Not many 12 year olds can say that they have truly cheated death. Even fewer can say that they had to have their heads extracted from a fence after a near 100mph collision with a tire barrier. Peter Lenz is one of the few and certainly one of the brave kids to have endured such a traumatic experience yet to recover and come back with a greater love and a deeper appreciation for the sport that nearly ended his life. [..]

The son of a former club racer, it was almost a given that little Benny Solis Jr. would eventually want to take after his father and test his mettle on the asphalt. By the time he had turned 10, Benny had, had enough of sitting in the stands watching his dad race and through persistence had finally managed to talk his dad into letting him ride on a Honda NSR 50. His first few rides and races on the NSR had provided a slew of last place finishes. [..]

After an impressive two seasons in the Red Bull Rookies Cup, the soon to be seventeen-year-old was given the dream opportunity to enter the 125cc World Championship with the Red Bull KTM factory team. Pairing up alongside young rising star Marc Marquez, Cameron had a challenging road ahead of him. On top of all the new pressures of racing in the premier championship against the best riders in the world, Cameron also had the added pressure of being the only American in the sub categories of MotoGP. [..]