INTERVIEW
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY SH
AN MOORE
GNCC CHAMPION KAILUB RUSSELL
(Above) The 2013 GNCC title came
down to the last race. Russell waited
until then to put in his best ride of
the season.
(Right) Russell also rode the ISDE
for the first time of his career and
was impressive.
I should win. It turns out, that last
race was probably the best race I
had all year. I didn't have any tipovers and I felt like I rode smart
all day and when I had the opportunity to take the lead I did so."
Russell and Mullins are teammates on the high-powered FMF/
KTM off-road team and because
of that, they pit from the same
team hauler, which can make for
a few uncomfortable situations
when it comes down to competition between teammates. However, according to Russell, there
was surprisingly little tension in
the team pits.
"There was a little bit of tension, but not much," says Russell. "I know he wanted to win just
as much as I did. It wasn't that we
were mad at each other, or anything, but we kind of gave each
