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wen t o ut , so .. . I would 've liked to have raced the 450 class as well . Q DO you plan on defending yo ur Unlimited S uperm ot o Champ i onship? A I h ave no idea , to be honest. I don 't know how their sc hedu le wo rks , and I don't know where and when the races wi ll be . I th ink next y e a r, I 'm not su re , but I th ink it's going to be li k e a nine -r ound series scored normally . I may d o o n e o r two , but it's j ust for fu n so I reall y do n 't know how I' ll be able to defend it. If it's th e same system as t h i s year , though, I probably will go and tr y to de fend it . Q O f all the riders on the circuit , you definitely don't lack confidence. Where does that come f ro m ? A I do n 't k no w. I fee l th at, co mi ng from South Afric a , the od ds are alread y against yo u there of making it as a m oto cr osser. An d I thin k Al bee was very m uch of a sim ilar personality to m e. As a k id, k ind of bein g wri tt en off based o n wh ere you co me fro m , I think m y co nfi dence is goo d because I had to believe in m yself when nob od y else di d. Som e peopl e take it the wron g way as being coc ky or arrogan t, wh at ever you want to say , bu t I th in k in any sport yo u'v e g ot to ha v e a ce rt ai n am ount of that. You 've got to be a bit cocky to let the oth er rid ers know that you're not scared . That kind of plays into thei r heads as well. Q H a v e you d ec ided whe the r you 'll compete on a 2 5 0 o r a 4 50 in 2004? A o ut doo rs, we're not sure ye t. I'd like to ride the 450 , but no one 's rea lly de ve lo ped it m uc h. Bu t I thi nk t ha t's so methi ng t hey ' re g o ing t o start do ing once the superc ross seaso n i s und er way . S upe rc ros s wil l d efin it ely be on a 250 , but o ut doors, I'm not 100-percen t sure yet. I wo uld perso na lly li k e t o r ide the 4 50 the re's a lot of pot ential in th at b ik e. Q What sort of cha ng es are you making to your bikes and. trainin g regimen for t he coming season? uers, • Pro Circuit rider's proved they have the rank , status, power, position, dignity, and sovere ignty to take over the domain or realm of the Off-Road Kingdom. The Pro Circuit royal attributes or accomplishments over the competition have yet again Kings, Queens and C hampions become a supreme and highly successful force in many classes across the board. Pro Circuit rules over a monarchy in the ir own right. exhaust suspension motorwork accessories champions GN CC 200cc A-Class Champion WORCS 85cc Class Champio n S cott W atkin s Ch r is c..Joh nson GNCC Open A-C lass Champion WORCS 250cc Class Ch ampion Dave S imcoc k c..JR M a s on & C huck G a r e t s o n GNCC Wo men's Class Champion H e ath er Wil s on WORCS Vet Class Champion AMA National Hare & Hound Overall Champio n WOR e s Women 's Class Cham pio n R ussell Pea rson Ke lly Yanc ey AMA Nat io na l Hare & Hound Open A-Class Cha mpion AMA Nation al Hare Scrambles Women's Class Champio n R ussell Pearson Heather W ilson AMA Nation al Hare & Ho un d Ope n B-Class Champion Score Class 22 c..JR Maso n S teve H e n g e v e ld & c..Jo h n n y Camp be ll D arrell A m lin g A MA Nation al Hare & Ho un d Women's Class Champion Baja 1000 1st Overall Vehicle S teve H e n g e v el d & c..J ohnny Camp be ll Kelly Ya ncey 2 7 7 1 ward low r d ., corona, ca 92882 909 7 3 8 -8 0 5 0 fax 909 738-806 5 www.procircui t. com A With the bike, we have d ifferent suspensi on - different dimen sions, different internals, a slightly d ifferent sw ingarm - and the motor is d ifferent. The y ' ve made some c h a n g e s w ith the powervalve and stuff. As far as t raining goes , I've k in d of changed up my training a bit to be able to go in sprints. Most of my life , I' ve train ed for endurance so that at 20 m inutes I was just getting going. A sup ercross i s ov e r in 20 m inutes, so I'm training m ore intense now , and I think that's a good thing fo r supercr oss. I'm on an improved bike, I'm injuryfr e e , I've been riding the l a st few weeks pretty well , and I j ust want to go CN racing again. It's been a while. c ll c le n e vv s JANUARY 7 , 2004