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Haaker. It was good also be-
cause I made the main finishing
11th, so it was fine.
After that I went to Mesquite,
[Nevada, for the eighth of nine
WORCS rounds] and I did a re-
ally good race—I think my best of
the series, riding-wise because
Taylor [Robert] was there and
we were fighting to the end and I
ended up a close second to him.
Just before the last round at
Primm, Nevada, three weeks
later, on Tuesday I had two bike
issues so I was a little bit scared.
I arrived in Primm at the last
round and I was calculating what
I needed to do to take the title.
After the sixth lap, they wrote
on the pit board, "Champ!" I
started to push, but from seventh
where I was, I finished fourth,
like two seconds from third-place
finisher [and defending series
champ] Gary Sutherlin so it was
super-nice.
The most important thing that
weekend was to take the title and
we did it.
Last year, did you race any WORCS?
Last year I raced the last one
in Adelanto, [California] to try the
series because in Europe, we
don't know and we don't follow a
lot of racing in the United States.
It's the same in United States:
You don't follow a lot the Enduro
World Championship. Maybe
you know who won. Of course
we know that Kailub Russell won
[the GNCCs] and Taylor Robert
is the man of the West Coast.
So, I decided to go to Adel-
anto last year because it was
the last round and I decided
also to race WORCS instead of
GNCC because I prefer to stay
in SoCal compared to the East
Coast [laughs].
I really enjoyed it and my
mom helped a lot to get me
settled in—because I moved to
Southern California with two
friends who helped me out as
helper/mechanics—and I need
to thank also to Pro Circuit and
all the other sponsors like Acer-
bis, Alpinestars, Red Bull, Givi
and Scott.
When you're racing in Europe, you
are contracted to race for Honda Red
Moto. Yet here in the U.S., you're rac-
ing KTMs. Obviously, it's not seen as
a contractual issue, but how difficult
is it to race two different brands
throughout the year?
Redondi celebrates
winning the 2018
WORCS title in Nevada.
