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FLAT TRACK RACER DALTON GAUTHIER P104 Interview there and help them out a bunch. I just ride basically, train and work at D&D. That's basically what I do now. It's been pretty good. It's solid. We're just chillaxing there and having fun. So that year away, you think it really made you ap- preciate what you missed? mind when they go, "Hey, Dalton we've got to test you." I thought I was good, honestly. That was the main thing. You thought you had been far enough out? Yeah. It had been almost a month already. messed up. I didn't know what to think, honestly. It was just a lot of things going on in my mind. What's your opinion – with marijuana becoming legal in many states and things of that nature, what's your opinion on the future of drug testing for marijuana if it becomes a legal substance across the board? I think it still should be a rule though, honestly, even if it is legal in other states and more states coming. I think it should be illegal to smoke marijuana and race motorcycles. Even though it hap- pened to me, I still think that you should abide by the rules and do what AFT says. If that's what they want, then you shouldn't do it. What's the plan? What do you think is your path to get- ting to the Twins class? Honestly, I just want to get this year done and over with and move up. I want to do good this year and try and put in some good results, get some wins, and fight for the championship. The main goal is to be up in the Twins class and riding with the big dogs. I just want to do really well this year, stay consistent. I know how to manage a cham- pionship, I think. I did it in 2016 to where I was somewhat close, and I got some wins, so I think I can do it again. I don't see a problem why I can't. Just be consistent, that's the main thing. Try not to have any bad nights. I think it will be good this year if I stay consistent. CN Yeah, I really appreciate every- thing everybody's done for me, especially Rob. He's done every- thing to get me back to the races and stuff. So it's been really good the last couple of months. I've been really happy with myself and how I've progressed on the mo- torcycle too. My training program is a lot better than years past, which I think is going to help me out a lot more this year too. Just appreciate everybody that's helped me and is in my corner and all the fans that still support me and everything too. So, walk me through what you were thinking in your Were you concerned when you went in to do it? No, I thought I was good, honestly. I didn't have any consid- eration I was going to fail. What happened when you found out? I was just heartbroken about it. How'd you find out? The testing lab called me and stuff. I had talked to Chris Carr about it and everything too. That's how all that went down. It's never going to happen again. What was the feeling when you got that call from the lab? It was just heartbreaking. I couldn't believe it. I knew I had