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Name:
Kevin Helmick

Age: 36

Hometown:
Damascus, MD

What you ride:
2005 Kawasaki KFX 400

Sponsors:
T.H.S. Home Improvement, Total Home Repair and Improvement, H&M Racing, and I have to thank Bruno Racing for help also. And thanks to all the crew members. ( all 15 of you ).

What Series Do You Race:
I race the Koontz Mega Series, AMA D5

What Class:
The Vet-C class

How long you have been riding and racing:
I have been riding since I was about 15, raced a few years when I was in my late teens and last year got back into racing.

How did you get into racing:
I went and watched the Blackwater 100 one year, talked my parents into getting me a racing quad and got into racing after that.

How did you finish in 2006:
I only races a few times in 2006.

Goals for 2007:
Win the Vet-C class in the Koontz series and just get faster.

Longterm Goals:
Move up in class in the Koontz Series and possibly do some GNCC's in 2008.

Describe your Ideal Track:
I like the more technical type of tracks more than just flat out speed. Mud is always fun also.

Favorite Track:
North Hill, Oakland, MD.

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Describe your worst crash:
This year in Parsons I rolled the bike over, hurt my knee and watched my quad roll over about 5 times down the hill.

Describe your best racing day you have had:
Just this year at Timberline I won my class and ran consistent lap times so that was good.

How you make a living:
I do Home Improvements.

Describe you training program:
I run three to four times a week. That's about it.

Why you like racing:
I like the competition, the people, it's fun, exciting, I just like it I guess.

What you do in your spare time:
Mostly work on the quad and ride around my little track at my house with my daughter. She rides a quad also..........got to say hi to Courtney.

Favorite Music:
I like music ranging from Metallica to Eminem, and even some country.