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Cycle News 2021 Issue 17 April 27

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VOLUME 58 ISSUE 17 APRIL 27, 2021 P101 O ff-road racers around the world will be tuning into this year's AMA Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship in hopes of catching a glimpse of the familiar #557 dueling with the likes of Ken Roczen and Cooper Webb. It's the perfect bench-racing topic, pitting 31-year-old Kailub Russell, perhaps the top off-road racer in the world, against the best motocross racers of the day. Unfortunately, since our interview with Russell, the off-road star suffered a nasty crash in training that you have probably already seen, or at least the aftermath of it, on social media. This unfortunate incident that left him with two black eyes and his jaw wired shut— which doesn't bode well for a follow-up interview—will delay his pro motocross debut indefinitely, which was originally set for the opening round at Pala, California, next month. Despite the crash, however, we do know that his desire to race motocross hasn't wavered. MX It's not uncommon for a retired professional motocrosser to take up off-road racing, rarely is it the other way around, but Kailub Russell is going to give it a shot S S E T O N BY SHAN MOORE I PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAC FAINT

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