How old does a kid need to be to race motocross? Can a 3 year old race motocross? Does he even understand the concept of racing yet?!
These are all questions I had before I decided to give Rennen the experience of his first motocross race weekend. As a motorsports lover and early-aged racer myself (started in karts at age 8) I saw his passion and skill on two-wheels when he moved from his Strider and pedal bicycles to a battery Razor dirt bike, then to his PW50 I had waiting for him. I didn't expect him or plan for him to ride the PW until he was at least 4-years old, but when he wore the Razor out, I wasn't about to spend another $300 and replace it when I had the PW waiting! So, at a little over 3 1/2 years old, a introduced him to the PW50 and he was able to ride it well. So well in fact that we took him to practice riding at Orlando MX's peewee track and he did great! Soon after I found a local race at Florida Cycle Park that had a great peewee track, so we decided to give him the racing experience a little early in life! He rode very well, but I could see the action and excitement surrounding the race was probably a bit much for him to process, and he was a little timid on racing after we got home.
This race weekend was in October of 2018 when Rennen was still 3-years old. Now a year later at almost 5-years old, he finally rolled back up to the starting gate last weekend at Pax Trax MX for a peewee race. The difference a year makes in his development mentally and physically was outstanding! I now feel he "gets it" and understands racing on a track way more than he did at 3-years old, and I feel he will want to continue racing going forward as he feels a lot more comfortable on the track and on the bike.
So to answer the big question: "how old does a kid need to be to race motocross?" I can solidly say "they "can" race at 3-years old, but probably aren't "ready" to race until 4-years old". So if you have a little one that is skilled on two-wheels like mine and want to get him into racing, I'd suggest backyard motos and practice sessions with mom or dad, as that's what Rennen enjoyed most during his first year of riding the PW50. Now it seems he's wanting to race the other kids on the PW track, so mentally I feel he understands competition and has the desire to go fast on the track, which I didn't see from the 3 1/2 - 4 1/2 year old range.
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