VOLUME 58 ISSUE 17 APRIL 27, 2021 P101
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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.
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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
