INTERVIEW
2015 AMA HARE & HOUND NATIONAL, SCORE AND BITD CHAMPION RICKY BRABEC
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to run a 450 next year, and the possibility of guys
like Justin Morgan and Gary Sutherlin coming in
from other series, and Brabec's task becomes
even more daunting.
But the ever-upbeat 23-year-old former BMX
racer is determined to keep all three number-one
plates on his bikes, even if it means racing with
the meager funding of a threadbare shoestring.
We caught up with Ricky not long after the final
AMA Hare & Hound and chatted a bit with the new
champ about the 2014 season and the future.
What's your racing background and what
made you decide to get serious about 2014?
When did you make the decision and what
was the plan you came up with to tackle
three different series?
My first off-road race was in 2008, I think.
Before that, I was just being a track guy going
to the motocross tracks on the weekends. My
dad would take me and the family; I'm the only
one who races [regularly], and my family camps
here and there. They ride sometimes. My dad
has a Class 1 car—a Class 1 Unlimited off-road
car—that we don't really race that much; we race
it maybe twice a year just for fun, just locally be-
cause it's cool to get the family out there and
watch something a little bit different than dirt
bikes. I prefer the dirt bikes over the car. I think
it's smoother [on a bike]! Last year [2013], I was
obviously overweight—about 274 pounds—so I
