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" f • J r ., J (Continued from page 19) would ha ve gotten points. Not co un tin g a club race ou ting on th e bike , th at was really his first ride in com pet ition on a 750 . " I was rea lly suprised with Steve . However . he is rea lly a sma rt rid e r. He wat ches other riders a nd men tally files th in gs away. Steve kn ows whati t takes, never hav ing bee n in th e 750 cla ss befor e, a nd spends a' lot of tim e figurin g things ou t wha t will he lp him rather than not trying like a lot of othe r rid ers. He is a ph ysicall y strong a nd aggressive rider in a ll events . My pers on al op in ion is th at Steve has th e best cha nce of be ing Number One of a ny body. • " I don't kn ow about Ted Bood y. From wh at I've see n so fa r th is yea r th e c ha rge isn 't t here' lik e last yea r , Som ething is m issing. I figured T ed to be rea lly to ugh this year. Heck , if I fini shed seco nd last year in the fas hion that he d id I wou ld be tot all y fired up for his season . Bu t he is strong on those dam n slippery, no groo ve tracks you run yo ur eastern Nationa ls on . Perhaps we'll see him co ming a ro u nd a t these next few races. " I wou ld ra te Garth Brow as a sort of unkn own factor. He ha s some very good bik es under him t his yea r with Lawwill a nd DeM ay doing th e tuning so th e pot ent ia l is th ere . T he b ikes are p lenty fast as he ha s co nsisten tly proved. Las t year he ca me on st ro ng in th e last hal f of the year a nd th is year . )1e is starting out very stro ng so I just don't kn ow how he'l l do . His shor,tcom ing is tha t he d oesn 't h ave a ro a d racer a nd I d on 't beli eve is very good a t riding TTs. Garth is very tou gh on ' sho rt tracks a nd ca n ru n with th e best ' on th e m iles and half m iles, H e'll be right in th ere at th e end. " It 's going to be a very int eresting year. I feel th a t th ere will proba b ly be five gu ys in there going for th e titl e a nd it won 't be won easy. T he chase will go right d own to the last races of th e season. " Be in g c a lled Kenn y R ob ert s' prot ege d oesn't bo ther me. Actually all th e publicit y ha s been very good . Kenny has helped me a lot especia lly with m y ro ad ra cing. He isn 't one to go aro u n d say ing ' I ta ught - Sk i p every thing he knows.'He ' II ad m it th at he has hel ped me and 1 agr ee . One t hin g to re mem be r is th at no m atter how m uc h someone ca n teach you . it isn't . a ny good if you don't have th e ability to use wh at you 've been ta ught. " It ta kes m e a whi le to lea rn th in gs a nd with Kenny's he lp 1 lea rn ed a lot faste r. 1 would h ave ca ught on to a lot of the tech niques a nd other thi ngs , but it migh t have tak en me two o r th ree yea rs longer io ge t to where 1 a m right now , 1 rea lly app recia te all th a t he's don e for me. " I mentio ned befo re th at my weak point is th e ha lf mil es. I sho u ld cha nge th at to the easte rn ha lf mi les. T hey a re crap . T hey do n't know how to p repare a racetra ck. 1 grew up ra cin g Asco t which is a nice tack y tra ck where you ca n ride insid e or ou tside a nd pass a nywhere on th e track. To ride a n eastern half m ile you have to stick to t he pole on the inside of t he t rack and putt arou nd a nd th e ngas it d own t he stra ighta way . I neve r lea rn ed how to race that way . Pla ying follow t he leade r isn't rac ing. ' " I go to a ra ce wit h a n open m ind . 1 do n' t th ink th at 1 ca n blow everyo ne in th e weeds and run away with It . I race and live d a y to d ay. You can 't cha nge thirigs so you ju st slide a long with t hem . T h in k positi ve an d believe in you rself a nd you r a b ility, " If I'm close to being Number One a t th e end of th e year then you'll prob ab ly see a cha nge in me. I' ll prob a b ly !(t"t nerv o us. " I ca nt say wheth er or not I' ll win. You can be t I'm tryin g , Ler's .jusr.wai t a nd see. • .,. • II' ' . 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