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Cycle News 2014 Issue 07 February 19 2014

Cycle News is a weekly magazine that covers all aspects of motorcycling including Supercross, Motocross and MotoGP as well as new motorcycles

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INTERVIEW SUPERCROSS/MOTOCROSSER WESTON PEICK P66 which makes Peick's effort even more impressive. "The team has been busting their asses and getting the bike set up really good and we've been riding good, so it's definite- ly awesome getting back-to-back fifth-place finishes. Maybe soon we can get a fourth or a third," says Peick. When asked if he thinks he's at any disadvantage to the factory riders, Peick shrugs his shoul- ders and says no, not at all. "We're not at any disadvantage to the factories," says Peick. "We've got a good program with Motosport.com and Fly Racing, and we get it done. We get plenty enough support to go racing, which we've proved week in and week out this season. There's no disadvantage that I can see. May- be they've got 30 people working for them, and that does help, but we get it done over here. "Really, we have a solid pro- gram going on and that's all that really matters. When you have a lot of determination behind you then there's really no difference between someone else and me." Peick also feels like it's much easier to compete against the factories than it was just a few years ago. "Everybody has progressed and more people understand the four-stroke engines now, and more and more people are able to build a solid engine package to compete with some sort of a factory-level bike," says Peick. "It's still not going to be the same, obviously, because they have The 23-year-old Californian consid- ers himself a bit of an outsider in the racing pits.

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