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6:26.
NEW THIS MORNING.
A SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY MOTOCROSS
RIDER DIRT BIKE RACER IS MAKING
A NAME FOR HIMSELF.
HE HAS WON CHAMPIONSHIPS AND
HE'S LINING UP SPONSORS.
HE'S 7 YEARS OLD.
THIS IS WHAT MASON TUCKER LOVES
TO DO, MAYBE BORN TO DO.
GET ON THE MOTORCYCLE AND HIT
THE DIRT TRACK.
IT'S HIS DREAM AND PASSION.
THE DAD, DARREN, NOTICED
SOMETHING AT A YOUNG AGE.
HE WAS RIDING A BIKE AT 2 AND
RACING AT RIPE OLD AGE OF 4.
WE BOUGHT HIM A TINY YAMAHA
AND HE TOOK TO IT RIGHT AWAY.
NOT ONLY DID HE START RACING,
HE STARTED TO WIN.
WHAT HE'S THINKING ABOUT AT THE
STARTING LINE, THE ANSWER IS
SIMPLE.
I FEEL LIKE WINNING.
HE'S A VETERAN RACER AT AGE 7
TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
THE WORLD TO RACE AND COLLECTING
TROPHIES THAT ARE BIGGER THAN HE
IS.
WE DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING.
HE STARTED TO WIN LOCALLY AND WE
GO FARTHER TO FIND FAST KIDS AND
WE FOUND OUT ABOUT A NATIONAL
CIRCUIT.
WE GOT INVOLVED IN THAT.
HE KNOWS WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO
WHEN THE GUN GOES OFF.
I LIKE THAT YOU CAN PASS
PEOPLE IN THE FIRST TURN AND YOU
CAN GET UP FRONT RIGHT AWAY.
YOU KEEP WINNING.
AND WINNING NEEDS SPONSORS
EVEN WHEN YOU ARE 7.
EVERYTHING FROM THE MOTORCYCLE
TO THE GEAR.
HE WANTS TO BE A PRO RIDER SOME
DAY.
A YOUNG MAN WHO MAY HAVE FOUND
HIS LIFE'S PASSION.
EVERY MORNING HE WAKES UP, HE
SAYS, WHERE ARE WE RIDING TODAY,
DAD.
WE RAN OUT OF GAS, THAT WOULD
PROBABLY BE THE WORST DAY.
DON'T RUN OUT OF GAS.
MASON WILL TRAVEL TO AUSTRALIA
TO RAISE IN THEIR RACES.
THEY ARE PAYING FOR THE TRIP TO
SHIP HIS MOTORCYCLE.
AT AGE 7, HE HAS MOTORCYCLE
SPONSORS.
THE GOGGLES AND THE TIRES.
THEY SEE A KID WHO IS WINNING.
THEY PUT THEIR STUFF ON IT.
NO FEAR FOR THAT GUY.
I NEED TO DO THIS, GET IN
THIS POSITION.