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CN
III EMPIRE OF DIRT
BY STEVE COX
W
e often use the word
"heart" when we mean
"desire," but "heart"
really means more than just that.
When we say someone "has
heart," it's not just about desire,
but will. It's mostly will. And the
thing about will is that it only
guarantees effort, not success.
For success, you need will, but
you need more than that.
Case in point: Austin Forkner
has all the will he needs and
then some. He had a massive
points lead up until the last
250SX East round, having won
every race except the Atlanta
East/West Shootout, where
he finished third behind two
250cc West racers, but he had
been playing with "the line" all
year long, and it finally bit him
in Nashville three weeks before
this past weekend's New Jersey
SX round.
Forkner was winning every-
thing in the 250SX East, but it
only took a couple races before
people were asking about these
pretty big crashes he was hav-
ing in practice. To paraphrase
him, Forkner said he didn't mind
crashing in practice because
WHAT HEART IS
It takes many
things to win a
championship—
heart is one
of them.
