Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Nl Robbie Regnard: Still Tickin' RobHe Reyrrard har been riding the profes- sioral Superrro6s and rnotocross ciraJiE for 13 years now and tns tud hi: fair *we of higtE and lows durirE that period. ln 1993, the Oklalprnn won the Steel City round of dre orrdgor series to becanE $e pungest- €rver winner of an Al"lA MX National, only rnonttE after his I 6dr HrtM4/. He dtert went on to win the AMA National Arcrlacrs CtEmpiorE*rip that same )near Horcval a series of iniuri5 have kept dle Z&),ear-old from rcdinrg his full poternial, ln 2006, Reynard dropped out of fie Supercrcs series in order to fully concen- trde on E s Far's outdoor series and ki*ed off ttE seasoi at Hangtoam with an eigffirpbce fini$ in tfie opening rnoto. cn: You hed a fairlg good stEPt to tte season at Hangtoivn. You l€d for a whll€ in th€ first moto and Grd€d up eighth. What happa'ed in t}l€ s€corid motoP robbier€ynard: I got a bad start and staft- ed to work up 6.ough the pack, but my clutch went out. ln the lirst moto, I had a good first couple of hps, but drcrr I gd arm pump prctty bad. I havent been out fi'ont in quite a while, and I inst need to loosen up and try to flor,v. cn: You s€€m to do bEtte on th€ outdoor t'acks th€s€ dags. robbiereynard: Outdoors is a little easier for me. I actualty feh pretry good before the Supercrorr season staned, but I had a cou- ple of get-oft before the season stard and at the lirst couple of rounds, and I just nade nyself really sore. I got timid on the track and you can't be timid when you go out on a Supercross track. So I took off the rest of the Supercross series to focus on the ouidoor series. cn: [-ast gEan gou s€€m€d to b€ stflJggling with th€ tik€. How arE things going this g€anP robbbreynard: Yeah, I was on a 250F all yea4 and den at MilMlle I went to a 450 and I wr kiM of ligtting with ny weight and stuff and it took a while to adjust. I am renl- ty confonable with the 450 now and dris yerr rny bike is realy fast. Last year my dad did some head work and $at was it, bul this year we have &finitely got it running a lot better, so ny starts should b€ a lot better and I shorJldnt be out-horsepowercd, cnr You hav€ a n€w sponsor this 96n robbbrcymrd: Yeah, FreeNissan..orn is a dealer at home in Ouahoma, Fenton Motor Group, and we just put sorned nS tqgedrer with them and sorne other gu)as from Okhhoma - Cory Green, Johnny Marley ard Brandon Jones. \ e are iust try- ing to ride and have a good time. The gq.s on the team are super nice and we ha\re a good time gdrE to the races. cn: Your dad. Robert has besr Uour mEchank foF a lorE time robbiereFard: Yeah, dad does the motors for everybody on the team. He ako does all the suspension, and he's my mechanic as well, cn: Yolr hav€ b€€n at this a long time do g,ou still s€t gioals tur Uours€tP rlbbt€rqllard After the first ro(rd I w6 kind of dreckirg +eed to see where I was d- I wotrld sa/ tff I dlb* I can get a finieh in dE top fi\€ ry the end of fte )€at: I'd say dld is ny go€1. I think I can do it if I stay lt€aldt11 tsrdy I get better as the season progresses. f tld ltappers, urc will be good, cn: You havE b€En plagu€d bg injuri€s in th€ past. Hav€ gou manag€d to stag fairlg injurg fr€€ lat€ly? robtiercynard: Yes and no. At ttle begir ning offie yea[ a $e Supercrocses, I acru- aily tore my ACL €ain in rIy knee. I dont even know when I did dr*. But my bod is a

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