INTERVIEW
KAILUB RUSSELL
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they're not doing better than
they are. That means there's
room for improvement. If you're
kind of satisfied with being back
there then that's what kind of
bugs me. But I feel like we've
got a good group of guys and I
feel like we can bring a lot to the
table this year.
The new Full Gas Sprint En-
duro series tries to replicate
the ISDE format. How much
does that series help you get
prepared for riding Six Days?
I think it helps a lot just be-
cause it's similar to the format
without the transfer, and it's
short sprints. Just the way the
format is, to the tests and every-
thing, they're very similar. I think
that's what American off-road is
lacking. We've got good riders
and riders that are good at na-
tional enduros and GNCCs, and
those guys come over here and
we're beating them. But when
we go do that stuff we don't
have the same intensity levels
throughout the tests. I know it's
good for myself and all the guys
that are going to be on the team
to be able to go and kind of get
a warm-up in and to get used to
that format. It's really fun. I enjoy
riding it. It's really close racing.
The first two that's ever been
here, myself, [Josh] Strang and
[Daniel] Milner have been top
three on the podium the same
results. It's been really good and
a lot of fun. I enjoy that. Hopeful-
ly it gets bigger, because I think
it'd be good for the future too
of ISDE and getting American
riders more used to that format,
and a little bit faster. I think it's
good. CN
Russell is the son
of former National
Enduro Champion
Jeff Russell.
"I BEAT MYSELF UP PRETTY HARD,
ESPECIALLY WHEN I LOSE. I'M SO USED
TO WINNING AND LOSING'S KIND OF
UNACCEPTABLE."
