INTERVIEW
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COOPER WEBB
ries opener at Hangtown so he
could race the Mini O's, which
takes place in November.
At Hangtown, Webb was a solid fifth in the first moto, finishing
just a few seconds behind former
World Champion Ken Roczen. In
moto two, he ran eighth for much
of the race, but stalled his bike
on the next-to-last lap and wasted
a lap trying to get the hot motor
to relight. He was credited with
18th place, which gave him 11th
overall.
"I was a little nervous before
Hangtown," Webb said. "But I
kind of worked those bugs out
and I was fine by the first moto.
It ended up being all good and
I learned a lot from that race.
Webb made his pro debut at
Hangtown. A week later at
Colorado, he found himself on the
podium after the first moto.
There are a lot of other rookies out
there, and I guess one of my goals
is to beat all the other rookies."
One of the things that Webb
thinks is cool is that he's going to
be racing a lot of new racetracks.
"It's going to be exciting going
to these new places and hope-
