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tionally try to take them out, but if
that's how they want to ride, then
I'm not going to let them push
me around. I feel like that I'm the
rookie coming in and that's how
those guys feel like they should
ride me, just to show me that
they're the boss because they've
been doing this longer, but I don't
want to let that happen. I want to
go in and ride those guys hard
and not give them any room to
push me around."
Like most young motocross
racers, Forkner doesn't have a
ton of experience in supercross,
but he is looking forward to his
first full season as a pro in the
stadiums.
"I'm excited about supercross.
I've done pretty well at techni-
cal supercross-style tracks. I've
done really good at the Monster
Cup; I did good at an arenacross
earlier in the year, so I seem
to be pretty good at technical
tracks, indoor-style tracks."
It won't be long before Forkner
gets his feet wet in supercross.
"I'm not really sure when we'll
start testing for supercross. We'll
probably do a little bit before
Monster Cup. I really don't even
know. I'm really not even worried
about that right now. Just start
whenever we start and get some
riding in, work on whatever we
need to work on and try to get
ready and do whatever coast. I
He might be
a rookie, but
Forkner is not
afraid to mix
it up with the
veterans.