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Facility—him and Ken [Roczen].
I mean, everybody knows that
story. Right then and there, I
was training in the gym and I
thought to myself, 'I need to be
here. I need to be hands-on with
Aldon. It's the best thing for me.'
And then everything had to fall
into place. Luckily, everything
worked out. I moved there right
after Dallas. I made the trip down
there. We had to find a house to
buy. It was a process. So with
that and then the new bike—the
new bike was definitely a big
step and a big improvement. The
guys are really getting things
dialed, even to this day, with that
bike, too. So I think there's a lot
of good potential to keep finding
with that."
As previously stated, the
peace of mind that Baker
getting ready for the week and I
was thinking, 'What should I do?
Sprints? Moto? Both?' I was so
confused. So yes, that right there
would have to be the biggest
thing. I could put my trust and
confidence in Aldon and his pro-
gram. So it eliminated that doubt,
and I think in return brought confi-
dence on the track. Was able
to kind of gather my thoughts
together more clearly and Aldon's
been a big help with all that."
>>MOTIVATION
What drives a guy like Ryan
Dungey during the week?
Champions have all kinds of
motivation. Ricky Carmichael
was motivated primarily by fear.
Fear of failure got him up in the
morning, which is why RC was
often much more upset when he
lost than he was happy when he
won. That obviously worked for
Carmichael. Late in his career,
Ryan Villopoto was primarily
motivated by money. What got
him out of bed was big contracts
and big bonuses, because for
the last four or five years of his
racing career, he was thinking
about life after racing. He would
often talk about how records
don't matter because champions
are forgotten as soon as the next
guy comes along. He wanted to
win so that he could solidify his
post-career finances. It's also
the primary reason he didn't re-
tire after 2014 and instead went
and raced the GPs: Money.
But for Ryan Dungey it's not
money.
"JUST BECAUSE I GET BEAT
TODAY DOESN'T MEAN I'M GOING
TO GET BEAT TOMORROW."
move down to Florida [and work
full-time with Baker]," Dungey
said. "If I had to look back at the
changing point, it was, I went
down to Florida in December to
spend a week with Aldon. Before
that, we were just doing long-
distance type of training. Marvin
[Musquin], [Adam] Cianciarulo,
and Jason [Anderson], they were
all with Aldon riding at the Baker
brought to Dungey was probably
the biggest positive change in
Dungey's racing machine.
"Well, the biggest thing, which
falls with Aldon is, I was trying
to do it all myself—the training,"
Dungey said. "During the week,
I was wearing myself out. Over-
thinking what should I do Mon-
day. It was Sunday night, I should
be relaxing and enjoying it and
For the second
time in his
career, Dungey
has won both
the Supercross
and outdoor
motocross titles
in the same year.
