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Alex Woskob Rookie Pro-Am ATV Motocross Racer

Ft. Worth, TX (3/3/2014) - There was a new face in the Open Expert Class that lined up at the TQRA Motocross Racing Season opener on February 23rd. That racer, Alex Woskob, would immediately have people talking as he would grab the Moto one holeshot and the moto win in his first ever ATV motocross race.

It was not apparent at all that Alex Woskob just hopped on an ATV for the first time just a month prior. Impressively, Woskob would earn fourh overall in his first ever ATV race! even after snapping his chain in the second moto, which kept him off the podium.

Alex Woskob did go on to finish on the Pro-Am Podium in the second spot with a 3-2 finish behind Thomas Brown.

Woskob grew up racing dirt bikes, but wanted to try out ATV racing after former Pro ATV Motocross Champion, John Natalie, gave him a call and asked him if wanted to race an ATV.

We had a chance to interview Alex Woskob after his impressive showing at the TQRA opener.

ATVriders.com: Alex, prior to racing quads this year, you raced motorcycles?
Alex Woskob: Yeah I started racing dirtbikes when I was nine years old, and when the economy dropped and everything, I quit racing. I haven’t raced a dirt bike for five years and one day about a month ago John Natalie called me up. He said he was starting a riding school, and he thought I might have what it takes to jump on a quad and maybe take over. I asked what I needed to do and he said he was in Texas right now training and I got two quads I could loan you for the year and come see what you’re made of. It’s been going really well, I have my first race coming up for the first National in the third week of March and I’m really excited to see how it goes.

Alex Woskob will be racing on a John Natalie Experience Honda 450R in the Pro-Am Class at the ATV Motocross Nationals

ATVriders.com: And for you, you’re just jumping on the quad and going straight for Pro-Am. You’ve got the speed from what John has told me?
Alex Woskob: I mean I’m getting faster and faster every day. I’m starting to dial in the quad for sure. But it’s very new for me and I think today is like the third week I’ve been riding a quad now but with John being as good of a trainer as he is and pushing me everyday and doing long motos I’m really starting to get my endurance up, I think it’s going really well.

Alex Woskob grabbing the holeshot at the TQRA Racing Series Season Opener

ATVriders.com: How much fun, or how much of a difference is it when you’re racing quads versus motorcycles?
Alex Woskob: These quads, they are definitely a ton of fun, but they beat you up! You see a bumpy section on a dirt bike and you can just kind of glide right over them with all of the travel and having only two tires to deal with and the quads kind of toss you side-to-side. Me being a bigger guy, I think it definitely helps me out.

Although Alex Woskob is new to riding an ATV, he looks very comfortable on the track!

ATVriders.com: You’re going to be down here training with Natalie up until the first round?
Alex Woskob: That’s correct. I’m going to be down here training with John all season long and we only live about ten minutes from each other back home in Warrior’s Mark, PA. It’s really beneficial and will allow us to keep training together.

Alex Woskob is the wild card name to look for in the 2014 ATV motocross racing season