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that it doesn't really matter what I'm racing. If
I can just find a way to sustain it and make it
a job, then that's what I want to do. Lately it's
been Super Hooligans, but I'm trying to figure
out what I want to do for next year. I don't
know if I want to stop doing Super Hooligans
because the events we get to do are so cool. I
like the bikes and the racing's fun. It's kind of a
toss-up between doing that, pro road racing or
doing pro flat track full-time. It's a tough call.
Do you think the flat track thing has
more legs at this stage?
For sure. I think at this point, I'm 24 years
old, I'm not going to be racing MotoGP, I'm
not going to be racing WorldSBK. I'm prob-
ably not going to be a superbike champion.
If I wanted to put some more effort into it and
focus on it, I think I could be a MotoAmerica
Champion, maybe in the Stock 1000 class or
something. I think that will always be there.
I'm sure that maybe road racing will get to
the point one day where people are making
money again. There's ways to do it. I think if
there's a will, there's a way, but I think the op-
portunity to make money now is in flat track.
Have you made money out of the
AFT side of your racing this year?
I got some good support. Rockstar Energy
came on board to help me this year. That was
more so for the Super Hooligan program,
but they also wanted to help me out with my
AFT program, which was just basically four
rounds. I ended up doing five rounds—Day-
tona, Calistoga Half Mile, Sacramento Half
Mile, the Buffalo Chip TT and the Rapid City
Half Mile. Anyway, I needed a new bike so
they helped me out with Husqvarna and got
me connected with them.
I got some good support as far as getting
a bike going. But none of my sponsorships
were really aimed toward that. I made one
main event and got a little bit of purse money,
but for me that was more of my own effort just
because I wanted to get experience in case I
was going to chase that full-time in 2019.
Are you going to be able to do it full-
time next year?
It's hard to say. For me, I think that's the
next step. It's perfect timing. That's kind of
what I'm leaning towards is wanting to do a full
AFT program next year in Singles. The Latus
Motors team I ride for in Hooligans ran a top-
notch pro flat track and road race team in the
past. I think they have a bit of interest in going
back to flat track racing professionally as well,
maybe with a Twin. I think for me, if they do
that, they'd be fielding someone else on a
Twin and I would be riding the Singles class.
What's George Latus like to ride for?
He's been great. George loves racing. He
loves winning, so he's been happy this year!
It's funny because I never really rode for a
team before this year and there's a little bit
of pressure at the beginning because I knew
George likes to win. If you look at his race
teams in the past, they have a pretty big his-
tory of winning. But it's been super relaxed.
They build me a bike, I keep it there and they
just make sure it's ready to go.
They're a Harley-Davidson dealership. So
freestyle
