The problem was that I didn’t have any money to pay to go the track. Riding on the street lost a lot of appeal for me at that point. Naturally, they all started doing track days so I did too and I was immediately hooked. The roads here in San Diego are so nice for riding… and we treated the local mountain like our personal race track. Melissa: When I first started riding I was hanging out with a group of friends who did a lot of canyon riding. IM: When and how did you decide to begin your racing journey? Melissa: My very first motorcycle was an old Kawasaki Ninja 250… after about two months on that I bought a really beat up old Yamaha FZR 600. Learning was really scary for me… I felt really intimidated but at the same time, it was like, the best thing I’d ever done…. We ended up dating and I decided to learn to ride. I asked him to take me for a ride and it totally scared me. Melissa: When I was in college there was a guy in my dorm who rode a sportbike. IM: When was the first time you ever rode a motorcycle? How did it feel? We asked her a few questions regarding her racing career and personal life and here is what Melissa Paris told us. We got the opportunity to do a quick interview with Melissa Paris. Melissa’s husband, Josh Hayes, who is also the four-time AMA Superbike Champion currently races for Melissa Paris’s MP13 Racing Team. A year later, in 2017 Melissa Paris founded MP13 Racing Team. In 2016, she became a member of the first all-girl team which qualified and competed in the Bol D’OR 24 hour and Lemans 21 hour. That year, she achieved first place in 24 Hours of Barcelona and took part in Wera West Superbike Championship and MotoAmerica Supersport. Melissa’s racing career started growing even more in 2015.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |