VOL. 50 ISSUE 25 JUNE 25, 2013
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BROTHERLY LOVE
here's a lot of brotherly love
between Malcolm and James
Stewart and it certainly came to
light at the Budds Creek National
MX, where they banged bars for
the first time in a National. The
two have always trained and ridden together, but their outlook on
racing couldn't be more different.
"When I have a bad weekend,
I go home and work and work
and work," James said. "When
Malcolm has a bad weekend, it
bothers him, but he can brush
it off easier and keep the racing
part more fun. I think that works
really good for him, and maybe I
could learn something from that,
too."
At Budds Creek, James was
running up front in both motos,
and both motos he crashed out
of the front-running spot in the
dreaded rollers. In the first moto,
he ended up catching up to Malcolm as Malcolm was working his
way forward at the tail end of the
top 10 with a lap and a half to go.
That's when Malcolm nearly went
down exiting a turn, and, while
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he was flailing to keep his bike
upright, James – still in a rut in
the same corner, with nowhere
really to go – ran right into his
brother and fell down. The contact actually looked like it helped
Malcolm stay upright.
"I actually had a feeling like
it was going to be some kind of
contact because I was faster,
but it wasn't like he was going
backwards," James said. "He
was faster than the guys in front
Malcolm Stewart (32) finished
ahead of his famous brother at
Budds Creek.
of him and I was faster than him.
But I would catch him, then try to
go to a different spot, then lose
some time. And then he would
pass the guy in front of him, then
I had to go around that guy and
then catch back up to Malcolm.
So, it was a lot of cat and mouse.
But I knew it was going to be
pretty tough to get around him. It
in in the top 20 overall in a National is impressive.
Hepler, whose motocross career was cut
short by a series of concussions, says he's
ridden a few enduros in the past and has always enjoyed racing off-road.
Shan Moore
Former factory-backed motocrosser Broc Hepler
rode the Foggy Mountain National Enduro in
Pennsylvania and finished 17th overall.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY SHAN MOORE
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