Andrew Short

Andrew Short won his first career 450 supercross win in Seattle,
Washington. Short, who's from Smithville, Texas, has been racing in the
Supercross Class for nearly six years and hasn’t been able to win. It is really hard to win in the supercross class because it is the fastest 20 riders in the world.

Short turned pro in 2000, and by 2001 he had earned a ride with the Motoworld
Racing Suzuki support team. The first three years of his pro career
were not that good for him. But being the hard worker that he is Andrew started earning top twenty results, and in 2002  achieved twelfth overall in the West Coast Supercross Lites class. And fifteenth overall in the MX Lites class.

Andrew’s career soon turned into injury when he  ran into another rider's rear wheel as several riders knocked each other off as they were rolling down the start strait.  Andrew high sided
and the momentum of his body threw him over the bars and then he got
ran over by another rider. He visited the Medical unit and determined that his
shoulder dislocation was unlikely but the pain was too much to continue
racing for the night. Then later he wrecked and had to have surgery on both elbows. He also has a broken wrist and will have to have a cast, which will make him miss some
races.

Andrew short is a great rider in my opinion and he has a bright future ahead of him. He has earned one of the most prestigious awards in motocross racing. Now his next goal is the AMA fim world championship. He is a role model to me and I hope one day I can be as good as him!