TREVOR
At 17, he’s well on the road to becoming one of off-road racing’s elite drivers. Trevor was born into racing. He began riding quads locally as soon as he could walk, then raced 50cc and 65cc motocross between Perris and Elsinore, California. By 11 Trevor was campaigning his first truck and had won the California Regional Series for Modified Kart in the prestigious Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series by the age of 15.
While Trevor’s classmates were focused on their learner's permits, Trevor was winning Rookie of the Year in the highly competitive Pro Buggy class in the national series; a coveted credential for a young driver in off-road racing. In spite of his success, trophies and titles are not the motivators which drive Trevor.
"Racing gives me a path to aim for perfection. In many ways, it’s organizing chaos. There are so many incremental pieces you have to get exactly right. It all starts at home, and I owe everything to my parents and my grandparents who have set me up to succeed— and I mean that in a way that goes far beyond financial support.
Our entire family has sacrificed for my success- they have often traded their interests to support mine, and more significantly they are in the trenches reeling things back in when things don’t go exactly the way we had planned. THAT is what I love about racing. To be honest, you feel loved- because you can see the effort. None of that is lost on me.
I have signed up for a perpetual cycle of learning, training, practicing and just downright doing. There are many elements that are repetitive, but in racing that is co-mingled with constant unknowns; and that’s the challenge. Track conditions, weather, and factors like altitude are the obvious ones— the ones we talk a lot about in racing —but there’s always performance issues, breakage, and flat out lack of knowledge. Of course that’s the short list, there are factors like my personal mood, my confidence, my physical ability, reaction time, mental agility and intelligence plays a role too I suppose.
The trophy— while appreciated—is not the coveted prize; it’s the knowledge I gain, the encouragement to take a bigger risk, and the visible expression of love and commitment from my family, my close friends and even my adversaries. We all understand each other - and when you get a hardy slap on the back for a job well done, you feel it in your soul."
While Trevor’s classmates were focused on their learner's permits, Trevor was winning Rookie of the Year in the highly competitive Pro Buggy class in the national series; a coveted credential for a young driver in off-road racing. In spite of his success, trophies and titles are not the motivators which drive Trevor.
"Racing gives me a path to aim for perfection. In many ways, it’s organizing chaos. There are so many incremental pieces you have to get exactly right. It all starts at home, and I owe everything to my parents and my grandparents who have set me up to succeed— and I mean that in a way that goes far beyond financial support.
Our entire family has sacrificed for my success- they have often traded their interests to support mine, and more significantly they are in the trenches reeling things back in when things don’t go exactly the way we had planned. THAT is what I love about racing. To be honest, you feel loved- because you can see the effort. None of that is lost on me.
I have signed up for a perpetual cycle of learning, training, practicing and just downright doing. There are many elements that are repetitive, but in racing that is co-mingled with constant unknowns; and that’s the challenge. Track conditions, weather, and factors like altitude are the obvious ones— the ones we talk a lot about in racing —but there’s always performance issues, breakage, and flat out lack of knowledge. Of course that’s the short list, there are factors like my personal mood, my confidence, my physical ability, reaction time, mental agility and intelligence plays a role too I suppose.
The trophy— while appreciated—is not the coveted prize; it’s the knowledge I gain, the encouragement to take a bigger risk, and the visible expression of love and commitment from my family, my close friends and even my adversaries. We all understand each other - and when you get a hardy slap on the back for a job well done, you feel it in your soul."
