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ATHLETE PROFILE: MOTOCROSS RIDER JR CEPEDA

Reigning two time Guam motocross champion #1 JR Cepeda dominated the fourth round of the fifteen round championship series

Reigning two-time Guam motocross champion #1 JR Cepeda dominated the fourth round of the fifteen round championship series heading into Smokin’ Wheels. (courtesy photo)

Sixteen-year-old JR Cepeda is a junior at Notre Dame High School in Talofofo and the reigning two-time Monster Energy Guam Motocross Champion in both the premier Open Motorcycles class but also in the 250cc class.

Cepeda has been racing in the annual Guam Smokin Wheels since he was four-years-old and has won in multiple classes and is currently the defending Guam Smokin Wheels Monster Energy Motocross and two-hour Motorcycle Endurance champion.

Supported by Johnstone Supplies and the Flip Flop Shop, JR will be aboard the #1 Cycles Plus Kawasaki Kxf250. With mechanic Al Kilgore and his father James Sr,. JR has been dominating the Open Motorcycle class in the Monster Energy Guam Motocross Championships.

Catch the young riding star at the 2014 Smokin’ Wheels on April 12-13 at the Guam International Raceway Park.

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