VOL. 51 ISSUE 40 OCTOBER 7, 2014 P73
BY STEVE COX
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE COX
T
rey Canard is an anomaly in
motocross racing. He came
into the pros winning right
away—beating Ryan Villopoto for
the 2008 Lites East Supercross
Championship in his rookie year—
but his promising start soon turned
to a troubling string of injuries. No
one ever could question Canard's
speed, but they did question if he
was too fragile, or even too aggres-
sive.
Things came to a head early in his
second 450cc Supercross season,
when he and Ryan Morais had their
now-infamous crash, resulting in a
badly broken back and many other
injuries for Canard. Team Honda
Muscle Milk stuck with him through
all of it, and some people wondered
why. The answer is simple: Canard
is good PR.
People like Trey Canard. He's
nice, he's personable, he speaks
well, and he's thoughtful. They kept
him on at Honda knowing that, even
if he didn't fully recover from his in-
juries, he was good for the brand.
But things are finally coming
back around for the redhead who
won four of the final six AMA Mo-
tocross motos of the season this
year. We caught up with him to find
out what's what.
WHEN THE 2014
SUPERCROSS/
MOTOCROSS SEASON
CAME TO AN END,
TREY CANARD
WAS ONE OF THE
HOTTEST RIDERS
ON THE TRACK.
WE CHATTED WITH
THE MUSCLE MILK
HONDA TEAM RIDER
ABOUT THE 2014
SEASON.
Trey Canard
started the year
on the DL, but he
ended it on the
top step of the
podium.
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