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Racer has smooth ride to top of class
Eric Woods Special to the Standard-Times
January 16, 2010
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Enduro motocross is a race of obstacles, requiring speed, agility and endurance. Competitors ride six- to eight-hour races covering a 90-mile course. Obstacles on the track include large rocks, trees, mud, sand and even bridges.
San Angelo is now home to a state champion of the grueling motorbike sport.
Garrett Everett, 18, was awarded the title of best overall rider for the B division in the Texas State Championship Enduro Circuit this month at an awards ceremony at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth.
The circuit encompasses Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and New Mexico, and the B division has classifications for age and the size of the bike the competitor rides. Everett rides in the 450cc class. Everett’s average time for all races this season made him the overall winner in the division of all classes.
“I feel accomplished for doing this,” Everett said. “I didn’t expect to do so well this year.”
Everett began riding the circuit last year and finished best overall in Division C, said Paul Dyer, Everett’s stepfather. That accomplishment made him eligible to go up to division B, also known as the semipro class. Since Everett is the overall winner in division B this year, he has now been ranked to move up to division A, which is the pro division. Everett he does his own mechanical work and servicing — major repairs such as changing out pistons and rings and fixing whatever else might go wrong with the bike.
His father, Reagan Everett, is another winning motor sport competitor — he won last year’s world championship in the Southern Drag Boat Association in Phoenix, Ariz. He started Garrett riding dirt bikes at age 4 and helped him build a jet boat engine when he was 13. The son occasionally races jet boats with his father.
Garrett’s mother, Nancy Dyer, also is an enduro rider.
“I wanted to spend time with Garrett, so it was my own solution to learn to ride as well,” she said.
She said she’s proud of her son, not just for his racing record but also for his decision to study mechanical engineering at Texas Tech.
“Horsepower and speed have always been important to Garrett, but what an engine looks like on the inside seems to be the most interesting to him,” Nancy said.
Everett said his true ambition is to study mechanical engineering, but if all goes as well in professional racing next year as it did for him in the semiprofessional class this year, he may have to take a year away from school to pursue the national circuit.
To help bring expenses down even more and to have a little company on the circuit as well, Everett has teamed up with two other riders. Chance Vick, 21, who placed first in the 250cc class for the High Plains division in the B class, said he views the younger rider as something of a mentor.
“He’s somebody I look up to,” Vick said. He’s a humble winner, he’s really classy and he takes his riding seriously.”
James White served as Garrett’s mentor and helped him get started on the competitive circuit.
“He deserves what he’s getting,” White said. “He is just a fast guy.”
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