Name:  Robie Peterson 
Hometown:  Yorba Linda, CA 
Favorite Kart Track:  Corona, CA 
Years Racing:  30

P2R: Tell us about your racing background?

Robie: I 'm a second generation motorcycle hillclimber, and I compete in the Racer X / Malclolm Smith N.A.H.A. Pro-Hillclimb Seriea 

P2R: Tell us what makes professional motorcycle hillclimbing so difficult?

Robie: It kinda puts different forms of motorcycle racing all into one with the hills having jumps, ledges, whoops and ruts to negotiate on a incline that is sometimes past vertical. The bikes also produce sometime more than 200 horsepower!  

P2R: What's it like racing in front of 20,000 people in the N.A.H.A. Pro Hillclimb Series? 

Robie: It's a blast. There is a lot of energy when the crowd is large, and it definately feeds the adenaline rush.

P2R: When you were a kid, did you ever imagine that you would be a professional racer?

Robie: I always dreamed of racing some form of motorcycle at the professional level, and by pretty much being born into it, there has been a lot of opportunity to make my dreams come true.

P2R: How did you get introduced to indoor karting? 

Robie: Ken Faught brought the concept pretty much to our door step and the rest is history.  

P2R: What's your favorite race format at Pole Position Raceway?

Robie: Definately the Endurance races. Being teamed up with some of your buddies for two hours is a blast 

P2R: What do you think about the electric karts?

Robie: I will never drive another indoor gas cart again. 

P2R: What's the best advice that you could give to new drivers at Pole Position Raceway to go faster?

Robie: Follow faster drivers to learn their lines, braking points, etc.. 

P2R: What was it like racing against Jeremy McGrath, Chad Reed, Robbie Maddison and some of the other top motocross and freestyle riders who come to Pole Position Raceway?

Robie: It's killer ! What other time in my life am I ever gonna have to put MC into the wall?  

P2R: If you could pick any driver in the world to race against, who would it be?

Robie: Rally driver Ken Block