INTERVIEW
BRANDON ROBINSON
P94
complishing that and trying to go
for a win now.
What kind of direct support,
if any, is Triumph giving the
team?
Triumph is a financial support-
er of the team. It's nice having
them back us and doing promo-
tional things with the team. It's
great how they are supporting
me and Jake [Shoemaker] and
doing a lot of promotions online
and things building up to the
races. It's kind of cool.
Speaking of Triumph sup-
port, is this a paid ride or are
you racing for purse money?
It's one of the few paid rides
out there, so that's definitely a
big part of wanting to ride for
these guys. They [Triumph] un-
derstand that we're developing a
racebike for them, so that's why
it's structured as a paid ride and
that makes it doubly cool.
Now that you've had some
time on the bike, what kind of
tracks do you think you'll be
able to do well on?
All the Miles I feel like we're
going to be a threat. Some of
the Half-Miles maybe, although
we don't have a ton of track
time on the bike yet. Maybe at
a place like Lima—I think we'll
be pretty good there with the
bike being a little heavier it might
plow through the holes pretty
good and easier to ride with how
much torque there is. I think
a big flowing Half-Mile where
you carry a lot of speed might
be pretty good. The point-and-
shoot Half-Miles might be a little
tougher because you've got to
slow down and turn. We'll see.
So the bigger tracks right
now.
Yeah, I think we'll get this
bike to where it's good on all
the tracks, but it's just going to
take time. When you're going up
against guys who ride the same
equipment year after year and
have a lot of notes, we're starting
from scratch pretty much. CN
Robinson (44)
came just short
of delivering
Triumph's first win
in over 36 years at
the Sacto Mile.
