INTERVIEW I AMA ENDUROCROSS CHAMPION JONNY WALKER
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to do my own thing. There are
no teams out there really to ride
for back in Europe, unless you're
a factory rider, and I just decided
I'm not finished racing. I want to
race until I'm 30, 40 years old."
According to Walker, in
Europe, if you're not racing the
World Enduro Championship
then the factories don't
want to help. "They don't
concentrate on extreme
races," said Walker. "I went
to them, and I was like, 'let
me just run my own setup
and bring my own spon-
sors in.' So, I feel like I've
got a really good deal. To
race SuperEnduro and En-
duroCross, it's a really good
deal, because I can use my
own products and do my own
stuff, whereas with the outdoor
races, you're competing with
the likes of KTM, who've got 20
people. They've got people all
around the tracks. I'm there on
my own with my mechanic nor-
mally, which makes it difficult to
race against them, but it makes
it sweeter.
"I honestly don't blame
people, like Stew Baylor, who
do their own thing—it's nice to
be able to use what you want
to use. There's no politics. You
race where you want to race.
I have so much more fun now
doing what I'm doing. Hope-
fully I can run a team in a few
years with more riders."
Walker was one of just a
couple of riders on a two-
stroke in the Pro class at
EnduroCross, but he admitted
"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."
Walker says he wants to
defend his EnduroCross
number-one plate next year.
