Did You Miss Anaheim 1? Barcia Was
There With His TLD GasGas Red Bull
Team
J
ustin Barcia's move from
Yamaha to the new Troy Lee
Designs GasGas Red Bull fac-
tory team was perhaps the big-
gest news of the 2021 off-season
team changes. Barcia is the only
premier-class race winner from
the 2020 season that switched
teams for 2021. The New York
native is anxious to get going on
his new bike, and after winning
the A1 Supercross the last two
years, Barcia was bummed to
hear Anaheim Stadium would
not be part of the 2021 Monster
Energy Supercross season due
to Covid-19 restrictions. So, the
team wanted to have some fun
and Red Bull decided to make A1
happen, sort of.
With the help of Red Bull,
GasGas rented out Angel Sta-
dium of Anaheim and created
a just-for-fun video showcasing
what could have been if A1 had
taken place last weekend. We
talked with Jeremy Malott, Red
Bull Motorsports Marketing
Manager to learn more about
how this came together and what
it took to pull it off.
CN: What was the impetus
of this plan and how did it
shake out?
Malott: Early part of Decem-
ber we had a meeting with
Troy Lee and Jason Steris (TLD
CEO) and Tyler Keefe (Team
Manager) and talked about the
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What could have been.
Justin Barcia won A1
the last two years and
earned the round-one
Cycle News cover.
Perhaps he will make up
for it with a win at H1 in
Houston. PHOTOS: RED BULL
