Roadracing World – July 2019

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E

van Lamb remembers very

clearly his first ride on a

proper gas-powered bike. He

was four years old, and he'd putt-

ed around on a pocket bike, but

this was the first time he was on

a larger machine. He got it going,

but then...

"I whiskey-throttled it," said

Lamb. The ensuing crash did little

to dampen his enthusiasm. Lamb

was quickly on the track, then on

the grid, then on the podium.

Evan Lamb's father, Jason,

wanted to ride, and decided that

riding mini road racing bikes was

the path he wanted to pursue.

MotoGP was on at the house all

the time, and Evan watched reli-

giously, and wanted to emulate his

favorite riders. So once he got the

hang of the Yamaha PW50, Evan

and his dad started visiting the

kart track at Willow Springs, just

putting in laps and getting more

comfortable with riding a motorcy-

cle at speed.

Soon enough Evan Lamb was

ready to race. He joined the M1GP

series and entered a race event

on the Horse Thief Mile track at

Willow Springs in October 2017.

Quickly, he discovered the highs

and lows of racing.

"I won my first one. I also

crashed really hard... because

someone hit me," Lamb said.

Again, it didn't slow him

down a bit. Lamb rides a lot, gain-

ing seat time on his current ride, a

Metrakit MiniGP 50. It's a bike he

likes a lot, compared to his previ-

ous rides. "The Metrakit turns a lot

better, and it's faster. And faster is

better," Evan says. And he knows

that seat time is important at this

point. He's done two-hour enduro

races with M1GP, and recent-

ly competed in a 12-hour event

staged by the organization on the

kart track at Willow Springs.

The best part of racing? Most

racers can relate to Evan Lamb's

response. "The adrenaline. The

thrills," he said.

TOMORROW’S ROAD RACING

CHAMPIONS MAY ALREADY BE RACING

ON TRACKS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA,

HONING THE SKILLS THAT COULD ONE

DAY CARRY THEM TO THE TOP.

THE

KIDS’

PAGE

By Michael Gougis

"The Adrenaline.

The Thrills ..."

Evan Lamb, Age 8

Santa Clarita, California

Evan Lamb (57) on his Metrakit MiniGP 50 at Willow Springs kart track.

Photo by Andrew Kohn. (Inset) Evan Lamb. Photo by Michael Gougis.

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