Name: Cory Texter
Birthday: August 18
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 125lbs
Hometown: Willow Street, PA
Family: Randy Texter (Father), Kim Mitch (Mother), Shayna Texter
(Sister), Hunter Mitch (Brother), Keeley Mitch (Sister)
Hobbies: Trail-riding, Training, Playing Ping-Pong, and hanging out with friends
Year Started Riding: 1991
Year Started Racing: 2003
Favorite Track: I like 99% of them
Least Favorite Track: Daytona Stadium
Favorite Restaurant: Olive Garden
Favorite Food: Pasta
Favorite Beverage: Cytomax or Water
Favorite Music: Anything that sounds good
Career Highlight: Stay tuned
Racing Heroes: Ricky Graham, Scott Parker, Chris Carr, Kevin Varnes,
Glenn Fitzcharles (Grandfather) and Randy Texter (Father)
The best advice for a younger racer coming up: Never give up. Train hard and always keep your mind open to advice. Outsmart your competitors and learn every race you go to.

Past Amateur Accomplishments: 2003-2007
2-Time AMA Amateur National Grand Champion
3-Time AMA Winter National Amateur Champion
5-Time Northeast Amateur National Champion
1-Time South Central Amateur National Champion
7-Time District 6 Champion
5-Time District 7 Champion
9-Time Path Valley Speedway Champion

32 Championships in 5 years!

Cory started riding motorcycles when he was about 4 years old. It was hard for him to start racing because his dad was still competing regularly at a professional level. A few times a year, they would make it to some of the local races. In 2003, Randy and Cory decided to start competiting at the local level. They purchased a new CRF 450 with the initial intentention of doing it as a "hobby".
 
In 2003, Cory got faster at every race he attended, in which he competed in the amateur local "B" division. Competing at the many local racetracks, Cory's natural talent was brought to the forefront and enabled him to do quite well.

When 2004 rolled around, Randy wanted to take Cory to Daytona to see how he would fair against some of the best in the business. Cory was able to hold his own with a couple of good finishes. In just his second full year of racing, his dad decided it was time for him to compete at the Amateur Grand Nationals in Springfield, Illinois that year. Cory had some impressive finishes before breaking his wrist on the TT event that year. Cory toughed it out and finished the series with a broken wrist. He came home, where his wrist was casted. A week later he was out racing, cast on arm, dominating the local "B" class. Cory won a bunch of District 6 and District 7 Championships that year in the amateur divison, but he was ready for the next challenge.
 
For the 2005 season, Randy and Cory felt it was time for him to jump into the local expert divison and also to compete once again at the Amateur Grand Nationals in Springfield, Illinois. Cory started turning heads as he was up front at every local expert race he contended, racing some of the east coast's top-ranked professionals. Racing at this high level of competition helped him get ready for competition at the amateur nationals. Right before the amateur nationals, Cory was diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Even with this being in a debilitating stage of the disease and before treatments kicked in, it didn't stop Cory. At Springfield a couple weeks later, he won two overall grand national championships with 8 podium finishes total. He also won the District 6 and 7 Open Expert championship, his first year as an local expert! Yet again, he wanted more.
 
The Pro-Sport ranks were next for Cory in 2006. At this time, he felt he could compete at the next level with the top ranked pro-sports in the country. He had a couple podium finishes in the AMA National Hot Shoe Series and finished the series as the country's 6th ranked pro-sport in spite of missing 2 out of the 10 race series due to a sickness. Cory also found time in his first year as a professional to win another District 6 Expert championship. In 2007, he was ready for an even bigger challenge. He now knew what he wanted to do with his career. He wanted to be a professional motorcycle racer.
 
2007 came around and Cory was ready for his Pro Expert debut! At his very first AMA National Hot Shoe race in Savannah, Georgia, Cory beat many of the professional national winners to make his first main event as a Pro Expert. He also jumped on a XR 750 for the first time and showed his ability of adapting to changes quickly. He showed he could hold his own against some of the best flattrackers the world had to offer. An injury set-back in Oklahoma, which required ankle surgery, caused Cory to miss 3 months during the busiest part of the race year. Returning to racing while enduring some pain, Cory showed he still had the speed and agility to run with the big boys at the highest level in the sport. At the last Junior 750 race of the year in Tucson Arizona, Cory finally came through and won his first Pro Expert final. He also podiumed at 3 additional races in this series in Maryland, Michigan, and New York.
 
For the 2008 season, Cory is ready to once again raise the bar. He is fully healed and has took his training to a new level. He is now ranked GNC Expert, which is the highest level for the AMA Pro Flattrack in the world. He will contend in the AMA Singles and AMA Twins series with many big goals in mind. He feels with his experience, consistency, and the confidence to impress, that the 2008 season will change his racing career! Ready...Set...Go...