Continued
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5
pretty
rouSh - I had frve surteries,
so it was a
lonS year for
me. Now I feelgood,
though. I
took the
time
I
needed, bur I'm slill
going
to
8et
stronSer as the s€ason
toeE
on- I dont
have a lot of tirne on
the trike, but I
feel
com-
foruble on the Honda- I haven
t
raced
since
June;
Eudds
Creek wai rny last race. l'm a little
nervous, not startirE on a
Sate
$at lont, but
l'm anxious to get tfiis
one undr my belt and
move along. ls weird
being on a Honda it:
delinitely
going
to leel a little difrerent. I'v€ rid-
den a Yanafia since 1998; coming
to the first
race
here and not beirg
on a
Yamaha feels
kird
o{ weird - I
feel
like I'm
goirE
to walk
straigk to the blue truck.
'
And speaking of $e
blue truck, Ferry
said he
left
his old team on
good
terms.
"l've
worked
with tlE6e
guys
for
so
lon8,
but I left on a
good
note with Yamaha
I knew the
positirfi
I \^as in with m), injuries,
and dey needed
a heahhy rider and I totally
understood that,
so
things
are
good
there."
Unforflrnatety. Ferry's Honda debut didnt go
too w€ll. ln his first l|ea! rece, Ferry
crasH
in
a section of whoopa and injured his
thumb. He
decided
(o
sit out the rest of the night but
expec6 to srJit up for the next race in Phenlx.
,ax,
Team Yamaha's
Chad Reed was without his
usual me€hanic at
Anaheim l. Darin
"Rookie"
Sorenson broke both ankles
and suffered
other iniuries while riding his
din bike a few week ago. Filling in tor
Sorenson was Alan
Olson, who
will proba-
bry tune for Reed
th.ough out the entire
2006
Supercross Series, or at least until
Sorenson is healthy enough to return.
A couple of new race
teams made their
debut at Anaheim, including Robbie Rey-
nard's new Free Nissan/Reynard
Modifi-
cationt team made up of Reynard,]acob
Martin
and Brandon
lones.
For Reynard and
company,
the day dld not
go
so well..lones
crashed
with
Eric lr,lccrummen in
an after-
noon
Practice
session and broke his arm,
and neither Reynard nor Martin qualified
for the main event, Reynard finishint two
spots out ofa ransfer in the LCQ.
Speakrng of Eric McCrummen, the MDK
Honda rider survived the
