VOL. 52 ISSUE 17 APRIL 28, 2015 P83
BY SHAN MOORE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KEN HILL AND MOORE
T
here's no doubt that Kailub
Russell is one of the fast-
est off-road racers in the
country, if not the fastest. The
FMF/KTM rider has reeled off
four-straight wins in the GNCC
series so far in 2015.
In addition, Russell is racing
the Kenda AMA National Enduro
Series, hoping to become the
first father/son champions in the
series since his father, Jeff, won
the championship in 1991.
So far, after three rounds,
and was—despite having what
he thought was a good ride—still
beaten by enduro veteran Rus-
sell Bobbitt. He was not a happy
camper to say the least.
Cycle News sat down with
Russell at the enduro (before it
started) and chatted with Kailub
about the 2015 season so far.
It seems like you've been
having a pretty easy time of it
in the GNCC series.
Not so sure that anything's
ever easy, but it's been going
well. I kind of picked up where
I left off last season. I've just
been riding really well and kind
THE
RULER OF
GNCCS IS
HOPING
TO DO THE
SAME IN
ENDUROS
LEARNING TO WIN
Russell now has three consecu-
tive runner-up finishes in the se-
ries and leads the standings by
nine points over four-time champ
Russell Bobbitt.
You would think that most
people would be happy with that
scenario, but not Kailub. In fact,
he's down right upset about it.
After all, he's used to winning,
which he has done a lot of the
past three years, so getting sec-
onds doesn't sit well with him.
Even though he's new to the
enduro scene, he expects to be
winning right away, although he's
come close, especially at the
last event where he led by 45
seconds going into the final test
of coming to the races with a
game plan on how I want to
execute things. Everything's just
been falling my way so far. Like
I said, I've been riding well and
I feel like I did my work in the
off-season to get better. It always
makes life a little easier when
you're good to go and you're rid-
ing well. I've been having a pretty
good time with doing some more
different things in racing. Obvi-
ously, I'm racing enduros, the
sprint enduros and the GNCCs.
Everything's been going well so
far.
Do you think riding all the
different types of races helps
your riding overall?
