by Bad Billy
Privateer Profile: Shane Durham
Thursday, June 9, 2011 | 1:00 PM
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Butler, PA’s Shane Durham helped us out earlier this week with testing the new 2012 Kawasaki KX450F at RedBud, and now the 20-year-old rider is switching gears in preparation for his first national of 2011 this weekend at High Point. The younger brother of Darryn Durham, Shane earned national number 83 for this season by only racing the last two nationals of 2010, and he’s this week’s featured privateer.
“After Loretta Lynn’s last year, I really had no idea what I was going to do next,” Shane recalls. “I was working for Chad Sanner at Eleven10Mods, and Chad told me if I wanted to ride Steel City, he’d help me out with a bike.”
High Point will be Shane's first national of 2011.
Photo: Andrew Fredrickson
So after riding his brother’s old Suzukis for much of last season, Shane hopped aboard a CRF250R and started preparing for the annual Labor Day event. In his first professional moto, he scored a 16th and earned five points.
“Chad was pretty happy with how I did at Steel City, so he then offered to help me out for Pala as well, so off we went to Southern California.”
Shane had some previous experience riding the newest track on the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross tour, so he felt confident racing the final national of the season at Pala. After almost holeshotting the first 250 Class moto, Shane settled in and went 17-19 for 20th overall on the day.
So while the industry shifted focus to AMA Supercross, Shane decided to sit out the indoor circuit because he didn’t have much supercross experience. It’s also difficult to find time to practice supercross here in the Northeast. “I just went to work full time at Eleven10Mods helping the crew tear down and rebuild engines.
Shane throwing it down while testing the new 2012 Kawasaki KX450F at RedBud.
Photo: Andrew Fredrickson
“I really enjoy working for Chad,” he adds. “I’ve learned so much about engines. I haven’t got to the point where I’m building them back up yet, but hopefully soon.”
During the long winter months he got the itch to race an arenacross event in Ohio, but unfortunately that resulted in a separated shoulder, sidelining him until the 2011 motocross season.
Due to lack of sponsorship dollars (Shane only has one bike to race and practice on at the moment), his first national of the season will be at High Point this weekend, where he’ll be aboard a Mosites Motorsports/Eleven10Mods Honda CRF250R.
“I love High Point,” Shane says. “We grew up racing there and it’s definitely one of my favorite tracks.”
Shane will be riding with the help of Mosites Motorsport and Eleven 10Mods this weekend.
Photo: Andrew Fredrickson
His goal for this weekend? “I want to be in the top fifteen. I know the track, I’ve been training hard and I feel I’ve been riding well, so that’s where I want to be.”
Judging from how he looked at the KX450F intro earlier this week at RedBud, it shouldn’t be a problem for Shane to meet his goal, so keep an eye on the number 83 this Saturday.
Shane would like to thank Mosites Motorsports, Eleven10Mods, PR2 Suspension, Answer Racing, VonZipper, Renegade Racing Fuels, FMF, Pro Taper, Bust Big Productions and Pants Saggin Dezign.
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Shane is cool but he needs to lose the pants saggin lid etc..that clothing line is weak and it doesnt even represent mx..what is a pant saggin?? sounds like a guy with a dump in his pants..or a street wigger.
Wish him the best. Just do not only the fans, but yourself a favor. Get rid of that god awful helmet. Sweet baby jesus is that thing nasty. PSaggin is the ghey'st so called "helmet painter" in the biz.
Sponsor, "Pants Saggin Dezign"?? pants on the ground, pants on the ground, can't get a job with your pants on the ground!
Go Shane, we'll be rootin for ya.
Damn, Shane, ignore the BS. Good luck in your races. Keep your head on straight and rip.
YOUR A CUN*
Him and his bro are sick, keep at it!
"MOTOMOM"-- put a di*k in ur big mouth , u must b hatin cuz ur loser kid gets smoked by the durham's-- hater !
Shane will be top 15 and Darryn will be top 10
They both deserve to be teams,It seems they cant get a break
Darryn should be on Pro Circuit,(WAKE UP MITCH !) Geico or Valli,
and Shane should have lil mookie's Suzuki City ride since he has been smokin lil stewy since before they both turned pro !!!!!!!!
Hopefully these cheap a*s factory teams will quit giving us the bullsh*t that the economy is affecting them and they cant have more riders or pay better money to the riders.. its a big fat lie-- i mean seriously wtf ?? 2012 kxf 450 is $8400 ..you bullsh*t factories have no problem charging us this much,, but then say u cant afford to pay riders,, total lie-- if the riders would boycott this stuff and stand up for themselves the manufactures would be forced cave in ,, but its not gna happen cuz all the teams know its every kid's dream to get on a factory team and factory bike in the big rig and they dont have to pay the kids sh*t !!
Screw that lose the big rigs and go back to boxf vans ..this isnt nascar !
that would free up more money for the riders and privateers!
and o ya "motomom" hope ur kid gets smoked again !!!!!!!!!!!!
wow eastcoast 880, you are a complete idiot. Clearly, you don't know what it costs to take a factory rider around the country every weekend to race. Also, for those who are complaining about his helmet and sponsors, I have an idea for you: you personally sponsor him out of your own pocket. Then, you can decide what he wears and looks like. Until then, go ride your XR80.
I think the helmet looks bad ass. Dang there are some haters on here. I watched this kid at high point before, and he was ripping. Actually I looked out for him and seen him ride there a few times, and like I said, RIPS!
DAK446-
YOU have no idea what ur talking about at all !
These manufacturers have drastically cut the pay of riders .unless your the top guys and even they have taken pay cuts.... why do you thing chad reed took a performance incentive bonus on himself, instead of salary,,its cuz they dont pay sh*t.. YOU COMPLETE IDIOT.
Top privateers dont make squat either bro, they could make more delivering pizza's at a freaking pizza hut then they would all year with racing.Most are barely able to make it from race to race.
I realize your a simple little bastard but here's a bit of info for ya. last year Kawaski Motor Corporation( that would be their motorcyle divison for slow people like you) posted a annual revenue in excess of $1.6 billion dollars with a B. So break it down with net profits /losses/expenses they companies are making HUGE money
SO like I said ditch the stupid rigs, this isnt nascar and go back to factory box vans would b an easy to cut cost right off the top. this system worked for years and would cut the cost on transporting riders bikes & accesories, the prices to get a rider from point a to point b or in our case from race to race arent that bad as you'd like to exaggerate them to be, some fly some drive , its not rocket science
Then these manufacturers can dig into their deep deep pockets from profits and huge sales each year on over priced and always increasing bike costand pay the riders and privateers what they should. Which would be more in line with what it was being paid in the late 90's and early to mid 2000's, Cuz now a days the salaries have fallin way back to that which they were in the early 80's , todays salatries area joke , but your a know it all and im sure you already have this all figured out you squid
ANYWHO----- GO GET EM DURHAM... and F the haters !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he rides for psd because the kid is doing everything out of his pocket, anything helps man
@bustbig...your probably right ..bcuz there is no reason that shane would want to associate with saggy panties except a bribe im mean sponsorship..lol..that stuff is turrible...
lol guess half of you people are jealous
id ride naked if i could ride half as fast as shane.
good luck this weekend.
For the love of God people. Stop typing 'your' when you mean 'you're!' Hard to get YOUR point across when YOU'RE an idiot! I love this sport, but sometimes...
You bunch of keyboard losers. Sucks when your a keyboard racer and you still get smoked. Shane is absolutely working his @$$ off and there's not another privateer who works harder than DArryn Durham. Like my boy EastCoast880 said, Fast privateers arent making squat. Guys like DArryn durham, Matt lemoine, Nico Izzi, arent making money even tho they're consistant top 5-7. Even guys like Gannon audette, Nick Snooky paluzzi are factory supported and arent making hardly anything. I'd wear a cowboy hat and ride in assless chaps if someone were to pay me. so shut up about the helmet. Truth is you guys want his helmet up your jealous booties. Put darryn on a Mitch made green demon and tell me he wont win races... He would. Get darryn on a rockstar Zook. It would have been nice to see Shane kill it on a 450