YOUNG GUN PROFILE: Ian Tetrick

YOUNG GUN PROFILE: Ian Tetrick

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Age: 14. Current home: Sutton, West Virginia. Current height/weight: 5’7”/137 pounds. Current school/grade: Braxton County High School/9th. Began riding at age: 3 years. First road race: 2008, Nelson Ledges Road Course, Ohio, WERA, 125cc GP, 3rd. Current racebikes: Kawasaki ZX-6R (636), Suzuki SV650, Suzuki GSX-R750. Tuner/mechanic: Kenneth Martin/MRP Motorsports. Races/series now competing in: WERA National Challenge, National Endurance and Sportsman Championships. Sponsors: MRP Motor Sports, MWR Investigations, Held USA, Motonation, AGV Sport, Easy Fairings, PUIG Under Armour, Michelin, X-Stands, Impact Safe-T Armor, KBC Helmets. Racing accomplishments (so far): 2012 season, co-rode to 3rd in WERA National Endurance Championship and 2nd in Heavyweight Superbike Class Championship (on a Suzuki GSX-R750), won 2 WERA Sportsman Regional Championships, finished in the top 3 of 3 other WERA Sportsman Regional Championships, 11 sprint race wins and 27 podium finishes with WERA (won on both a Suzuki SV650 and a Kawasaki ZX-6R). 2013 racing goals: Win as many races and Championships as I can, earn sponsorship so I can go AMA Pro racing in 2014. Racing career goal: To make a living from racing. Racing heroes: Tommy, Nicky and Roger Hayden; Colin Edwards; Valentino Rossi; Jorge Lorenzo; Frank Tetrick (dad). Favorite tracks: Nelson Ledges, Road Atlanta, Grattan. Hobbies: Riding dirt bikes, working on motorcycles Training methods: Cycling, working out, riding dirt bikes. If I wasn’t racing I would be: Bored.

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