Jeff Andriakos:  

College i attended the school of hardknocks at wasamtta u !!! located here in sunny north carolina...lol on a more serious note after high school i lived w/ a girl i met who was a bit older than i. i worked for a customs broker at ohare w/ bruce mckee got involved in a real bad crowd and i moved here to charlotte north carolina in feb. 89'w/ my folks. in that year i dug ditches for about a year realizing i wasnt going to get far doing that i went to work for an electrical contractor i did that for about a year and a half. during that time i bought my first motorcycle an 89' ninja 750. in 88' i was living w/ bruce mckee and i saw my first moto gp on tv sat forward and told bruce i was going to do that one day. bruce said you've never rode in your life you'll get killed." bought the bike in june 89' spent every moment i could spare in the north carolina mountains. recieved my racing license in march of 90'. in 91' i met an owner of a race team called keystone and my motorcylce career began that season i worked as a mechanic trained by the owner who took a likeing to me as he had no kids of his own.. mario duhamel older brother of miguel was one of our riders, we became friends. i was able to spend time on the road w/ miguel duhamel got to know thier father ivan who was once a world champ, doug chandler who was also a gp rider, scott russell(93 world champ) dave sadowski, rob muzzy a close personal friend of the team owner. i was able to watch a sport grow the people behind it and all that went w/ it. still wanting to race i started a painting co. in a fast growing area of charlotte.. i lost my license in 89' w/ that first bike..lol and didnt get it back untill i was 24. my folks lent me 150.00 and i borrowed a truck and a few tools and that business went till 99'. (couldnt compete w/ the mexicans here.) in that time i learned about racing and motorcycles, the owner of the team i worked for sold me a 87' factory suzuki(1 of ten produced) i still have it. i raced modern superbikes untill 98' in the wera superbike series then began to race 2-4 and 6 hr endurance races in the national series. in all that time ive been invited and competed in 10 national campionships, broke into the top 15 in the amatuer ranks several times and finished 5th once nationaly and thir...Expand for more