INTERVIEW
P110
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN SHOFNER
AMA SUPERBIKE CHAMPION JOSH HERRIN
Zoe, live in an adjacent house.
Herrin's mom and dad split up not
long ago, but dad's still around a
lot helping to work on the various motorcycles and racing kart
driven by Josh's younger brother,
Zach.
Josh isn't extravagant. He
drives a nice Ford F150 pickup
and he bought Teesha an Audi,
but he loves his toys and elec-
tronic gadgets. At any given time
you might expect him to be playing with his R/C cars on the Supermoto track, or messing with
computers or watching his new
Ultra High Def TV.
"I'm a gadget guy," Herrin said.
"I guess I'm still like a little kid in
that I like my video games and
remote control cars. At least with
the video games I can say I'm
learning the tracks I'll be racing
on next year."
The centerpiece of Herrin's
place is a state-of-the-art Supermoto track. Josh has the track record of course at 37.4 seconds.
But Aaron Yates, a frequent rider
at Herrin's track, has been nipping at that record recently. The
track is not only training ground
for the Herrin boys, it also plays