INTERVIEW
2014 SPEEDWAY WORLD CHAMPION GREG HANCOCK
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traction control whatsoever. It
has to be a 500cc motorcycle
that is naturally carbureted and
that runs on methanol. There are
no brakes. Only in the last three
years have we had the ability to
use titanium. We couldn't even
use that before.
What's your take on Tai Wof-
finden? He certainly appears to
be a colorful character.
I put him in a class with the
Darcy Wards and Chris Holders
of today. There's your group of
three different guys. They're the
youth of tomorrow, but they're
also the faces of today and to-
morrow. They're different. They're
not like the old school like I am.
They're out there and they're like,
"Hey, we're going to go racing
and we're going to win. Are you
coming with us or what?"
They're good guys. I get inspi-
ration and excitement in keeping
myself hanging with these guys.
I'm learning from them as much
as I'm giving to them. If I don't
follow them and pick up what
they're doing and how they're re-
acting, I don't think I could stay
in the game. Tai has an incred-
ible attitude. He's a little bit of a
daredevil. Don't dare him to do
anything because he'll do it. He's
very good with the public and
very good for the sport.
The sport has a remarkable
history. Are you into that sort of
stuff at all?
Jack Milner was our first Amer-
ican World Champion. He was
the man. You think about where
it's come from. The Speedway
"People look at it
like it's a little bit
prehistoric, but
there's something
interesting about
that prehistoric
side. It's a 500cc
motorcycle, but it
goes from zero to
60 in two seconds."
Another first for a Speedway
champion, Hancock opted out of
running number one next year in
favor of his signature number 45,
inherited from hero Penhall.
