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Author: Ben Evans

Have you ever had a break through in your life? Maybe some where in your life that you felt needed serious improvement? Even in racing, there are areas that we are not as good as our competition. I realize that we are only human, and that we are better at some things than others. Each of us has our strengths and weaknesses right? But what keeps us from being great at something? This weekend I had

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a break through in my racing. In the first few rounds of Supercross my starts were horrible. The first step was realizing that I needed help, or that I did not know it all. I did not want to just get better at starts, but to be the holeshot king the very next weekend. To be quite honest, me being the holeshot king seemed almost impossible. If I started to reason about it, things really did not look that great. I am a rookie this year. I am a privateer. I am one of the bigger riders out there. The list goes on and on. I had choice to make at this point. Was I going to let the reasonable and probable play out in my racing by settling for average starts, or was I going to stand for a break through in my starts? Did I know how I was going to pull the holeshot on Ryan Dungy and Jake Weimer or all the rest of the guys? Honestly, I had no clue. I believe that is a powerful place to stand though because realizing that I did not know gave me opportunity to be open to learn and observe. Even though I am a pro rider, I needed to humble myself down to an attitude of I don’t know how but I am willing. One way to say it is that I was once blind but now I see. Now, whenever I am out at the track I will see opportunities to be the holeshot king. It could be anything. Through conversations I have, practicing, learning from someone else, studying other holeshot kings, or whatever. I will pick up what I need to and leave what I need to leave out. Recently I had the opportunity to practice starts with Doug Dubach. Even though Doug might be slower than me (maybe), the man is amazing at starts. I had an opportunity to soak up a ton of information from a guy who was willing to share and teach. If not for my intention to break through on my starts, maybe I wouldn’t have taken the time to humbly ask Doug for guidance.

On to Anaheim 3, my starts were great: 2nd in the heat and 5th in the main. I took something I stunk at and created a break through.

What keeps us from being great at something? A lot of things can get in the way. It may seem impossible. It may be unreasonable. It might seem scary. The funny thing about all these things is that they are all mental excuses. I realize some skill is involved, but in my starts I somehow developed skill I did not have before. Outside of racing we sometimes let time, money, and the idea of impossibility run our life. My advice to you is stand for what you really desire. If you need to accomplish something don’t let not knowing how scare you from attempting it. Philippians 4:13 says, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I did not know how I was going to be the holeshot king and still don’t, but I made a stand for it and I am willing to be it. As a Christian, I don’t always know how to please God. If I intend on pleasing him, and I am willing to please Him, I will find a way, even though I don’ know how all the time.

God Bless! Ben Evans #350