Name: Christian Taylor Bird
Age: 16
Birthplace: Weatridge Colorado
Years Karting: 9
School: Homeschool - Colorado Virtual Academy
Accomplishments: 7 CSC wins, 2 CSC Championships,
3 GJMS club titles, 31 career wins.

 

I owe my entire racing career to my Dad, Bill he got me started in the sport and has backed me all the way. I can't leave out my mom, she is my biggest fan and supports me all the way.

I began driving at age 7 in a local church parking lot.Two years later my dad bought me my first race kart, It was a 5 HP briggs flathead CRG. I raced that for a year before moving up to Mini-Max. I raced my CRG minimax for three years. In 2007 I graduated to TAG jr. I race with Rocky Mountain Kartworks on a G.P .Leopord. We won the state title my first year in the Tag jr class. We also took a third place in the TAG world finals. In 2008 we stayed with A.J, Shane, and Bill Noud under the rocky mountain kartworks tent. We continued our dominance in the CSC winning 3 of the 6 races and found another state title. In the 2009 season we plan to race a national sceudule with rocky mountain kartworks. As well as a rotax program with Full Throttle Karting and Andy Seeseman on a birel.
In the future I would love to make a living driving racecars, but meanwhile I plan to become a better driver gaining more experince and seat time in whatever car I can.

Christian was signed by NASCAR Driver Development program Team Full Throttle, and is a member of the Full Throttle Karting Team, a Western based kart team with no direct ties to the TFT program (just a cool name!). The bright 16-year-old runs Shifter Karts with tremendous ability, and is hoping to get a few more starts in the U.S. Legends Cars in the summer of 2010 as well.

A Legends test in Las Vegas opened a lot of eyes to this youngster's adaptability, and he continued to show talent when he ran two races for Kyle Beattie Racing under Team Full Throttle's direction in January of 2010 during the Winter Heat Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway.