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Bikes and ATVs are Welcome About WMN RACING 1. Objective
Founder: Heather Majcherek 2. Message from
Heather:
If you truly want to grow the women's class and have the opportunity to have
separate divisions available and to race competitively with other women of
your skill level, now's your chance! For all you girls and moms out there who
have been sitting in the pits thinking about giving it a try... come out and
run the first timer class! It’s an opportunity to race against other true
beginners and have a great time.
I am Heather Majcherek, President of this wonderful women’s organization. I am a third generation racer, my grandparents raced cars, then got the family into dirt bikes, my mom raced motocross, my other grandparents and dad raced desert, then there was me! I started riding at 2, I got my first trophy at 4, and I was hooked. I started racing in the GFI pee wee races at Perris Raceway, and I worked my way up to Division 1. When I was 7 and 8 I raced in the Mickey Thompson Stadium races on my peewee, being the only girl and in front of 70,000 people. Going on in my career, I won championships through the years, and I hold a few world records. I retired from racing in my teens, I was burnt out, and started to discover the joys of boys, dating and becoming a regular teenager. I would still do at least one race a year. During my lifetime I have witnessed and participated in a lot of Women’s Motocross history. The classes going from powder-puff to women, the women racing in the outdoor nationals, the AMA women’s exhibits, women’s racing recognized at AMA award banquets, the rule changes, women attempting to and almost qualifying for Supercross, the women in the X Games, local tracks paying out the women Pros, and offering women more classes. During my time off from racing, I went to college at Saddleback and Brigham Young University (BYU), I mostly focused on subjects that would help me in the Motocross industry. I studied women’s studies, history, marketing, public relations, business, management and ethics. my goal was to work in the motorcycle industry. In 2006 I married a wonderful man Michael, and later that year we popped out a little girl. Still in retirement I started practicing to lose the baby weight, because MX is better than a gym to me, then I started working as a demonstrator for mx schools, so I started thinking about racing again. I tried to hide the world of mx from my daughter, but she opened grandma’s garage and fell in love. So I started working harder at practicing and shaping up, I go to my local track, looking for women to race with again, and each time I go out, all there is, is 1 to 2 of us total. So I started asking tracks, if the numbers allow, will you open the classes from a women class to 7 classes and split them by ability. Then I helped promote the heck out of it. Now I am having so much fun and racing with 15 to 30 girls every race! We have a full gate! I was asked by girls in other states to help them, and the demand is there. Women' opportunities have grown so much. I am glad I was able to help local racing along. I am looking forward to meeting and racing with you all. Best of luck. Heather Majcherek Click Here to send us your
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