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a sport where so many have failed before.
"I think I've always had a bit of the entrepre-
neurial side about me," Myers states in amongst
the nation's motorcycle media at the Arai Corsair-
X launch at Thunderhill Raceway in Northern
California. She's here as a sponsored Arai rider,
introduced to journalists alongside Nicky Hayden
and Randy Mamola, two riders who have earned
Czar-like status in American racing.
"The business side of racing has always
interested me, so being able to hire the people
I want and get things the way I like has been
great," she says. "The hardest part has been
managing everybody on a race weekend, espe-
cially when something's not going right. Some-
times I can be too nice and not speak my mind.
THERE'S MORE
ELECTRONICS WITH
THE SUPERBIKE, BUT IT
WOULDN'T BE MINE! I
HAVE THE KIT ECU, DYNOJET
POWER COMMANDER AND
WIDEBAND AND THAT'S IT.
NO TRACTION CONTROL, NO
WHEELIE CONTROL.
I have to remind myself that this is my team. I'm
putting this together for me, and it has to be
right for me."
It's been a roller coaster ride for Myers to
get to this point. At 21 she's already a veteran,
having raced bikes since age eight and on a
600cc machine from just 14 years old. Diminu-
tive in stature, she's already taken that famous
win at Daytona in 2012, the first female to take a
professional motorsport victory—two wheels or
four—on the fabled banking. Two years followed
on the Castrol-Apex Triumph team on Daytona
675R machinery in the now-defunct Daytona
Elena Myers is
pulling double
duty as team
owner and racer
in her debut
Superbike
season.
