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Five minutes with... Keira Smith
Regular Motorcycling Queensland Ride! eNews contributor Tamara Gray catches up with North Queensland's Keira Smith.

Round one of the Yamaha Queensland Motocross Championships is done and dusted, and whilst in Townsville I thought I would catch up with one of the local female racer’s from up here in North Queensland.
19 year-old Kiera Smith from Ayr is deserving of being called one of the fastest women on two wheels in North Queensland.
She finished in second place overall on the weekend at her home track – the same position she occupied at the completion of last year’s Queensland Women’s Motocross Championships.
Two year’s ago, at only 17 years of age, Kiera managed to finish 4th overall in the Australian Women’s Motocross Championships and 2nd overall in the Go Girls Series in the same year.
Our daring northern (Queensland) counterparts who sometimes appear a little crazy to us, as they rack up the miles in their buses and transporters, who continuously load up and head to South East Queensland to race whatever women’s events they can find. What drives them to do the miles? Let’s find out.
Ride! eNews: So Kiera, let’s start at the beginning. How did you first get in to riding motorcycles?
Kiera Smith (KS): My family lived on a farm, so I started on a Yamaha MX80 when I was 12 years old but always wanted more.
Ride! eNews: How did you get into the racing scene?
KS: I started out doing dirt track at our local club.
Ride! eNews: You still do dirt track now, what is it that you enjoy about that racing?
KS: Pushing hard into the first corner and battling so close with the other competitors.
Ride! eNews: So what was it that drew you to come give motocross a go?
KS: I love the adrenalin rush on the start line, all the different tracks in Australia I get to ride at, and the awesome people I have met.
Ride! eNews: Tell us about your favorite race meeting and why?
KS: The 2006 Australian (Women’s) Motocross round 1, it was my first ever big meeting. The track got rained out in the first day; (I) had no expectations and came away with a good result of 4th overall.
Ride! eNews: Do you think the two disciplines (Dirt Track and Motocross) compliment one another?
KS: Yes, definitely. Dirt track helps with starts and cornering. Motocross helps out with bike control and fitness.
Ride! eNews: Well I can definitely vouch for those starts. What have you enjoyed about your racing so far?
KS: The whole atmosphere like the traveling, fellow competitors and watching other riders.
Ride! eNews: That brings me to the traveling. I only have to drive up here once maybe twice to go racing, then off to the Nationals down south. How many kilometers a year do you think you travel in that van of yours to go racing?
KS: I travel about 50,000kms a year in my “bus”.
Ride! eNews: How on earth do you keep yourself amused when you travel so much?
KS: Driving occasionally (Smith jokes), watching DVDs or playing play station and sleeping but it really helps to have good company.
Ride! eNews: Surely you have seen some odd stuff in all your travels. What has been the weirdest thing you have ever seen or been involved in while traveling?
KS: Plenty… I have hit a lot of wildlife from birds to cows. The worst I would have to say was being hit in the windscreen by a massive tree branch whilst going through the Great Alpine Range which went for over 2 hours in Victoria on our way to Australian MX Rd.1 Newry in 2007.
Ride! eNews: I remember that, you used a bunch of KTM stickers to hold it all together till you got it fixed! Does your family get in and support you with travel and such?
KS: They help me out in every way possible. Although all bike running costs and riding accessories are out of my own pocket.
Ride! eNews: You are a bike shop bandit like me. You work at Burdekin Motorcycles in Ayr, a Yamaha dealer. Apart from riding blue how do you find working in a bike shop helps you?
KS: Being employed by Burdekin Motorcycles helps me out with all bike maintenance and I also get support through different suppliers such as Thor, Berik and Shell oils.
Ride! eNews: I know working all the time can make it hard to get time to train, what do you do to keep your fitness up?
KS: Watch DVD’s Ha ha (Smith jokes). I go to the gym, cycle and ride motorbike as often as possible. I also play touch football, water ski and wakeboard.
Ride! eNews: I have also heard you have taken up fishing (Gray jokes). So where will we see you traveling to this year to compete?
KS: I will be competing in the remaining two rounds of the Queensland MX Series, the North Queensland MX Series, The Central Queensland MX Series, The Go Girls Series and the Queensland Dirt Track Championships.
Ride! eNews: Oh so I will be seeing you at North Brisbane for the Queensland Women’s Dirt Track Championships in a couple of weeks time. I think that weekend is going to turn out to some awesome racing. Well good luck with the rest of the year Kiera. I will be seeing you trackside.
KS: I’ll look forward to it