This past weekend, Robby Gordon’s son Max entered the Bluewater Desert Challenge in Parker, Arizona. While it’s not uncommon for a father to help his son get involved in motorsport -- especially if said father is a racer himself -- what isn’t exactly ordinary is that Max is competing in off-road races while most of his contemporaries are getting ready for the third-grade spelling bee.

Max Gordon is only 8 years old and competing against people with almost that many years of desert-racing experience. Of course, young Max isn’t running in a trophy truck or unlimited class, but a small Arctic Cat UTV.

Sure, Max’s dad Robby could have thrown him into a shifter kart and fed his son’s racing desires that way, but it’s hard to argue against desert racing as the coolest way to learn car control.

Want some proof? Check out the video below to see how undeniably cool it is to see a kid running in a desert race.

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