Name: Mitch Abramson

Nickname: Ka-Bob, Moto Mitch, Hey you

Hometown: Holland, MI

Sport: Motocross Racing

Years in sport: 4

Best trick: Nac-Nac

Biggest moment: Winning my first 250 B race in June 2004

Fav Jones Soda flavor: MF Grape, Jones Energy!

Bands everyone should know: No favorites, I listen to all types of music

Hates: stupid drivers, late people, getting up early.

Likes: Food, sleep, music, club-in, adrenaline rushes

Other sponsors: Renthal America, Scott USA, M2R helmets, Answer Racing, Renegade suspension, Twin Air

Current ride:
Honda CR450F

career highlights:

• 1st - Dutch Sports Park 250C
• 2nd - Dutch Sports Park 250C
• 2nd - Hundsonville supercross 550 -250C
• 3rd - 125C SJO/ Supercross
• 4th - Overall SuperSeries3 125C Class.
• 4th - 125JR SJO Supercross
• 6th - AMA Area Qualifier 250C

B0ackground:
One day my dad bet me to enter a small supercross race at the local fair...and I crashed 4 times. After that day, baseball didn't seem so much fun anymore! I spent about a year going to the small fairgrounds races to learn the sport and now I race the larger AMA races in Michigan and Indiana.
These races require 2 races of 5 laps and about 1.5 miles per lap.
A = Pro/semi pro, B = very good riders, C = beginner and novice. I'm at the top 5 of the C class and will go to B later this year. Usually there are 30 to 40 riders at the mass start, all charging to the first turn called the hole shot. Every one is handle bar to handlebar at full throttle! It gets kinda scary after the first 20 yards because we all want to get away from all the flying crud and the first ones out of the corner can really put distance between the pack, not to mention less chance for a crash.
Depending on the weather, it can be a mud bog or a dusty desert on the tracks and conditioning is often the most important part of racing.
Since I'm also a 6'2" basketball player, I was losing to guys on my 125 that were 30 pounds less than me, so we bought the biggest baddest bike for 2003 and it's awesome to finally have all the power I need. It's a 4 stroke and it's so loud, the neighbors are getting some free Jones Soda to keep them quiet.

4 / 26 / 03
Hi y'all, Just back from a Kentucky race with Mitch and we encountered a lot of Jones fans! We handed out a few calendars to spring breakers in the Cincinatti traffic jam from our truck window and then we were mildly surprised to know you had slipped into the moonshine country of Kentucky. The track owners and many racers all asked us about the logos on our trucks, the folks in the restaurants would stop and chat. Mitch was very proud. We took a mixed case of drinks as it was only a practice weekend and we gave it to the track owners and some folks next to us. Should have seen the 5 year old that was crying because he took last and knew his mom (bad mommy!) was mad. One Green Apple soda and he forgot everything, she was still rather grumpy, though.

1 / 03 / 03
Started riding in the new indoor practice track by my dad's office. It snows up here in Michigan but it's 65 degrees inside the track. Now the Michigan Mafia (that's what they call us up here because we ride for only 5 months a year) will be even better. I helped get Jones hooked up at the track and now all my buds are Jones fans.
Basketball for JV's ends March 1 and then I can start the racing again. I'm going to enter the 250C classes and try to move out of the Michigan district to regionals in Kentucky and maybe to the National at Loretta Lynn's ranch.

- Wish me luck. Talk to ya later.