VOL. 52 ISSUE 50 DECEMBER 15, 2015 P107
reason I've had so much success because I go
and race all these races. If you're going to race
the nationals only, your confidence is going to go
down and you're not going to be as sharp. If you
race all the races you can, your income might go
up and you'll be sharp. But there's no doubt the
more you get on that motorcycle your chances of
getting hurt are going to go up. It's all about what
you want to do.
On winning the Superprestigio of the
Americas.
That was a great way to cap off the season.
It turned out to be a nice, racy track, so a lot of
credit goes to Chris Carr and Dennis Pearson
for giving us a phenomenal track that you could
race on, something I don't know if many people
thought was possible with what they had to work
with in terms of space. I thought Vegas was a
great event, brought a lot of exposure to the sport
and I loved winning that race. I just wish I could
have won the national the night before to get a
short track national win to my credit.
On the Du Quoin Mile tire controversy
(where Mees' tire was said to have signs of
being chemically altered, but since it was out
of the possession of AMA Pro Racing for a
week, they assessed no penalty).
All I can say is everything me and my team
were asked to do we did it. If we would have done
something to that tire do you think we would have
handed it over at the next race? We could have
we lost it or misplaced it or something. But we
handed it over. That's really all I want to say about
it because if I go any further I might be throwing
some people under the bus and I've been asked
not to do that. Since you asked, my goal was to
beat Smith by the end of the year by 20 points.
(He won by 23) That way there would be no ques-
Mees loves racing and he takes it very seriously.
It all started at a young age for Mees.
