Valencia, Spain

Well, I just got back from the RedBull Rookie Cup Selection a few weeks ago and everything went real well. We had a hard time getting around but over all was deffintly worth it. We flew into Madrid and got there at around 8:00 a.m. their time. We tried to rent a car and they wouldnt let us (dont know why), so we had to get a train from there to Valencia. The train ride was kind of cool. Theres alot to see in the desert! When we got there we had to find our motel (side note: make sure you have the right street name! Our motel was on Valle de Aoyora and the road on Map Quest was Calle de Aoyora, which is on the other side of town in the deep ghettos!!!) So after looking for the 4 star motel in Ghettoville, Valencia, we finally got a cab to take us there, which is hard also because they dont understand English. The motel area was alot nicer and had some real cool stuff there. There was a huge statue of a head known as, by the Americans, "The Mickey Mouse". So we checked into our motel, the one on the bottom left of the building, got a shower in the weirdest bathrooms ever(one with a butt washer by the toilet), rode the underground metro to a McDonalds by the train station we started at and went back to go to sleep. The next morning, we thought we would take a train to the stop thats right beside the track. Another big mistake in our long list, yea i got a list. Noone told us that the train didnt stop there until after we had paid for a ticket and got on the it. So we get off at the stop before thinking it wont be that long of a walk to the track which was another big mistake(I told you I had a list!!) So after an about 5 mile walk of wondering if the road even went to the track, we ended up making it there, FINALLY!!!! We showed up right at the beginning of the second group. We watched all day, routing on the "Americanos" and left. We got a ride with Tyler Odem who was from California and was staying in the sme building but different motel (his was on top of ours). So we got up the next morning ready to go. We met Tyler and his mom outside so they could give us a ride to the track. Yea, theres no way we were trying the train again! We decided to stop and eat on the way there. Eggs, bacon, and orange juice. The eggs just plain sucked, the bacon was uncooked, but the orange juice rocked! It was accually orange juice with the seeds and all. So after the veryodd breakfast, we go to the track. With the Americans pretty much all in the same group, Cameron, JD and me must have shined the most because we were the three who made it to the afternoon session. We all three made it to the Wednesday session. JD and me rode the first group and and Cameron the last. So me and my dad got a ride with JD and Norm (the Bostrom brothers manager) to the train station. We caught a train back to Madrid and took the plane from there to Chicago and then back home, Chattanooga, TN. We waited about a week for the good news. At the bottom is a list of the twenty kids who made it. Notice the three at the bottom!

Lukas SEMBERA Czech Republic
Johann ZARCO France
Cyril CARRILLO France
Lucy GLOECKNER Germany
Markus REITERBERGER Germany
Christoph SCHOENBERGER Germany
Peter SEBESTYÉN Hungary
Lorenzo SAVADORI Italy
Sturla Borch FAGERHAUG Norway
Javier CHOLBI Spain
Johnny ROSELL Spain
Cristian TRABALON Spain
Robert GULL Sweden
Adam BLACKLOCK United Kingdom
Matthew HOYLE United Kingdom
Stuart MITCHELL United Kingdom
Jamie Charles MOSSEY United Kingdom
JD BEACH United States of America
CAMERON BEAUBIER United States of America
KRIS TURNER United States of America