Tyler's race career began at the age of 4 when his parents gave him his first snowmobile; a 70cc Arctic Cat. This prefaced years of powder-bowl sledding and entries into the annual Lake of the Woods Classic Drag races aboard his 1991 Yamaha Phazer II.
Upon relocating to Southern Ontario in 1997, Tyler's off-road riding all but ceased in lieu of a higher education and a "real job." Missing the thrill of riding, he took up motorcycles.
During the fall/winter of '06/'07, Tyler booked Shannonville's RACE school and built his first racebike, a 2003 Honda RC51. He raced the first 5 rounds in the Novice Open and Sportsman Heavyweight classes, steadily moving up the field to four Top-10 finishes in a row, his best being 5th.
Tyler's starts became renowned as he would consistently pass two rows of riders before the entry to Turn 1.
Tyler's season ended just before the final round at Shannonville due to a practice incident resulting in a broken ankle but he will be returning for '08 onboard a Yamaha R6 to compete in Novice 600 and Novice Open.