INTERVIEW
2016 AMA SUPERCROSS CHAMPION RYAN DUNGEY PART 2
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at the professional level. So,
those photos are a product of 21
years of riding dirt bikes, since I
was five, and I hope it can bring
a level of appreciation for what
we go through. The skeptics
may not see all of that, but that
was the goal for me—to show not
just how fit we are as racers, but
also what our fitness looks like
when it's compared to so many
other types of athletes."
That being said, he had to
take precautions "down there."
"[Teammate] Marvin
[Musquin]'s seat is much softer
than what I like to run," Dungey
said. "I had a really grippy, hard
seat that would tear my butt up,
but Marvin's seat is much softer
and less grippy, so I switched to
his seat. I never smashed any-
thing, but there was one thing:
You know how when you roost
a sand berm, the sand can get
all down your back and all that?
Well, I was roosting this sand
berm, and it gets on the seat,
plus I'm sweating, so things just
started to get raw from rubbing.
So, we had a towel on-hand to
clean things off, and it was fine.
Thankfully, otherwise, every-
thing's still intact."
WHAT'S NEXT
During the MX National broad-
casts after he was injured,
Dungey made a comment that
really sounded as if he was plan-
ning on retiring after the 2017
season. He said he was going
to honor his contracts and race
until the end of 2017. He came
up short of acknowledging that
to be true, but also didn't say it's
not true.
"Even when I was doing
the interview, the kid [who
was filming] asked me, 'Wait
a minute, did I just hear some
news nobody's heard before?'"
Dungey recalled. "No. Look, this
is my 10th year now, and next
year will be my 11th year racing
"MY MOTIVATION
WASN'T TO BE,
'LOOK AT ME, CHECK
ME OUT NAKED!'
THAT WASN'T IT…"
We might not see
Dungey race again
until A1 2017.
