INTERVIEW
MARVIN MUSQUIN
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had a good gap on Bogle and
then we started over. Obviously
I was still first on the restart but
Bogle was right behind me.
Mentally, it was not easy but
that's why it makes you tougher
and better. I'm really glad to get it
done for the team, for everybody
that works so hard."
Musquin barely put a wheel
wrong en route to his win, which
is a testament to the work he put
in during the off-season.
"I've been training for a long
time and at one point I was like,
'man, it takes forever to finally be
racing,'" said Musquin. "I started
practicing a month ago, and to
watch those guys on the west
coast racing, it was not easy. I
have great partners like Jason
Anderson and Ryan Dungey down
in Florida, now with Aldon Baker.
We've been doing our work and
it's paying off, so I'm happy."
Musquin says that he plans to
build on the momentum.
"Like I said, I got a good bike
and I've been training hard," said
Musquin. "I wish for the same
weekend next weekend—good
starts and be consistent. What
Ryan Dungey did also today,
that's what you want to do; that's
the dream race to have both of
us win."
Musquin performed his signa-
ture heel-clicker over the finish
line jump, just like Dungey dur-
ing his win. Musquin says that
was kind of sort of an inside joke
between the teammates.
"That was perfect," said
Musquin. "I'm always trying to
get him to do one, and right
when he pulled off he said, 'that
was the best heel clicker of my
life,' so that was sick. Ryan is
a good guy and we get along
really good. To be teammates is
awesome. Kind of cool that we
were wearing the same gear.
Together to win the same night
for the team, it's awesome. I'm
really happy for them.
"It feels so great to get a win
tonight. Both the team and I
have been working so hard in
the off-season to get where we
need to be to run up front. I had
had a lot of injuries in the past
few seasons, particularly in the
Supercross season, and I am
happy to finally be completely
healthy at the start of the sea-
son. Normally, I have improved
as the Supercross season [has
gone] on, but this year, I started
strong." CN
If the Arlington
race is a sign of
things to come,
then the rest of
the 250 East class
will have to step
up their game if
they want to beat
Musquin.
