The motorcycle racing 🥂off-season has thrown up a bizarre under-the-radar tale.

A dirt bike rider completed an infamously gruelling race while const𒅌antly FaceTiming his worried mother.

💙“I wante༒d to race the Baja 1000 so badly, but my mom won’t let me because I have Type 1 diabetes,” Ben Hunter explained.

“She said the only way I could race is if I was live streaming tꦆhe whole time.”

And that’s exactly what he did.

Hunter turned up with a Starlink Mini taped🧜 to his hಞelmet, hooked up to a power supply.

His mother ☂was live streamed on FaceTime while tape🎉d to his body.

The Baja 1000 is one of the most prestigious off-road motorsports even𒀰t in the world, held on the Baja California Peninsula.

So Hunter’s attempt to placate his moth🍒er’s concerns were admirable.

But on the sporting side he𓆉 did not fare too well.

Hunter incurred a 17-hour time penal꧟ty, according to , after taking an “unallowed path”.

It led to an officia🦩l disqualification from the race.

And, presumably a telling-off from his mother who watched ⛄every moment.