Get Off Your Butt And Do Life

In the last couple of weeks I have been working with a professional AMA race team, "Ruess Racing". During the race at Fontana Speedway, now called "Auto Club Speedway", I was watching all of the teams working hard to get their bike and their racers ready to compete. Some were well know racers. Others were private operations on shoe string budgets. The later would be my team.

One of our racers, Terry Heard, barely qualified for both formula extreme and the 600 super sport races. The other racer, Jay Ruess, did not qualify at all. But, what was important was not the fact that one barely made it, and the other did not make it at all. What was important was much deeper than that.

The true joy and importance of the whole weekend was the fact that so many teams, factory or private, were living their dreams. These people were not the type of people that sat around waiting for dreams to come true. They were out there on that track making their dreams happen.

When Jay didn't qualify, I made sure that I gave him space to deal with the fact that he did not make it. But, when the time was right, I let him know that even though he did not win a race that day, he won in life that day. He went out and competed with the best in the AMA. He got on that track and did his best. He has done what road racing fans all over the world wish they could do. He went out on an AMA professional road course and did his thing. And all of this he did after being off of his bike for a year due to race related injury.

Terry Heard, Jays' team mate, blew his engine on the last lap of the 600 super sport race. But, that didn't stop him from taking his Kawasaki ZX10 out on the track where he had, I believe, the best start of his career, finishing 16th. Sure it was not first place. But with the budget that we work with, that's pretty damn good. He lived his dream and won the day in life.

These people, my team, often look to me for over all management of the team. I'm the keeper of good spirits. I'm the guy that tries to keep every one believing in themselves. I am the one that is not shame when it comes to begging and borrowing and snatching the media. But, what they don't know is they are inspiring me. They, through their hard work and drive, push me and drives me to be a dream accomplisher.

Our whole team, Dave, Oscar, Mike, Lisa, Danny are great people. They are a true team that uses all of their resources to come together and work very hard to reach their goals and dreams. It is this energy that I have become addicted to. The vibe of people that are living their dreams is something that should be injected into the souls of every human being on earth. If this were the case, we would all be happier on the planet.

So, what is important in life? The important thing to remember is not to just dream about what you want to do. Live your dreams. There are no excuses in life. You either do, or you don't do. That's it. I would rather you go out there and do what you dream. Live your passions. Fallow your dreams and accomplish each and every one of them. I believe in you. Now all you have to do is believe in yourself. Go out there and accomplish your dreams.



Peace to my people

I'm out


P.S. I would like to thank our "Ruess Racing" sponsors: http://www.spacovers.com/ , http://www.usababy.com/ Zorbas Burgers Riverside California, John Burr Cycles Fontana California , and all of our friends and family that support the team.
A special thanks goes to The AMA Stalker for all of her help with Photography.