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Rides: 2007 LTR450 Started Riding: 4 years old Started Racing: Age 16 Lives: Lakeside, CA Birthdate: 11/12/86 Age: 20 Toughest Competitor: Mark Rhodes Toughest Person to be Around After a Race: Mark Rhodes For Fun: River, Desert, Dunes Favorite ATV Video: Check it out! Best Boy Band: 98 Degrees Status: Single Favorite Soup: El Pollo Loco Tortilla Soup Enjoys: Long Walks on the Beach, baths for two and Tickle Fights When Not Racing: D&D

Ain't never seen a tractor I didn't like

Having worked in Alba's performance department for about a year and apprenticing with chief engine builder Sam Coe for another year, Mike Sorchy knows a thing or two about performance. He even comes from a background of racers - his Dad being a 2-time drag boat racer. It's no wonder Sorchy swept the field in the first race he ever entered, the 2003 Lake Elsinore grand prix. He decided to race it because it just looked like fun and didn't even realize that he had won, until he checked the leader board after the race. He thought he had done fairly well and was stoked to learn that he indeed won - his first race ever. After that first win, he was hooked. When he started racing back in 2003, he wasn't new to riding quads. Mike's been riding quads since he was 4 and remembers the good times he had on his ATC 70. Once he outgrew that, he jumped on to a 1986 Honda 250 R. That is when he really found out that he had a certain knack for mechanical things and realized that he could easily get more power out of his quad by tweaking it. This eventually lead to his working at Alba's performance department. Soon after Mike started working at Alba, he started racing for the team. One of his first opportunities was the Opening round for the Yamaha Dealer Series at Glen Helen. Alba's amateur MX team was poised to challenge for the championship and needed the help of a few good quad racers, so Mike stepped up. During the opening practice rounds, Mike came up short on a triple and busted his leg. Unfortunately Mike was taken out for half the season - ruining his chances to really challenge for ITP Intermediate championship. Even though he missed half the season, he ended up having strong runs, even winning two events, in the ITP races he was able to enter. Many people don't realize, but in addition to being a racer and a mechanic, Mike is a Level 7 dungeon master trained with a jo -stick and advanced defensive spell casting. In 2005 Mike's "Lords of Acropolis " received "Honorable Mention" in the North America Dungeon Challenge. Swift and skilled execution of a flying circle dream cast won Mike the title of Best Defensive Spell against rapid replicating hellspawn. Mike is an all around quad racer now. He's raced Grand Prix, Motocross, the Dunefest Enduro and even raced a couple Desert Races including the San Felipe 250. Doesn't matter what, he just likes to ride. Provided he can stay injury free for 2007, he plans to race the complete ITP Intermediate line up and hopes to contend for the championship.