Kyrah Bruin

Sport: ATV Motocross
Team: Bright’s Racing
Player position on field: Ladies Class #22
Date of Birth: October 18th 1987
Place of birth: Wallaceburg, Ontario
Hometown: Wallaceburg, Ontario
Current Residence: Petrolia, Ontario
# of years with the team: Off season leading into the second full season

Kyrah began Motocross racing at an age of 21. It was Ryan Bright, her boyfriend who encouraged her into taking up racing as a career option. He has been teaching her throughout the year and has always been there for her with a positive influence that he carries being a professional racer and also the president and founder of Bright’s Racing. It was beginning to race in the first place that Kyrah considers as one of her top achievements since it was a lot harder than she expected.  She considers the experience she gains by continuously getting the opportunity to race, learn and meet other professionals as the most valuable and exciting part of her career.  She has gained a higher level of comfort in riding and noticeable improvement with each progress that she has made throughout her first year in racing. This motivates and pushes her to keep improving results in better finishes.

Next season Kyrah will be moving up to the Ladies Pro class and will be on a new KTM 450SX for the 2010 race season. Her team Bright’s Racing was formed in the small town of Petrolia Ontario Canada and is a new, young and privateer ATV race team. They have both male and female riders competing in open automatic, ladies, junior, intermediate, pro am and pro ATV classes. The main focus of ATV racing team is motocross but it also has riders competing in cross country and obstacross.

This is the link to their series website– www.cmrcatv.com

This is the link to the teams website– www.brightsracing.com

and, this is the link to her team’s facebook page– http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=510018056

“The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible”

Her education includes Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Bachelor of Arts in Childhood & Social Institutions from University of Western Ontario where she graduated in April 2009. When she is not training or actively participating in the sport, she spends most of the time with her Boyfriend, friends and family. She also likes to work out, besides volunteering and working for her team and social causes. Her other interests include Modeling, which is something she already does and would also like to pursue alongside racing in the future. Her advice to youngsters or children starting out racing and aspiring to reach higher levels of skills is “Don’t expect or think you’re going to be the best as soon as you start. It takes time, so practice, practice, practice.”

“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement”

Here is a list of her vehicle, equipment and gear:

• Kyrah races a KTM ATV
• wears Extreme race wear and helmets
• uses Podolinsky Equipment Ltd for the use of their trailer
• wears Bright’s Racing and Lifeline clothing
• uses products from Polk Industries for graphic kits
• wears Athena Gear for under garments
• uses Motovan for gear, parts, accessories

Kyrah’s top achievements and recent results in chronological order:

• Ranked sixth in the Amateur Nationals in 2008 after racing only five races
• Lead a race in first place
• Ten out of eighteen top five finishes for 2009
• Received a holeshot award
• Ranked fourth in Canada Cup Nationals 2009
• Ranked fifth in CMRC ATV Provincial series 2009