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The Story of Christine Anderson (formally
Morton)
When you think of dirt tracks you might think of
sportsmans, modifieds, and even sprint cars, but
none get as down and dirty as ATV racing. Christine
Anderson has been racing ATV’s for quite some
time now. When Christine first realized she loved
competition, she was showing horses. She did barrel
racing, stadium jumping and cross country, but now
she has traded in those horses for some
horsepower.
Christine races two different bikes. Her first
is a Honda 400EX which has been stroked and bored
to 440cc motor and her second is a Yamaha YZ426,
however, it is in the engine shop being stroked and
bored to 473cc motor, these two fast machines get
her closer to the finish line. When she first
started, she competed in local races but it
didn’t take her long to figure out that she
needed to compete in the nationals, taking herself
to that level would mean big things for this young
woman from Richmond, Virginia. Christine now
competes in the ATVA Grand National Championship
Series; her stats are very impressive with mostly
all top 5’s, and she also has nationally
ranked #3 overall in the GNC Women’s TT.
Christine is definitely making her mark in the ATVA
series.
Tourist Trophy (otherwise known as TT
Racing) is the type of racing that she competes in,
Christine also admitted, that she enjoys racing
Motocross as well, but with her bad neck and back
she can’t compete in the Motocross series like
she would like too. ATV racing is very physically
demanding on a person body. Christine went on to
tell Girls Garage “that you would be surprised
how much muscle endurance and toning it takes to be
so competitive, especially in Motocross”.
“When you are standing up leaning over the
bars, it puts quite a strain on the back”. She
tries to stay in shape by going to the gym and
physical therapy for her back and neck, as to not
take too much of a beating while she is
competing.
When asked what her future goals were she said
that she plans on running Pro Production Class in
the Nationals and that she also wants to compete in
the Pro-AM Class and run competitively in the top
10, but first and foremost, Christine’s main
goal is to be the first woman ever to run the Pro
Production Class and qualify for every race.
Family is important to her because without them
she wouldn’t have a crew, a sponsor or a
unique influence in her life. She told Girls Garage
that her Dad has been the biggest influence in her
racing career and that he supports her 100% in
every area of her life, she looks up to her father,
like most daughters do. Another big influence in
her life is fellow racer Shane Hitt, Christine
admits, she tries to keep an eye on him as much as
possible, just to watch the way that he rides, so
she can see what lines he is taking before she goes
out for a race.
We wanted to know what the most memorable moment
in her career has been; she told us that it was
when she was racing in Elizabeth City, NC. It was
her first ever national podium in 2002, revealing
to us, that she hasn’t seen her father cry
many times in her life. On this special day she had
finished the race and was coming around the
grandstand to do a post race interview, she had
passed her dad who had run out onto the track to
give his daughter a high-five. “He had tears
in his eyes and at that very moment, all of the
time, effort, money, and broken bones had paid
off”. Christine isn’t the only racer in
the family, her little sister, Cara also competes
in racing and their father has to be one of their
biggest fans.
Christine’s two main sponsors are, Legacy
ATV Racing and Lost Creek Cycles. She wants to
thank them for all of their help and dedication.
They continue to stand by her, as well as, believe
in everything she tries to accomplish, and it
really does mean so much to her. If you are
interested in sponsoring Christine Anderson, please
feel free to contact her Public Relations Woman,
Ashley Henshaw, via her E-Mail
or you can contact Christine Anderson via her
E-Mail
(neither e-mail was working as of 4/3/06)
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