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it was mostly out of necessity.
"Because I do my own thing,
to build a four-stroke engine
would be a lot more difficult,"
said Walker. "Like with this
[two-stroke], I can come to a
race, change a jet, that's it. My
bike has been the same, my
same engine at every race. I
just change jetting. Whereas
if you're on a four-stroke and
it's not good, then you need
to do something else with the
engine—change the ECU and
stuff like that. So, I just wanted
to keep it simple. I know that
the bike is good enough to win.
Obviously, no one else rides
a two-stroke because they're
not on carbs. They're all on
TPIs. They're not competitive
indoors. You can't ride them
the same."
With the EnduroCross title
under his belt, Walker is excited
to go back home and race the
2022/2023 SuperEnduro series.
"I'm excited to go home now
and race SuperEnduro because,
coming into a season, I always
take a few races to get going,
but now I'm going to be coming
into a season hot," said Walker.
"It's a bit different, though. The
tracks are a lot faster out here,
and in a night, you have 30 min-
utes between races, whereas
back at home we have an hour
between each race."
Always humble and polite,
Walker was obviously thrilled
with the outcome of the series.
" Winning the title is amaz-
ing," said Walker. "It was a
struggle, obviously, since I had
two surgeries this year and
not too much time on the bike.
Back home you watch a lot on
the T V of the motocross and
supercross, and you always
dream of winning an AMA
Championship, so to actually
get it done and get one, it's
amazing."
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