MONTY KLEIN RACES TO SUCCESS ….
What qualities do you want in a sponsored racer?…
- A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPONSOR’S STRUCTURE, MARKETS AND PROMOTIONAL TOOLS.
- ARTICULATE AND WELL-GROOMED IN FRONT OF CAMERAS, MICROPHONES AND PODIUMS. PLUS, EXCELLENT ONE-ON-ONE PEOPLE SKILLS FOR TRACKSIDE AND CORPORATE CONVERSATIONS.
- RESPECT FOR THE SPORT OF RACING AND THE BELIEF THAT EVERY MEMBER OF THE RACE TEAM … RACER, CREW AND SPONSORS… WORK TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE AND EXPERIENCE ULTIMATE SUCCESS.
IF THESE ARE THE QUALITIES YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, CONSIDER JOINING THE MONTY KLEIN RACE TEAM. GETTING INVOLVED IN MOTORSPORTS SPONSORSHIP IS A UNIQUE AND EXCITING WAY OF HELPING YOUR BUSINESS INCREASE IT’S VISIBILITY AND CUSTOMER BASE.
MONTY BEGAN RACING IN 1970 WHEN HE WAS ONLY NINE YEARS OLD. HE HAS A RACE-WINNING BACKGROUND IN GO-CARTS (TWO CHAMPIONSHIPS 1973-74), MOTOCROSS (FLORIDA STATE CHAMPION – 1983 (250 A CLASS) AND FACTORY HONDA SUPPORT RIDER – 1984), OPEN WHEEL, ROAD RACING (IN 1992, WINNING 75% OF HIS FORMULA FORD RACES) MONTY RACED PART-TIME IN THE NASCAR GOODY’S DASH SERIES FROM 1993 THROUGH 1997 AND IN 1994 FINISHED 5TH IN HIS FIRST SUPER SPEEDWAY RACE IN DAYTONA. A HOST OF TOP-10 SHORT TRACKS FOLLOWED, INCLUDING TWO RACES IN THE NASCAR TRUCK SERIES IN 1996-97. SHORTLY AFTER HOWEVER, THE TEAM OWNER CLOSED UP SHOP LEAVING MONTY WITHOUT A RIDE, FORCING MONTY TO MOVE BACK TO HIS ROOTS …. RACING MOTORCYCLES IN 2005. HE BEGAN COMPETING IN MOTOCROSS AND SUPERMOTO EVENTS ON LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEVELS. HE CONSISTENTLY ACHIEVED TOP 3 FINISHES, WITH 80% OF THOSE BEING 1ST PLACE.
THEN IN 2010, MONTY EXPERIENCED SOME HEALTH ISSUES WHICH RESULTED IN A FEW OPEN HEART SURGERIES. HIS DOCTORS MADE IT CLEAR TO HIM THAT RACING WOULD HAVE TO BE PUT ON THE BACK BURNER UNTIL HE FULLY RECOVERED. NOT ONE TO STOP COMPETING HOWEVER, MONTY TOOK THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN FOR AND COMPETE IN PHYSIQUE BODY BUILDING COMPETITIONS, WALKING AWAY WITH NUMEROUS TOP THREE FINISHES. AS SOON AS HE WAS GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD BY HIS DOCTORS, MONTY, WITH AN AMAZING SHOW OF DETERMINATION COUPLED WITH HIS LOVE OF RACING, ONCE AGAIN RETURNED TO RACING MOTORCYCLES, BUT THIS TIME, HIS INTEREST LED HIM TO FLAT TRACK RACING. IN HIS FIRST YEAR (2015), HE WON HIS FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP – FOLLOWED IN 2016 BY MULTIPLE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
TODAY, MONTY KLEIN IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE FASTEST 30+ AMATEUR RIDERS IN THE COUNTRY. HE IS ALSO THE ONLY MOTORCYCLE RACER/RACE CAR DRIVER TO COMPETE IN THREE DIFFERENT RACING DISCIPLINES AT THE DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY (AMA AMATEUR SUPERCROSS; NASCAR GOODY’S DASH SERIES; AMA AMATEUR FLAT TRACK). IN 2017, HE COMPETED IN THE AMA DIRT TRACK GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP, HELD ON JULY 1-4 IN DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS. THERE HE FINISHED THIRD IN BOTH THE 30+ AND 40+ CLASSES.