INTERVIEW
AUSTIN FORKNER
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matter. [I] still got it done. My
trainer and Mitch [Payton, Pro
Circuit Team owner] and those
guys have been telling me that
they think that I can win a race,
and an overall, one or the other,
or hopefully both this season.
I was like, 'man, I really don't
know.' I thought that my third
overall was really good earlier in
the season. I think I've gotten a
second in a moto and a third in a
moto and fourths and fifths, and
that's really good. Really, top-five
is where I want to be, but being
able to win one was super cool."
A terrible start in the first moto
at Washougal relegates him to
10th in the moto, but he couldn't
believe that a 10-1 would ulti-
mately give him second overall
for the day.
"That was funny how that hap-
pened, the 10-1. I've heard sto-
ries like that; I think somebody
earlier in the year got a two and
an eight for second or third. Yes-
terday was a pretty crazy race
with everybody going down. The
track was pretty gnarly and slick;
it was tough so it made it tricky.
Some guys got together. Some
guys made mistakes. I didn't. I
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