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RONNIE MAC OUT, KEVIN WINDHAM IN
FOR MX OF NATIONS
A
few weeks ago, Puerto
Rico announced it was
going to field a team for
the upcoming Motocross
of Nations at RedBud in
Buchanan, Michigan, made
up of Ronnie Mac, Travis
Pastrana and Ryan Sipes,
but since then, a major
change has been made—
Mac is going to be replaced
by retired motocrosser
Kevin Windham.
Mac, as it turned out,
could not arrange the
proper license needed to
compete, so Windham was
approached by the team,
more specifically, Pastrana,
and asked if he would step
in for Mac.
"I'm always nervous when
I get a call from Travis Pastrana
and to be honest, I wasn't even
sure this was real," Windham
said. "It took a bit of convinc-
ing, but I'm happy to be a part of
Team Puerto Rico and support
a good cause, both inside and
outside the racing community."
Pastrana said, "While I am
bummed Mac can't race, we
all knew it was a long shot. Not
many people know this, but my
grandfather is from Puerto Rico
and I still have ties to the island
so I am especially pleased we
are going to help. And we got
Kevin Windham! He is my freak-
ing idol! This is going to be fun!"
"As team manager, I'm ec-
static to welcome K-Dub to
the team," said Team Manager
Ricky Johnson. "No one else
has more love from the fans than
he does, and he is going to help
support our end goal of helping
others. It really says a lot about
him to come back to racing for a
good cause."
That cause is raising funds for
the victims of Hurricane Maria,
which devastated the island last
September. CN
Kevin Windham will fill
in for Ronnie Mac on the
previously all-two-stroke
Puerto Rico Motocross
of Nations Team, on a
four-stroke.
