INTERVIEW
MOTOAMERICA SUPERSPORT RACER CAMERON PETERSEN
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here in 2010 and he did pretty
well. Obviously Sheridan Morais,
he used to race there—he raced
World Supersport. Matthew
Scholtz raced World Supers-
port... So I think there's quite a
lot of talent in South Africa, it's
just that we don't have the back-
ing.
"But the level of riding here,
it's insane. I never expected it
to be this high. Coming here it's
just cool to be on the same grid
and stuff as these guys because
they're definitely some of the
best riders in the world."
MotoAmerica wasn't the only
opportunity that Petersen had
outside of South Africa.
"We actually had an offer
though it got canceled was
that we met Danny Walker," he
said. "So after 2013, after I won
the championship we started
speaking to Danny a little bit just
about options and to see what
we could do. And then eventu-
ally a spot opened up and we
made the deal with Danny for
this year."
With nearly a full season
under his belt in his first year
abroad, how does the U.S.
championship compare to his
home series in South Africa?
"The fields aren't very deep
and we don't get a lot of fans
coming," he said. "There are two
or three guys in each class that
are really quick. Clint Seller was
"I DIDN'T
REALLY KNOW
WHAT TO
EXPECT COMING
HERE. I DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT THE
LEVEL OF RIDING
WAS. FOR SURE,
THE FIRST TWO OR
THREE ROUNDS
I STRUGGLED A
LOT…"
The competition is
pretty steep in the
Supersport class, but
now that he's found
his comfort zone with
the newness of it all,
Petersen (45) was
able to run up with the
leaders at Indy.
