What happens when a man who loves racing doesn’t love to actually race? Spurred on by a friendly challenge, our man Matthes (762) lined up at the 2022 Dubya USA World Vet Championships to find out

WORDS: STEVE MATTHES
PHOTOS: Michael Lindsay & MARK RIKER

I used to be pretty fast on a dirt bike. Seriously, at one point I scored points in a Canadian National. I also won an amateur motocross national championship up there, and I won pro motos in Manitoba. I actually raced for 18 years, pretty much every weekend in the spring, summer, and fall. From age 6 until I was 23, racing motocross was my life.

But that was a long time ago.

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