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Cycle News 2022 Issue 02 January 11

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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look back five years ago to now, it's huge how much it's grown. I'm hoping it continues going. If we get more support, money- wise, then you get more women training. I think that's the hardest part. When you're over 18 and you got to work a job and race, that's not easy. Just the last two years that I haven't had to work a normal job has helped tremendously. The things that you can do when you're just focusing on racing is insane. So, if we can get more women to where they can actually make a living racing, I think our sport can be phenomenal. Let's talk about that jump that you made from '20 to '21. Well, when Covid hit, and we weren't racing, I had to work a job. I'm on the win-to-eat program, so you have to win; you have to race just to make money. So, when we didn't race, a couple months in it kind of sucked. And then we went into our summer break, and I had to get a summer job. I went and did some East Coast stuff, but I went into it super unprepared. And that really taught me a lesson in just being prepared and respecting other sports. Right after that I INTERVIEW I WORCS, NGPC AND ISDE CHAMPION BRANDY RICHARDS P78 I'm always hoping for someone to catch up and challenge me. The younger girls, I'm looking forward to them catching up. Cause I know eventually they will. Hopefully." With factory KTM support, Richards races with the Elite Offroad KTM privateer team.

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