INTERVIEW
2016 GNC2 CHAMPION RYAN WELLS
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I THE BEGINNING II
Like every journey, it had to start somewhere. The flat-track
seed was planted at an early age for Wells in Upstate New
York. Wells' dad raced locally at an amateur level, so it was in
his genes. It was a family thing, and when they realized that
the kid had a knack for it, the focus shifted to the young Wells.
"My dad had no idea that I would do it like I am now," Wells
said. "He just thought, 'I was going to have a kid with a dirt
bike.' I learned how to ride a dirt bike before I learned how to
ride a bicycle, and he realized that I was good at it, I guess. It
just kept going from there."
I was just a kid
riding a 65 and
my dad bought
me some graphics off
of eBay, or whatever,
and we made it look
cool and that was it.
We went racing.
