VOLUME 59 ISSUE 2 JANUARY 11, 2022 P77
A win at the final
round in Primm
earned Richards
the WORCS Pro-Am
title, her fourth
championship of
2021.
Kind of seems like you're
untouchable right now. Does it
feel that way?
To an extent, yeah. I mean, I
try not to think about it. [laughs]
You don't want to get a big head
because anything can happen.
Anybody can kind of step up. I
made such a drastic change in a
year, you know, anyone can do
it. 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.
Let's talk about the landscape
of women's off-road racing.
What you've done is pretty
monumental. How do you feel
about being the flagship female
athlete in off-road?
It's a little different. It's
something I've always worked
toward. Because I know
that… well now with not having
motocross, and just in America,
there's no place for women's pro
to kind of excel. There's GNCC,
but it's kind of one series. I feel
like we need multiple series for
women. Because there are so
many talented women. And just
growing it and showing women
that it's possible to run with the
men and it's possible to be as
fast as them and just be super
competitive and that you can
actually make a living doing it.
I think that's the hardest part.
When you're 18 years old and
you're looking at a career, you see
that there's maybe one person
kind of making money. But when
I was 18, no [woman] was full-
time racing. So it was hard to
look at and say "hey, I can make
this a career." But that's what I've
always wanted to do. I've wanted
to show women that it is possible,
and we do need the support and
the coverage. It's growing. If you
