JOGGINS - The higher Damon Burbine soared through the air on his 50 cc motocross bike, the higher his reputation soared among the 1,500 racers who competed at the Walton TransCan National Motocross Championships last week in Walton, Ont.
The six-year old from Joggins, N.S., came home from the national competition ranked fourth in Canada and, in the process, earned the respect of the motocross community.
"He did really good," his dad Jason said. "In each race he was in second by a long shot but crashed and ended up in fourth.
"He crashed towards the end of each race and didn't have time to catch up."
Burbine race last Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and one reason he crashed was because he was riding a junior bike, while his competition rode senior bikes.
"The ruts were bad for his bike. They were really deep," Jason said. "The senior bike has lot bigger suspension, they have bigger wheels and they're longer.
"It's the same size motor but because they have a lot more suspension it goes through the ruts really easy compared to the one he's driving."
Jason knew going into the nationals that Damon should have a senior bike, "But I didn't want to switch him because he was so comfortable on his junior bike," he said.
