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he, and stuff like that. Dale kind
of fudged on the numbers on
that a little bit. Anthony [Kosinski]
is a nice kid and everything, but
he turned out to be bigger and a
little older than Dale initially told
me. But anyway, by that point I
was involved. It's always fun to
come back and work on bikes,
I think. The satisfaction that you
get from actually seeing your rid-
er go around and getting involved
with something that you already
love, it was a good opportunity.
I wasn't really doing it to make
money, or because I was desper-
ate for something to do. I guess I
was sort of getting bored. It didn't
take too much arm twisting."
That was two years ago and
Quarterley and Barrick are still
together. "We got the band back
together," Quarterley joked. The
team is not only successful on
the track (Benjamin Smith won
the KTM RC Cup with the squad
last year), but the atmosphere
seems happy and friendly in
their pits. Quarterley, who was
brutal and ruthless as a racer, is
a gentler and more understand-
ing version of himself as a rider
coach. He has great rapport and
seems to understand how to get
the most from his riders, and with
Barrick and the legendary Eraldo
Ferracci also part of the effort,
it's perhaps the most experi-
enced team in the MotoAmerica
paddock.
Perhaps it's because none
of these guys need to be here.
They're here because they love
the sport and doing the best they
can in trying to give back and do
their part to help rebuild motor-
cycle road racing in America
shoulder to shoulder with Wayne
Rainey and MotoAmerica.
"Our team gets along well,
which is a big thing," Barrick
says. "I've been around teams
where there's a little bit of in
fighting. People feel like they're
getting their toes stepped on if
they're not getting what they want
or whatever. But this team works
well together. We've got the par-
ents of our riders who are a valu-
able asset because they know
when to not mess around with
the mechanical side of things,
but if you need canopies or need
something moved or whatever it
is, they jump in and do it. It's like,
unload the truck kind of deal.
It's been good. I definitely enjoy
this. Like I said, there's a lot more
satisfaction from doing the work
and even if it's a 12- or a 14-hour
day and you're all sweaty and
everything, but if your rider is do-
ing well, you feel like you've really
accomplished something and it's
definitely worth it."
With his extensive background,
Barrick, perhaps more than any-
one, understands the challenges
and the effort MotoAmerica faces
in rebuilding the sport.
"I certainly appreciate what
MotoAmerica and Wayne Rain-
ey's trying to do to get this series
back in the prestigious spot that
it belongs to in the world," Bar-
rick said. "I know it's definitely a
challenge for them and certainly
not cheap to run a series. They're
doing a good job. I hope to see it
continue to evolve." CN
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Barrick sitting on the bike of his
rider Randy Renfrow (standing)
at Loudon back in 1986. The
Renfrow/Barrick pairing beat the
factories to win AMA road-racing
championships back in the '80s.
