Jürgen Mohr's Junior Racing Team is Talented, Fast and Fair
- 10 Feb 2011
"I'm the coach and mentor of my own Mohr Junior Racing Team," says Mohr. "Eleven kids ranging in age from seven to fourteen years-old are on the team, and they all have the same two basic characteristics - they are all very talented, but more importantly - they are also nice little people." Mohr hasn't only created a European quad racing farm league for the next generation of fast and furious competitors, he has positioned himself as a sort of Yoda for racing and life etiquette. Mohr teaches by means of positive enforcement, not by creating undue pressure in the lives of young kids.
"Having fun and doing your best is what comes first, I don't believe in putting so much pressure on the kids," says Mohr. "I really enjoy passing on my experience to the next generation." His approach to teaching speak for themselves, in 2010 the Mohr Junior Racing Team won four of nine German championships. "I'm very proud," he adds.
"I started to build a junior racing team three years ago, that's when I got to know some really fast kids running in the German youth races. I had the opportunity at that point to bring the fastest German youngsters together and to pass along some of my experience, and to work with them on improving their own performance. But, it is not so easy to become a member of my team. The kids need to display strong talent, but equally as important, they must be very fair on the track." Mohr says the kids on his team would rather play outside in the dirt and muck, as kids were designed to do, rather than stay inside trancing-out on video games. For Mohr the real measure of performance is steady and constant progress. He doesn't want kids riding on the "edge of risk."
Christian, Mohr's ten-year-old son, made the cut for the team, "Of course he came into the sport because of my activities," says Mohr. "He won the last race in the 2010 series, and placed third overall in the kid's championship. Our team member Raffael won that class, winning two of three races."
In the kids mini division rider Christopher Gnan, the youngest team member at eight-years old, clinched the title after a particularly hotly contested last race. Before the last race Gnan was in fourth place for the championship. "He fought hard, like a seasoned adult racer and he won the race and the mini class championship," says Mohr. Max and Moritz are 13 and 14 respectively, and they are the team's strongest and oldest riders according to Mohr, and in 2011 they will both compete in the Hessen Motocross Cup, in the adult class. "As our ultra strong young racers they are ready to beat the sports class riders, and they should be ready to enter the professional class in about two years," adds the quad racing Yoda. For Mohr and his team it's always fast and steady, one step at a time. Find K&N products for your vehicle using the K&N application search then use the K&N dealer search to find a K&N dealer in your part of the world. |
