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at this level. I'm not saying that's
it and I'm done. Not now. But if
you look too far ahead down the
road... It's nice to think about a
life sometimes where you can
think about making plans to do
this or that, but this is all a long
time away. We still have the rest
of this year, then all of next year.
I'm just focused on my contract
for now, which was this year and
next year, so next year at this
time there will be decisions to
be made, but they aren't being
made today."
A lot of racers don't like to
even discuss what they're going
to do when they're done
racing, for fear of it robbing
them of motivation, or for fear
of having "an eye on the future"
causing them to fail to pay atten-
tion to the present. Dungey isn't
one of those guys. He was open
about what he hopes for after
he's done racing.
"You're not out of line at all
asking about it, because I've
thought about it a lot, but you
should have a plan," Dungey
said. "If you have a wife, and
maybe even kids, you have to
think about them, too, and to not
think about that stuff seems like
you're kind of just unprepared.
Ricky [Carmichael] was 26, and
he did 10 full years before he
retired. I'm at 10 now."
Dungey has a plan.
"Like we were just talking
about, I love helping out St.
Jude, so I want to get more in-
volved with that through my bike
ride and other charity events
with St. Jude, but I'd also like to
continue the relationships I've
had within the sport," Dungey
said. "Being a part of KTM has
been amazing, and something
I could've never even wished
for, because I was able to really
help bring success to a com-
pany that they hadn't really had
before. People didn't believe we
could do it, but we had to work
together to build it up, and we
did. We all worked hard and we
brought success to KTM in the
450cc class here in the States,
and that's amazing. So I'd like to
continue with them and maybe
keep growing and helping with
R&D to make them better, and
then with Fox and Target and so
forth, just with the people I've
been able to build these great
relationships with. And I want to
keep growing the sport in any
