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Road Racing Team Triumphs Over Tragedy TOBC racing’s Taylor Knapp races the 1000 Superstock class at Virginia International Raceway. mother were willing to pour so much into ROAD RACING TEAM the sport. His mother came to every race and TRIUMPHS OVER TRAGEDY cooked three meals a day for the entire TOBC Racing Growing Amateur, Pro Programs By Heather Wilson team, sometimes for as many as 25 people. She shared his passion for the Jon Couch of Alexandria, Va., T-28 Warbird plane to Virginia people involved in the sport and worked started road racing in 2010, arriving International Raceway. His mother hard to give back to it. at the track with just a pickup truck was with him. The plane crashed and trailer. He raced the Novice as it approached the track. There AM: What did you do to keep the team Dan Crawford Lightweight class in the WERA were no survivors. The road together after Jon’s passing? series, winning that year. Couch racing community was shaken. ML: It is gut wrenching to lose a partner, was hooked, and came back for The TOBC racing team was and the thought of losing him and his more the following season. devastated. beautiful legacy not continuing was too That’s when he introduced One of the worst things much to bear. Michelle Lindsay Michelle Lindsay to the racing about the accident was how I looked at team manager Scott Harwell world. Lindsay found out about it—through social at the WERA finals as we were looking out “One of our first dates in 2011 was at media. over the paddock and said, “If I can figure Virginia International Raceway for one of “I saw on Facebook that registration out a way to do this, are you on board?” Jon’s races,” Lindsay says. “I fell in love for the event was closed because a plane He looked at me like I was crazy, but said, with being at the races immediately. I had just crashed at VIR,” she said. “I knew “Sure.” loved what road racing embodied.” immediately that it was his plane.” There were a lot of people involved Racing out of a truck and trailer evolved Despite this horrific event, Lindsay said with the team that Jon employed full-time. into a Freightliner, then a NASCAR trailer she knew she wasn’t ready to lose her I knew I couldn’t keep everyone. But and another Freightliner team truck. There track family or Couch’s legacy. She shared with Scott having a family that Jon and was a team of mechanics, crew chiefs with us her journey over the past year: I had become close with, and knowing and riders. Lindsay went from being Jon’s how amazing he is at what he does with girlfriend to his fiancée to the team’s AMERICAN MOTORCYCLIST: What inspired managing the team and achieving results, public relations director. Jon to start a team? it was scary to think of having no plan in “So many people were involved in MICHELLE LINDSAY: It started with place to continue. It broke my heart. growing this team,” Lindsay says. “It is Jon chasing his own riding career A family had developed and an amazing something we did together, and I was a and developed into him forming an camaraderie that was too magical to part of that crazy evolution from a pickup endurance team in 2011, then at times lose. I just felt like I needed to find a way truck to the team we have now.” several endurance teams. It turned into to keep food on Scott’s table and the In early September 2014, Couch had the introduction of some of the younger flags flying in the paddock. We wanted to just qualified to move up to pro Superbike, developmental riders to the AMA Pro continue with the team having such a solid which was a large accomplishment for Racing series and then owning a full team. foundation, strong presence, brand and only having raced a few years. Jon was an amazing man. He was reputation. Soon after, though, everything fell apart. extremely passionate about, and gave a Jon felt free and alive while he was On Sept. 19, 2014, Couch was flying lot back to, the sport. He believed in and racing, and loved being at the races, and his personal vintage Naval air trainer wanted to elevate the sport. He and his being surrounded by the individuals at the 22 AmericanMotorcyclist.com 22 “Making the team like a family made the team more successful in a shorter period of time … When you put enough people together with sort of a common value, I think great things happen.” and advice. That is one of the things I love about road racing, everyone wants to see —Jon Couch, TOBC racing 2013 video by ZfH Productions the sport grow and succeed. Of course there’s competition and track more than anything. I know in my “dream team,” the 13 or so people it took rivalry. It’s racing. But I am coming at it heart it is what Jon would’ve wanted. to achieve the win were all integral. We from a very different perspective than Initially, it looked very bleak regarding have been through a lot and work together most team owners. I’m not funding my any opportunity to purchase the so organically. The win was incredibly own racing career. I’m not racing to infrastructure. I spent the entire off-season emotional for all of us. It felt amazing to promote a product I’m selling. I have in contract negotiations and trying to be able to win such a prestigious race in another full-time job. My reason for being raise or borrow enough money to make it Jon’s and his mother, Fran’s, honor. at the track is to continue the legacy of happen. I was finally able to purchase the Jon and TOBC racing. team in February 2015. AM: Who are some of your riders? ML: In 2014, we hosted Curtis Murray, Nick AM: What are your goals for your team? AM: What are some of the McFadden, CJ Crosslin, and Hayden Gillim ML: The amazing sport of road racing, accomplishments that you are proud of racing the Supersport class. It was a great the lifelong friends made and the racing since taking over the team? year for TOBC racing winning a Supersport community as a whole are easy to be ML: Just getting to the first club level Championship. This year in the MotoAmerica passionate about. I hope to continue on event a few days after becoming a team series, Taylor Knapp partnered with us to race with the same mission, vision, values and owner felt like an accomplishment. It the 1000 Superstock class and Gabe Miller run it to as close to the way Jon would was a really rewarding experience for so partnered with us for the new KTM RC 390 want it run—to continue growing and many individuals to come up to us and Cup class. giving back to the sport. thank us for continuing the team. I think it I think the industry has gained respect symbolized a lot to the race community, AM: What’s it like being a female team for the TOBC racing team over the years, much of what road racing embodies: owner among all the guys? Do you get after winning two national endurance titles heart, perseverance, passion, love, any pushback? and an AMA Supersport Championship fortitude, commitment and discipline. ML: I am happy to say that it hasn’t been with Hayden Gillim. This year, winning The most notable of memories is a factor. I am coming at this with my eyes the Daytona 200 gave me a new sense of definitely having the privilege of racing wide open. Some veterans in the industry hope that we could still remain a viable and winning the Daytona 200. We were have been surprisingly approachable and force in the road racing industry. able to secure a sponsor and Danny extremely helpful this year. They have Eslick days before the race. It was great to gotten onboard with our mission and have For more information on the team, see have the entire team together. I call it the been an amazing springboard for ideas www.tobcracing.com. Get more out of your American Motorcyclist Association Save on rentals membership. Book a rental with Budget and mention BCD # Z942000 to save up to 20% on every rental. Plus, with your use coupon # UUGZ039 and get a FREE single upgrade. AMA membership. Terms and Conditions: Coupon # UUGZ036 is valid for a one-time, one-car-group upgrade on an intermediate (Group C) through full-size, four-door (group E) car. Maximum upgrade to premium (group G). Offer valid on daily, weekend, weekly, and monthly rates only. 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