Motocross: Tremaine captures national titles

Pau-Wa-Lu eighth-grader Ty Tremaine has become quite accustomed to success in the motocross world.

Even at the age of 13 years old, he's already ascended to the top of the podium in the AMA World Off Road Championship Series numerous times.

That didn't change at all this year as Tremaine captured a pair of national titles in the series, winning both the Supermini A Class and Mini Open A Class season titles.

The WORCS Series runs almost year-round with monthly stops across the Western United States, including Arizona, Washington and California. He even competed once in Canada this year.

"It's starts in January every year," Tremaine said. "We go once a month and get a little bit of a summer break. Every year there are a few of the same kids. There are always some new kids too. It's pretty fun."

The AMA series runs 70-minute races with a mixture of half motocross and half off-road. The offroad portion usually covers about 4 to 6 miles. Racers try to stay near the front of the group and when the checkered flag drops after 70 minutes, the win goes to whoever crosses the finish first on the final lap.

"It usually equates to about six laps," Tremaine said. "It's all about endurance. You try to set a good pace and then whoever is ahead at the end basically wins. It's pretty much go as hard as you can all the way through and hope for the best."

Tremaine won the first three races in the Supermini class this year, making him the frontrunner from the start, but his title in the Mini Open came down to the final race of the year.

He was in the position of needing to finish fourth or better to claim the national title and ended up taking second.

"I do OK in those situations," Tremaine said. "I just try to take it calm. I know that when I am relaxed, I am going to ride better."

Tremaine had the added bonus this year of getting to compete in front of a hometown crowd at the new Nevada Motocross Park in Gardnerville.

"That was a lot of fun, it felt good to get to compete in front of my hometown," Tremaine said. "I think we did four races there when we didn't have to be at an AMA event.

"It's a great spot for training and racing. It's good, family fun."

Tremaine said he was thankful for the help of his father, Bill Tremaine, who works on his Kawasaki KX 100, prepares it for races, and of course does the driving to the events.

He also wanted to note his mechanic, Brian Roth.

Racing has become quite the family affair for the Tremaines. Ty's younger brother, Bryce, age 6, took second in the 4-6-year-old 55cc class on the WORCS series this year. Bryce Tremaine attends Scarselli Elementary School.

The family will get a bit of a break from racing over the next month, although Tremaine said he'll still be practicing to prepare for the next season. He said he also enjoys downhill mountain biking, hunting and skiing in his spare time.

Tremaine said his longterm goal is to race motocross for a living and got a little taste of that this year as he earned close to $1,00 in contingencies from sponsors.

He is sponsored by the Motomouth Mini Team, Team Green, Reno Motor Sports, Moos, Smith, Alpinestar, Northland Motor Sports, Precision Concepts and SBD Racing.