Welcome to the Denton Daily Double Race Team Blog!

Friday, June 18, 2010

June 13th Race at Fox Run

Racing has started back up again for the Denton Daily Double Race Team. The latest race was held June 13th at Fox Run in Friend, NE and the team did well. The results for the team are as follows:

#217 Zach Balderson: 13th
#764 Emily Zeilinger: 2nd
#251 Scott Zeilinger: 6th
#281 Alec Zeilinger: Out until Winter
#714 Jacob Brogan: 4th
#279 Jonah Hamilton: 7th

INJURY

So it has been awhile since I have posted something new but there is bad news for the team! Zach Balderson #217 has injured his wrist and is in a cast. This affected his performance on the 13th which had him putting around the track trying to finish to get even just a few points!!! We all hope you feel better soon Zach, especially on top of your recent surgery!!!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Rider Bios: Emily Zeilinger

name: Emily Zeilinger
nickname: Em.....and zach calls me EZ....and not like that!
Age: 15 years young :)
Hometown: Lincoln, NE
School: Lincoln Southwest
Favorite kind of music/band: Avenged Sevenfold!/Rock
Favorite food: I love food, but I would have to say spaghetti or subway
Favorite animal: dogs and snakes
Favorite movie: step-brothers and the hangover
Favorite sport non-motorcycle related: Volleyball and wakeboarding
Favorite professionial motocross/supercross rider: RYAN DUNGEY
Favorite D3MX teammate: Zach! Because he is always the one that has encourages me and he is always giving me tips to get better and something to work on. But I love all of them.
If you could marry a celebrity who would it be? Ryan Reynolds
Tell us something unique about you: I am a girl that races motocross...I had to get surgery on my jaw because I have TMJ disorder

What do you ride?: 2010 Honda CRF 250R
How long have you been riding and racing?: I have been riding since December of 2003. I had my first race in 2007 but my first full season was last year!
Why do you like to ride/race?: I like the feeling of success in the sport and I like the adrenaline. I've tried every single sport possible and motocross is the only one I have absolutely loved
How did you come into the sport?: My bros :)
Best racing/riding accomplishment?: Winning my first race! And doing the downhill double at fox run
What are your goals/plans for your motocross career?: Well I really want to become professional someday. I'm still young. It's possible
What was your first bike?: 2003 Honda XR 70
Best racing/riding memory?: Everytime i ride/race.
Have you ever had any injuries from racing?: Yeah I severely sprained my knee and my ankle last September. That sucked
Favorite track you've ridden at?: Spring Ranch in Deweese, Nebraska. It's wide open so I can go fast
What do you prefer to ride/race? Motocross, Supercross, or Arenacross?: Motocross baby!
What are your goals/plans for the 2010 season?: Getting first in points. It's lookin' good so far! And I want to get top 3 in AMA arenacross series
Got a Facebook or anything your fans or anybody contact you at?:
Forsure!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/motoXchick764 or you can just search Emily Zeilinger

Rider Bios: Alec Zeilinger

Name: Alec Lee Zeilinger
Nickname(s): Alec
Age: 18
Hometown: Lincoln, NE
School?: Lincoln Southwest High School
Favorite kind of music/band?: I like all kinds of music! But my 2 favorite are probably rock and country!
Favorite food?: Subway!
Favorite animal: Dog!
Favorite movie?: Probably Stepbrothers or The Hangover
Favorite sport non-motorcycle related?: I like to watch football!
Favorite professional motocross/supercross rider?: Trey Canard and Justin Barcia!
Favorite D3MX teammate?: I love all my teammates!
If you could marry a celebrity who would it be?: No one because I already have a girlfriend!
Tell us something unique about you: I am a twin!

What do you ride?: 2010 CRF250R
How long have you been riding and racing?: I have been riding for 4 years and this is my seconds season of racing!
Why do you like to ride/race?: I love riding and racing beacuse its one of the few things that i always look forward to doing and its a sport that I'm actually somewhat decent at!!
How did you come into the sport?: I saw one of my middle school friends had a small XR70 so thats when I got my first bike! A 2003 XR80
Best racing/riding accomplishment?: Probably winning my heat race at the Council Bluffs Arenacross and then finishing 4th out of 20 in that main event! I also was excited when I finished 4th out of 23 at my first race of the season this year at Spring Ranch in Deweese, NE
What are your goals/plans for your motocross career?: I want to ride for as long as I can because it's my passion and it's what I love to do!!!
What was your first bike?: 2003 XR80
Best racing/riding memory?: Probably both the weekend races at the end of the season last year at Deweese! Thats where I started becoming close to all my riding buddies!
Have you ever had any injuries from racing?: One broken foot, one sprained ankle, and a dislocated shoulder...3 times!
Favorite track you've ridden at?: Its probably a tie between White Sands in Ashland, NE and Spring Ranch in Deweese, NE
What do you prefer to ride/race? Motocross, Supercross, or Arenacross?: Motocross by far! But arenacross was and is definitely a good experience and keeps you on the bike during the off season of motocross!
What are your goals/plans for the 2010 season?: My top 2 goals are to try as hard as I can at Ponca City Grand Nationals in July and try to finish decent there and to finish top 5 in overall points in my local series for my class!
Got a Facebook or anything your fans or anybody contact you at?: Look me up on Facebook or Hookit! -Alec Zeilinger-

Rider Bios: Scott Zeilinger


Name: Scott Zeilinger
Nickname(s): Scotty
Age: 18
Hometown: Lincoln, NE
School: Lincoln Southwest/UNL
Favorite kind of music/band: Rock
Favorite food: N/A
Favorite Animal: Dog
Favorite Movie: Step Brothers
Favorite sport non-motorcycle related: Wakeboarding
Favorite professional motocross/supercross rider: K-DUB Kevin Windham
Favorite D3MX teammate?: All of them!
If you could marry a celebrity, who would it be?: N/A
Tell us something unique about you: I'm a twin!

What do you ride?: 2010 Honda CRF250R
How long have you been riding and racing?: Riding 4 years, Racing 1 Year
How did you come into the sport?: Friends
Best racing/riding accomplishment?: Top 10 in points
What are your goals/plans for your motocross career?: Qualify for Loretta Lynns maybe?
What was your first bike?: 2003 XR80R
Best racing/riding memory?: Everytime I rode with my buds
Have you ever had any injuries from racing?: Nope
Favorite track you've ridden at?: Spring Ranch
What do you prefer to ride/race?: MOTOCROSS!
What are your goals/plans for the 2010 season?: Place top 3 in a race!
Got a Facebook or anything your fans or anybody contact you at?: Facebook and HOOKIT

Rider Bios: Zach Balderson

Name: Zachary Scott Balderson
Nickname(s): Zach and ZB
Age: 19
Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska
School?: Southeast Community College
Favorite kind of music/band?: I like a lot of music, country, rap, rock. Pretty much everything except opera.
Favorite food?: Mexican!
Favorite animal: Penguin
Favorite movie?: The Boondock Saints
Favorite sport non-motorcycle related?: Football
Favorite professional motocross/supercross rider?: Lites: Trey Canard or Dean Wilson Pro: Kevin Windham
Favorite D3MX teammate?: Alec, he’s always concerned with my bike springs, even in his sleep.
If you could marry a celebrity who would it be?: Elisha Cuthbert or Brittany Daniels
Tell us something unique about you: I’m terrified of open heights, and snakes.

What do you ride?: 2005 Honda CRF250R
How long have you been riding and racing?: I’ve been riding dirt bikes since I was 13, and raced my first race in 2007. My first full season of racing was 2009.
Why do you like to ride/race?: I like the uniqueness of the sport. I also like the rush and the excitement of it, nothing is more fun than goin’ fast and flyin’ high. It’s also a good way to get away from everything and really just let things be you and the bike.
How did you come into the sport?: My uncle has always been a racer and I idolized that growing up. Then my stepdad had a dirt bike when my mom and him got married so my grandpa gave me a bike when I was 13 and I started riding on trails then got put onto the track.
Best racing/riding accomplishment?: Probably finishing 4th overall in the 125 C class in the Heartland Motocross Series in Nebraska my first year racing.
What are your goals/plans for your motocross career?: I would just like to race as long as I can, make the best of what I can, and go where ever it takes me, and of course always finish as close to the front as possible!
What was your first bike?: My first bike was a 1987 Honda XR80R
Best racing/riding memory?:
Have you ever had any injuries from racing?: Broke my right arm. Got a couple scars.
Favorite track you've ridden at?: Probably Spring Ranch in Deweese so far.
What do you prefer to ride/race? Motocross, Supercross, or Arenacross?: The Great Outdoors baby!

What are your goals/plans for the 2010 season?: Go to the Ponca City Grand National and finish the best I can, and finish the best I can in the Heartland Series. As far as plans just race as much as I can where ever. Hopefully hit up some Arenacrosses this winter.
Got a Facebook or anything your fans or anybody contact you at?: For sure,http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/profile.php?id=511489490&v=info
Or I guess just search Zach Balderson.

Rider Bios: Jonah Hamilton

Name: Jonah Hamilton
Nickname(s): Hansyboy. JZ.
Age: 18. 19 as of July 9th
Hometown: Born in St. Augustine and lived in Tampa till I was 7, then moved to Lincoln.
School?: Southeast Community College.
Favorite kind of music/band?: Anything except Scream-o.
Favorite food?: Chicken Alfredo!
Favorite animal: Golden Retriever.
Favorite movie?: Grind or Supercross.
Favorite sport non-motorcycle related?: Baseball.
Favorite professional motocross/supercross rider?: Josh Hansen
Favorite D3MX teammate?: Lil Wee Wee boy. Jacob Brogan.
If you could marry a celebrity who would it be?: Brittany Snow.
Tell us something unique about you: I’m a cancer. I love long walks on the beach, and I hate sitting at red lights.

What do you ride?: Motocross..HA 2004 Honda CRF250R

How long have you been riding and racing?: Riding since about 7th grade, and I raced half of last season before breaking my collar bone. So I’m looking to complete my whole first season of racing this year.

Why do you like to ride/race?: I ride because it gives me a feeling that nothing else on earth can make me feel. Solitude and escape from everyday life is the reason I ride. Riding is a lifestyle, not just a sport. The nervous feeling that I get when I am warming up my bike on the line is the worst/best feeling I have ever felt. It’s the doubts and the fears, the excitement of getting to the first turn and the rush of adrenaline I get when I have the throttle pinned.

How did you come into the sport?: My teammate Zach Balderson got me into riding. I saw him on the bike and I told myself that I was going to learn to ride a dirtbike.

Best racing/riding accomplishment?: Sounds stupid, but I was proud when I got 3rd out of the holeshot. Landing the downhill double at fox run was crazy because just earlier this season I told myself I would never do that jump. Few months later…I guess it just happened.

What are your goals/plans for your motocross career?: I would love to tell you guys that I want to go pro, become famous, and make a living off of motocross, but lets get real. There are only about 100 people in the world who can make a living off of motocross...I can’t see myself being one of those hundred! For now, I guess I just want to further my riding skill, hopefully start getting some top 5 finishes and hopefully someday win a moto. I see myself racing for a long time in my future, it’s just one of those things that keeps me sane and I can’t imagine my life without it.

What was your first bike?: I learned to ride on Zach’s XR80. That thing was dope as duck. It got me around for the longest time, but then I decided it was time for something bigger. I bought my first bike my sophmore year in highschool, a 1999 CR125. Whichever one of those you want to consider my “first” is your call.

Best racing/riding memory?: Toooo many to even list..a few; tipping the four wheeler in Iowa in the middle of the night, my first race, my parents coming to watch their first race.. I don’t know..to be honest, just being out on the track with my friends or trail riding with my friends and family is a memory each time we hop on the bike. Memories are made from seat time. Being on the bike is making memories.

Have you ever had any injuries from racing?: Broken collar bone. August 7th. I-80. First day on my 250. Came up short on a double/triple and went over the bars. First broken bone in my life.

Favorite track you've ridden at?: I love riding at Spring Ranch in Deweese. We don’t get a lot of practice time out on that track but on our circuit, Spring ranch is for sure the best kept track and it always a goodie.

What do you prefer to ride/race? Motocross, Supercross, or Arenacross?: Motocross, just something about being in the outdoors. Being in the wide open. Throttle pinned wide open. Nothing beats it.

What are your goals/plans for the 2010 season?: My goal for this season, finish. I want to complete the whole season without any injuries or anything. A trophy would be nice at the end of the year, but if not, hey, oh well. I keep telling myself I want to trophy in a race as well, but I guess that will come with time!

Got a Facebook or anything your fans or anybody contact you at?: Facebook, search the name. Twitter, hit me up. JZ2710.