Age: 16. Current home: Riverside, California. Current height/weight: 5’7”/125 pounds. Current school/grade: Martin Luther King High School/10th. Began riding at age: 3 years. First road race: 2008, Auto Club Speedway, California, SCminiGP, 50cc Light, 10th. Current racebike: Yamaha YZF-R6. Tuners/mechanics: Carry Andrew, Steven Anderson (dad). Races/series now competing in: AMA Pro SuperSport. Sponsors: Yamaha Champions Riding School, Hypercycle, Yoshimura, Malcolm Smith Motorsports, Vortex, Hinson, Dunlop, GoPro, M&M Collision Center. Racing accomplishments (so far): 2012 season, won WERA C Superstock Expert Sportsman National Championship; won WERA West B Superstock, B Superbike and C Superbike Championships (8 wins and 24 podiums with WERA); finished 2nd in AMA Sports SuperSport 600cc and SuperBike 600cc Expert National Championship run-offs. 2013 racing goals: Win the AMA Pro SuperSport West Championship, get wild card ride opportunity in Europe. Racing career goals: Race in AMA Pro, then MotoGP, then come back to AMA Pro, retire, start my own race team. Racing heroes: Ryan Dungey, Ricky Carmichael. Favorite track: Barber. Hobbies: Snowboarding, mountain biking. Training methods: Mountain biking, gym workouts. If I wasn’t racing I would be: Studying to be a mechanical engineer.
YOUNG GUN PROFILE: Daytona Anderson
YOUNG GUN PROFILE: Daytona Anderson
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