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[QUOTE="oldguy, post: 243428, member: 16965"]
Hold to your expectations.  My 13 year old also has to keep his grades above a B average or no racing.  This was spelled out when he first started and we hold him to it.  Luckily he has not missed any races (the major portion of his season occurs during summer vacation).  He also has gotten some National sponsors and they all have clauses requiring Minimum grades (which we are to set).  All his sponsors want to know his grades as well as race results on a regular basis and some have a bonus clause if he meets or excedes the average.  
We are lucky in that he also is into snowboarding in the winter and since we have a hill within 15 minutes of home his grades have to stay up there to take part.
All dreams and hopes aside the chance of him becoming a rider of the caliber to earn a living racing MX is slim and he realizes that.  He also understands that once he has to encounter the real world that education is more important than track time.
Good luck
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