Joy Higa

AFM/WSMC #253
WERA #114

Expert Road Racer

http://www.myspace.com/motojoy

 

In 2008, Expert Racer Joy Higa will be racing AFM, WSMC and WERA West, as usual. She is also hoping to race more flattrack at Lodi Cycle Bowl, and get more practice in the dirt, motocross and other forms of racing. Joy will be focusing on running her 2006 R6 in all the classes for which she is eligible. In 2007, Joy realized after racing the KTM 520 and GSXR 1000 (and even riding the SV 650 for a bit) that it was just too hard to go back and forth between all the bikes. Without a doubt, she felt that she got a lot of experience from racing all the different bikes, but she now realizes that if she's to excel on the 600, she must focus her efforts on those classes only. Joy had a blast in 2007 and she felt she learned so much. She is greatly looking forward to learning more and going faster in 2008.

"I couldn't have done any of this without help from my sponsors, especially BeFit4Riding.Com. Thanks so much Mara!"

 

"So I sign up for my first AFM 4-hour endurance race at Infineon Raceway. I had the opportunity of a lifetime. I got sponsored to ride a GSXR1000 with my friend Ann. Well, we figured we'd ride until the gas ran out, then we'd come in, refuel, and change riders, so on and so forth until the end of the race. As luck would have it, I ended up riding almost 3 out of 4 hours of the race. I wasn't planning on it. In fact, I didn't even train extra hard for the endurance race. But, I DID train, and have been training all season. That's the only reason why I made it through that race. I may not look like it, but I have a LOT of endurance, and this is because awesome MARA, my trainer from BeFit4Riding.Com has been helping me out all year with my diet and exercise program. That 4 hour endurance race was an eye-opening experience. I kept on thinking, "what if I hadn't been training? Would we even have finished the race? Probably not!" From now on, I'm training extra hard. And really, you never know who's watching..." ~Joy Higa