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Nick Wey has certainty
turned some
heads
in 2005. The MDK/Motosport-backed
rider has been consistently beating mary
of the factory boys this
year
and currently
sits in sixth overall, one
point
behind
Suzuki's lrran lbdesco, in the Supercross-
class series standings. Wey had an amazing
.ide
in the mud at San Francisco,
where he
put
his Honda on the
podium,
and then
backed that up wth a founh-place finrsh
rn
St.
Louis. Wey now has
a
huge lead in the
race
for the U.S. Smokeless
Tobacco Pro
Privateer Challenge, which
pap
$100,000
to the top-finishirB
pri
teer at the end of
the series.
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good
rid€s
this
g€ar.
What do
gou
attribut€ that to2
nickwer: lt's
been
going prett/ good.
This
is
just
the second
year
of $e
MDK
team and
we
ioined
forces widr
dle
Motorsport.com
Team and tle
sttation is much
better.
My
bike
b
working
really well ard things are well
organized, so I arn
iust
trying to focus on the
races
instead
of
having
to
get
the bike
dialed and stufr. So we have been able to
rnake some
gains
at the races, instead of
always having to
work
on the bike. So
that! one of the big factors, and I
guess
wi$ three top-tives so fali and
iust
being
halfi^ray into the series,
I'm
hoping to
get
on the
podium
some more and
finish
with
a
good yearl
cn: You cam€ into th€ sEason
with some €xp€ri€nc€ on th€ fouF,
streke Do
gou
think that has
givEn
Uou
an edgeP
nickwela The first time I really raced the
four-stroke was last summer and l've
learned
a
lot
since then about
it. We
just
decided before the season
that I
was
going
to riie dp four-stroke in Supego6s, and I
think
it
was a
good
move.
Since
November
we've had a
pretty
basic set up, and it't
been working
great.
I think our bike is real
competiti\€,
and I
iust
need to
get
sorne
good
sErts and continue to try to clo6e ttrc
gap
on those lead
guys.
cn:
W}lat do
gou
think of th€
tracks so fanP
nid
