250MX AMA PRO MOTOCROSS CHAMPION ADAM CIANCIARULO
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Interview
championship. It's all too much
in a negative light now, to be
honest with you. It's just a part of
my story, and I use it for motiva-
tion and fuel to kind of propel
me to something that I wasn't
sure that I was fully capable of
beforehand, and that was when
the 250cc outdoor motocross
championship started.
"Coming off of supercross
where I had such a great year,
and it ended the way we didn't
want it to, it definitely moti-
vated me a little bit more for the
outdoors. It definitely made me
want to come out swinging and
put the Las Vegas crash out of
my mind as quick as possible.
Nothing puts the past behind
[better] than a win."
ON WITH THE SHOW
"To be able to start the series
at Hangtown, and win, and then
to be able to win the next three
races like that was something out
of a dream, especially because
I'd only won one outdoor national
(Budds Creek, 2017) in what was
my whole 250 career prior to
the '19 season. I think that when
I came into the pro ranks, I was
seen as the next big thing or
whatever it was that they wanted
to call me. It appeared like I had
everything handed to me, and I
think for fans, that's kind of hard
to root for. I think once people
got to know me a little bit, then
they saw my struggles. I think
that everybody can relate with a
struggle and that everybody can
relate to a comeback story. We
You can imagine how good it felt to win
the 250 title. It was definitely one of the
proudest moments of my life, for sure.
I've been through a lot of adversity, and
we all know that.
Cianciarulo made his
450cc debut a winning one
at the Monster Energy Cup.
