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INTERVIEW AUSTIN FORKNER P88 some championships. That'd be great. That'd be the best thing. Like most motocross rac- ers Forkner's age, he has lofty goals. "Obviously I'd like get at least one supercross and motocross 250 championship, then at least one 450 supercross and moto- cross championship and hope- fully more. Hopefully I can get multiple of both. That would be the greatest thing, in both class- es. Obviously you want the most you can get, so that's what I want. Supercross would be awe- some to win. Outdoors would be awesome to win. They're both good. Supercross probably has a little bit more hype than out- doors, but outdoors I think you have to work a little bit harder, too, just because the heat and the longer motos. Outdoors is more of a brutal season than supercross. But supercross is definitely tough with just how the tracks are. I feel like the tracks are a little bit tougher because they're more technical, but the motos aren't quite as long. It'll be good. I hope that I can get as many as I can in both outdoors and supercross, both classes." Despite his now busier sched- ule, all the training he must do and the more responsibilities he must fulfill, like hanging out with the Fox guys and the media, Forkner says he's having fun. "It's a lot of fun. Obviously it helps whenever you do good and winning that moto the other day, especially going into this break made it really good. I have a lot of confidence right now, I feel. I've been having fun riding and staying at the Reynard's in Oklahoma with all the guys there, getting ready with some of the guys going to Loretta's. We've got a really solid group of pro riders there, actually. We got Bogle and Canard and Benny Bloss, Colt Nichols, Chase Mar- quier. We've got a solid group of pro riders there. And then all the guys going to Loretta's just makes the track that much better and get that much rougher and more realistic. I think that's a big thing right now is finding tracks that are realistic to what you're going to be riding on and prac- ticing on them. I feel like we've been doing that there." Forkner, as well as his com- petitors, are enjoying the longest break (two weeks) of the season before ramping up again at one of the toughest tracks on the cir- cuit—Unadilla. With three races left, Forkner is holding down fifth in the 250MX Championship. Though it will be tough to catch the four riders ahead of him— Cooper Webb, Jeremy Martin, Joey Savatgy and Alex Martin— he's got guys like Zach Osborne and Aaron Plessinger breathing down his neck. But if there's anyone up for a challenge, it's Austin Forkner. CN "I WANT TO GO IN AND RIDE THOSE GUYS HARD AND NOT GIVE THEM ANY ROOM TO PUSH ME AROUND." Forkner says he feels comfortable and relaxed on the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/ Kawasaki Team.