INTERVIEW I WORCS, NGPC AND ISDE CHAMPION BRANDY RICHARDS
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You had an incredible season
in 2021. Take me through the
championships you won.
I actually won quite a few titles.
About four, I think. The year
started out great. I felt really strong
switching to the KTM 350 and just
kind of a lot more comfortable on
it and getting my suspension set
up a lot better and my fitness a lot
better. At the beginning of the year,
I felt phenomenal, and then I broke
my wrist in the very first round of
WORCS. So, I struggled with that
for the first few rounds and had a
couple other injuries. And then I
went back East and did some Sprint
Enduros, those were fun. Just
trained for ISDE, really. Mostly from
May all the way up to ISDE, that's
strictly what I trained for. Going to
Six Days and doing what I did was
pretty phenomenal. All the hard
work I put into it paying off, that was
great. And then I had to come back
and get straight back into racing. I
(Left) Two WORCS
championships,
an NGPC
championship,
ISDE gold and
the individual
championship—it's
been a banner year
for Brandy Richards.
(Right) The fans at
the Italian ISDE were
thrilled to cheer on
Richards as she
raced to a flawless
victory. (Bottom
right) Despite a
broken wrist in
early 2021, Brandy
Richards stormed
to an undefeated
championship in
WORCS.
