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Martin
Davalos:
Making
Noise
cn: You must hav€ b€€n
€xcit€d
aft€r
gour
rid€ in
Atlanta.
martindavalosi
I
didn't expect it at all. I
got
an awesome start, and I felt good.
I
was
just
riding my race.
.losh [Hansen]
had
a transmission problem
and every-
thing
iust
worked out
good
for
me. lt
was a
great
nighr,
God helped me
and
I'm happy,
because I have
been working
hard for it-
cnr At what.gG
dld
gou
start
raclng
ln
Ccuador?
martindavalos:
I started racing
60s at I l.
I was a weekend
guy
because of school.
Now that I
am here, I am
harne-schooled.
I
just
rode for fun
and I didn't
put
in
all of
rny
time until I decided to
come here.
cnr How long hav€
gou
b€€n
naclng
ln th€ UnltEd StatcsP
martindavalos
\y'Vhen
I was I 7, I moved
here to live with Davi
Millsaps.
I
rode
Amateur
the
past
two
years -
the B class
the
first
year
and A
class the second;,ear-
cn: lt almost s€€ms
llk€
gou
camc
out of nowh€rc. Dld
gou
wln ang Amatcur
€vcntsP
martindayalos:
I won
the 250 A and
125 A at Lake Whitney. Then
I
Bot
third
at Loretta's
in 125 A.
cn: Wtat wEFc
gouF goals going
lnto thc
gG€nP
madindavalos:
I
iust
wanted to
get
top
10, for
sure
-
just
finish
the season
heahhy and learn.
cn: Hav€
Uour
goals
chang€d
nowP
martindavalos:
Well,
lam still
iust
going
to
go
out there
and do my best. Bur, it
would be awesome for
me
to
get
top
five,
but at the same time it
will be real
hard,
because
all the
guys
are real fast.
cn: How ls lt urorklng
wltlr
Oavl
Mllls€psP
martindayrlos:
just
working
with Davi
cn: How do
gou
f€€l
gou
are
doing on
th€ Sup€r
