My name is Adam Mennenga and I am 23 years old. I have lived and competed in Texas my entire life. I got my first motorcycle at the age of eight and I was hooked. My Dad had a track built at our house and I practiced every day and raced at my home town track, Waco Eagles MX Park on the weekends.

In 1995, at the age of 10, I qualified for my first national at Loretta Lynn's. The day after the qualifier, my Dad sold his motorcycle, bought me two brand new bikes and we got serious about racing. I finished 5th at Loretta's that year and was lucky enough to get picked up as a Team Green rider. Each year, I continued to improve and stayed with Team Green until 1999. During my four years as a Team Green rider, I won 16 championships.

In early 2000, my parents divorced and no longer had the money to support my racing career. I was forced to try to make it on my own and it was a huge reality check for me. I was having a hard time emotionally and I began to lose my edge and my spirit.

I was just about to give up on racing when one day, while I was practicing, a man came up to me, he complimented me on my riding and asked me if I would be willing to work with his boys. Not only was the money appealing, but the opportunity to work with kids was too, I graciously said yes. Before I knew it, I had people calling me every day wanting lessons. I was happier than I had been in a long time. For the next few years, I continued to give lessons and raced as much as I could.

In 2001, I was offered a ride to compete in the Supercross Series for the Plano Honda team. Unfortunately, that year was the end of the road for Plano Honda due to undisclosed reasons.

In 2002, I had no choice but to race as a true privateer. In the second round, I broke my arm which put me out for the remainder of the Supercross season.

In 2003, I once again decided to race the Supercross series on my own and boy was that hard. I was on the road seven days a week, going from race to race, in a truck and trailer and before I knew it, I was out of money and not doing as well as I knew I could so I headed back home to Texas.

When the 2004 season came around, I decided to take a break from Supercross. I was giving daily lessons to several kids, racing some local races and just enjoying being on the bike. A few rounds into the 2004 Supercross season, Team Samsung/Radio Shack asked me to fill in for an injured rider for the remainder of the Supercross series, it was an offer that I couldn't pass up. I ended up with 4 top 20 finishes with a 16th being my best.

In September 2004, I married my wife Meagan. Meagan and I met at the races when she was 11 and I was 13, she lived in Oklahoma and I lived in Texas. Our relationship was a summer affair, it began every year at the Lake Whitney Spring National and ended each year at Loretta's with her heading back to Oklahoma and me to Texas. Meagan also grew up at the track, attending her first moto-x race at just 3 weeks old. Her Grandparents owned Central Oklahoma Raceways in Oklahoma City and that is where her Mom and Dad met. When her brother was old enough to start racing, her Dad sold his bikes, quit racing and focused on Ryan. Meagan loves moto-x and after many years of dating off and on, I realized I better marry her before she got away.

In 2005, my brother-in-law Ryan and I were approached by a business owner in Tyler, Texas that wanted to put a race team together for the upcoming Supercross and Outdoor Series. That's when West Coast Resources Racing was born, or so we thought. After a few rounds we began to notice that this guy might not be the real deal, he was running low on funds, but before we realized it, he bailed, leaving us high and dry to once again try and finish the season on our own. Ryan and I made the decision to race as many rounds as our wallets would allow and we hit the highway. During practice one day, Ryan got hurt and was expected to be out for a minimum of six months. I couldn't afford to do all the traveling on my own, so once again it was the end of a season for me, but the beginning of something much better.

I decided that things happen for a reason and I just had to have faith that I would end up where I was supposed to be. After much soul searching, I decided to get back to what made me the happiest, giving lessons. I made up some fliers, made some phone calls and within a week I had 15 private lessons lined up and 2 moto-x schools. Since then, things have just taken off for me. I currently give lessons to riders from 3 years to 60 years old, from beginners to intermediate. Some kids I work with on a weekly basis and some I only see at one of the moto-x schools I have. So weather you are planning on competing at a local or national level or just want to learn how to ride and take care of your motorcycle, I can help.