Spoke with my raffle tickets

Dimblewambie wrote:

And they delivered! I can not thank Steve and everyone at PulpMX, Mike at Yamaha USA, and all of the supporting sponsors like Michelin, RoostMX, Guts...

And they delivered!

I can not thank Steve and everyone at PulpMX, Mike at Yamaha USA, and all of the supporting sponsors like Michelin, RoostMX, Guts racing, Racetech, Vortex sprockets, FMF, Works Connection, and FXR enough!

Going back a few weeks to show 430, minding my own business eating my lousy homemade sammich and listening to the Pulp show on a Tuesday afternoon like I always do and that’s when it happened. Chris Betts raising hell and trying to win the bike, Marx sarcastically calling his name and then he drops my name. I couldnt believe it! Just 24hrs prior I was quickly entering my CC info to purchase 4 raffle tickets and suddenly I’m sitting there thinking my mind is playing tricks on me. I played It back several times, recorded it and sent it to friends and family and they were beyond disbelief as well. I went about the rest of my work day, who knows if I was actually doing the job I was supposed to be doing though. I was too stoked. I heard from steve that evening and he quickly set out to get me in contact with all the sponsors who supported this raffle.

I think it was literally the next day, my girlfriend sends me a picture of a giant box with my name on it from FMF and I receive emails from Randy at Michelin and Chris from Racetech. That’s when it really sunk in, this was real and I was going to get dialed in thanks to Pulp. More parts roll in as the days turn to weeks and my appreciation grows with every unboxing.




Fast forward to this week and I get an email from steve asking if I’d be able to meet them at Glen Helen on Thursday. Make a couple quick calls and move some work around and I am ready to go! Mike Ulrich of Yamaha rings me and gives me the game plan, from there it was a pretty sleepless night in anticipation of what Thursday at Glen Helen will bring.

I get to the track around 11:45, call mike and they are about 10min out. Hangout a little bit until they arrive and once we got in and parked Yamaha really rolled out the Blu carpet for me. I get to officially meet the Yamaha media guys, Kris Keefer and talk a little YZ450F with him, and of course Mr. PulpMX Steve Matthes and his buddy the greatest retired rider ever RV. I got to spend the better part of the afternoon hanging out with all these guys I listen to weekly, idolized watching win races and championships on TV, oh yeah and I got to break in my new bike at GH on a Thursday afternoon. Beyond any of my wildest dreams.

It’s truly remarkable what they’ve all done for me, without them I don’t believe I ever would have been back to a motocross track and riding, something I grew up doing multiple times a week through my high school years. This has propelled me back in, and I’m already thinking of where and when to ride next. Again, thank you to everyone who played a part in this, I will remember this moment for the rest of my life.


The Yamahauler


Fresh YZ, for me?!


RV and Matthes with my new blucru


Thank you (L to R) Mike, Ryan and Steve

Loaded up after a few break in laps





RV and myself, teammates!