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Cycle News 1983 02 02

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giving it another try - were you lOO%? I thought I was ready to race but while riding a n d testing I did not really feel 100%. After being off for so level o f sugar in th e bloodstr eam long, I was nervou s and uptight. I wa nted to do well but I needed more a n anathe ma to th e dem ands o n th e bod y made by professional motocross. time to gradually get back into racing an d build up m y confidence . I didn 't His a bsence came as a big shock. think I would be co m pe titive so I felt since " Flyin ' Brian " appeared to be on hi s way to the to p o f th e MX it was in both Honda 's an d my best interest if I resigned the factory ride ra n ks. Many considered him a possible to gi ve myself more tim e. . world championship contender, give n th e abundance o f tal ent he possessed You finished 1982 on an upnote with a nd th e great a mo u nt o f experience a second overall in the Trans-Cal Ser. he had al ready a tta ine d a t a yo un g ies 125cc Pro class. Do you feel you are ready now? ag e. Wh en I ca me ba ck to racing a fter m y After a sho rt -lived co me bac k a tlayoff, I didn 't have a lot of confidence tempt at th e beginn in g of th e 1982 in m yself . I felt bad for such a long seaso n, Myersco ugh came back for time ph ysicall y it really messed me real in th e wa n in g mon ths of th e seaup. But I feel good now a nd this son , his efforts ca p pe d by a secon d seco nd o vera ll has really boo sted m y ove ra ll in th e 125cc Pro ranks o f th e co n fidence. I'm going to tear 'em up. CMC Trans-Cal Ser ies. Now at th e a ge of 22, Myerscough What are you plans for the' 1983 looks a t th e 1983 season and prepar es season? to aga in battle with fell ow racer s on I will ride th e Golden State Seri es th e track, instea d of a n u nseen co n125cc class o n a producti on H onda di tion. a nd hopefull y aft er the seri es, I will How long have you been racing motop ick up more su p port so I can ride cross? th e National s and Supercrosses. I Abo ut ' I0 years n o w. I sta rted ra cing haven ' t decid ed which Na tional cla ss motocross when I was 12 yea rs o ld. I would race, 125 or 250cc, but odds Befor e raci ng , I rod e tr ial s for a co ua re I would ride th e I25cc class . p le of years o n a H onda 50. My first Have you set any goals for you rself raci n g bike was a Steens 100 wit h a this season? Besid es regaining a facto ry rid e, I Hodaka engine. You were National Minibike Champ have set a goa l to win wh at ever Nat ional class I race . As far as Superin 1975, weren't you? In 1975, there was a Grand National cross , I need a bit more experience .Championship for m inicycles an d I but I feel th at I can finish up th ere, won every class that year; 80cc Stoc k, Who do you think will be your main 80cc Modified a n d IlOcc Modified. competition in your class? Previous to th at ; I h ad won quite a If I ride 125; Johnny O 'M ara , J eff few big min icycle races bet ween 1972 Ward, Ron Lechien a nd George HoI and 1975. land will be tough. You rode the 125cc National circuit What are some of your interests outfor Suzuki for how many years? side of motocross? One of m y favorite things to do is J et For about three years. I rode all th e Skiing a nd I just started snow skiing. National s for th e fir st time in 1978, What do you do to get yourself in fin ish ing third 10 Broc Glover a nd shape for National caliber racing? Ga ylon Mosier. In 1979, I finished I run quite a bit normally five miles a th ird again to Broc and Mark Barda y and work out at Nautilus once o r nett. 1980 started off real well for me twice a week. I a lso ride three or four a n d I was in there Ior the cha m pio nti mes a week . ship until I mi ssed two races due to What is your opinion of the AMA's my medical problem . Wr angler Super Series concept? One of the highlights for you back I lik e it better than what was origithen must have been the Saddleback nally planned. I don 't think th e 125cc National in 1980 where you ran away class sh ou ld become a su p port class. I with both motos over Broc and Mark. guess th ere a re good and bad points T ha t wa s definitel y one of m y best to it. It will probabl y be good for th e ra ces al on g with the Mamm oth promoters sin ce a ll th e riders will be Mountain mo tocross in 1979 wh en I there but th e races will be 30 minutes won th e I25cc clas s o ver a good field _and I would prefer to rid e 45-min u te o f riders. The medical problem that developed motos. If I had m y ch oice, I would was diagnosed as hypoglycemia. hav e it the way it used to be. Will the 30-minute motos change Shortly thereafter you retired from National racing. What did you do your training and racing strategies? during this time? Not too much. I th ink it will make I wanted to race but I j ust did not feel for tighter raci n g. To win you will good physically. I did some construch ave to go full blast the entire ra ce. no pa cing,no planning, just go for it. tion work for a fri end of mine during th e su m mer a n d learn ed quite a bit Do you h ave a desire to race the GP from it. I tried so me local races in circuit in Europe someday? My goal throughout my racing career 1981 but again the same things wo u ld happen. Basicall y, it wa s the worst has been to be world cha m p ion sometime of m y life . I co u ldn' t do wh at I da y. I idolized Roger DeCoster a nd wanted to and didn 't know how to hi s accomplishments. I want to do mak e m yself feel bett er or what I wa s well here in the U.S. a nd then in two go in g to ~o. I had pretty much given ~ o r three years race in Europe. I pl an up on ra cing. on racing for a long time. With this big setbac k, I reall y hav en't achieved Were you taking any treatment for the condition? what I have wanted to here. I went to quite a few do ctors, cha nged Where do you think Brian Myersmy di et, too k certain vitamins and I cough will be 10 years from now? still didn 't feel th at good. It took I would lik e to still be riding and goi n g from do ctor to doctor, and tryracing, probably in th e Vet class. I in g o ne thing after a nother before I have a lot of respect for people like started feeling better. Now I'm feelDick Mann, he is hot. Outside of ing reall y good. I have to take vitammotorcycles, I might be involved in ins fo u r times a da y a nd I am careful som e investments, co ns truc tio n, and as to wh at I eat. During this time real esta te. -1980, 1981; I wa s a basket case Do you have any advice to gi ve somereally. I was depressed all the time. one considering a career in racing? But now that I have m y ph ysical conIf yo u reall y enjoy racing, stick with dition under contro l, things ar e reall y it. Enjoy it and don't let people tak e going good, the fun out of it for you. Do wh at yo u ••II)•J962 YO\l ,v,ere on.... f;l'Wf••••• , .\V't '1~_\p,do. 'Ind race for yo u rself. Honda • • • •• __ - ' ....,- .."" . wins. But th ere was a new foe on the scene - not Barnett or Glover. bu t the condition h ypogl ycem ia. What it is is a low Brian Myerseough Cominghaek By Don Wallace In 1980 Brian Myerscough was forced to leave the National motocross scene. It wasn't that his efforts weren 't producing results; to \ 16 t~ ~~ ."]}~,...:~A s ·I?P?4~c.~ rg National ~ ~~~~ ~ ~ ~_~- r-~r I .. "

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