and the ability to go crazily fast seems standard issue.

Kevin Loughrey
(to be updated soon)

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