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m ot ocross ex per ie nce was wo rki ng aga inst h im o n th e flat , o va l race t rack . Asi de from th e fa ct th at hi s ne wly h e al e d wr is t s see me d t o b e bothering h im from t ime to tim e , a nd th e fact th at sp e edw a y requi res a co m p le te ly d iffe ~n t m in d s e t - i.e . , turn o n the thrott le to s low down , turn right to go left - the motoc ross c ha m p s uffered from m any of th e same c on fu s ion s that b efa ll m os t firs t-t im e s pee dway riders wh o ha ve ex te ns ive ex p e rience in o t her di s cip lin e s o f motor cy cle raci ng . "It' s a lot of wor k wh en yo u don 't kn ow how to d o it, you know? " Emig sa id . "You go in to get it [the moto rc ycle] s ideways , a nd it's like yo u're , fighting it th e whole tim e ." Mot ocross a nd spe edway seem to b e p olar oppo sit es. S om eone with that much m otoc ross tal ent and sk ill has t o thr ow o ut a lo t of w h a t h e knows in ord er t o ri d e s pe edway effe ctively. Also , Em ig was trying to adapt to a motor cy cle that weighed at lea st 60 pounds less tha n his YZ250 and h andled m ore lik e a s e ve re ly o ve rp owe red m oto rize d b icyc le than a so ph isticated pi e c e of m ot oc ro s s weaponr y . After m uch p ractice a nd determination , and with Ermolenko's he lp, Emig was riding smooth ly a nd c ons iste ntly around th e little d irt ova l by the e n d of the day , a lthough he n ev er d id se e m t o get up enough speed to wrestl e th e "fa ste st s uperstar of th e day " awar9 from Dallenbach. Befor e Dallenba ch had to make an e a rly ex it, he summed up the simi la rities b e twe en sto c k car - raci ng a n d s peedway perfe ctly. "It' s like everyth ing e lse ," he s a id. "It lo ok s a lo t e as ier th an it is . It' s hard, there 's n o qu es t ion a b o ut it , and it works you ov er. I ca n see no w wh y th e s e guys' ra ces a re onl y five or 10 laps lon g!" Er m o len ko wa s pl e a s ed wit h th e way th at the day had gone , a s he fe lt tha t having both th e NASCAR bo ys a nd Emi g att end th e s choo l gave ' it added c re dib ility . Th a t' s a good thing , as E rrn o le n k o a nd pa rt n e rs Mark Ada m s an d Ra ndy Kreps ha ve ve ry a m b itio us p lan s for the prog ra m . "Hopefully, this pr og ram will catc h on with a lot of pe ople wh o 've been naive to it [spe edwa y] a nd don 't kno w I a bout it," E rm o le n ko sa id . "We ca n giv e them [stud ents ] a bik e , a le sso n, I a t rack a nd the who le d eal, a nd ha ve fu n wit h it. At th e e n d of th e da y , wh at I am tr y in g to d o gi ve to th e s po rt o f s peed way wh at has n e ve r been g ive n o n a co nsiste nt b a s is. Ther e ha s ne ve r been a pla ce whe re yo u ca n jus t s ho w up in you r c a r a nd ha ve the bike, the tra ck and e very thing rig ht th e re ." 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