VOL. 50 ISSUE 50 DECEMBER 17, 2013
came out with their new Viper so, for me, I have to
totally change my whole season up. I have a special
seat on my dirt bike, but I also have a special seat
on my SnoCross machine. The whole neck swivels,
it goes side to side, and it has a shock in it so it's
pretty complicated. So the next month and a half or
two months, I'm just going to be really focusing on
getting that sled ready to race. There is that and we
also lost our house three years ago in a fire so I've
been rebuilding that. I also have a couple of other
promotional things I'm doing. The Legends and
Heroes guys want me to come out and do some
appearances at some Supercrosses and at some
Nationals. I'll be flying around a little bit and doing
some of that. I'm sure that other stuff will come up
whether it be for Yamaha or for Monster.
Do you watch all of the Supercross and motocross races on TV?
I don't. I catch some of them and I watch as
many as I can. I don't have cable or anything so
I'll watch them on YouTube or something a couple
days later or a week later or wherever I can catch
it. The sport seems like it's doing really well and it's
great to be at this event. An event like this is really
where it started for me. It's really cool seeing kids,
brothers and sisters, moms and dads and grandfathers out there racing. It's great to see the generations out there riding and racing. Everybody is
having fun. It's a family event. That's where it really
starts.
That's a good point. I mean the vibe here is
so much about having a good time and having fun with your friends and maybe not taking
things too seriously. In other words, the Day
in the Dirt vibe or atmosphere is pretty far removed from the vibe we will see at Anaheim I,
isn't it?
Yeah, it's nice to come back here and race like
this. Especially for someone like you or me that's
been in this for so long. It's nice to come to a race
where it's pretty relaxed.
I've always kind of felt that that's how you
were wired. You came up in the sport in such
a unique and a tougher way. Do you know
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Henry was our Rider of the Year in 1999.
what I mean? I remember you telling me stories about towing around your bikes in a small
trailer and sleeping in your car the night before races…
Yeah, it was different, but I wouldn't change anything, that's for sure. It was a lot of fun and it taught
me well. It taught me how to appreciate the things
you have, that's for sure. That's very helpful now.
It's a very good thing to have nowadays. You just
need to appreciate things.
How about people within the sport? Do you
still hear from quite a few people?
I do. A little bit. That's another reason to come
out here to Day in the Dirt. I get to see you and
people like you. I used to see them every weekend, just about, you know? People who are in racing, man… That was like my family. I'd see the people from the AMA and Yamaha and the people in
the industry every weekend. I saw them more than
my family so it's nice to come back and see some
familiar faces from back in the day and talk about
