VOL. 54 ISSUE 50 DECEMBER 19, 2017 P153
For us, our biggest hiccups,
I would say would have been at
Unadilla. That was the mud race
and at that race I was definitely in
the management mode and that's
something I'm going to take away
and learn from. At the end of the
day you still have to go out there
and just do your thing. And that
day at Unadilla showed that I was
in protection mode and I ended
up going 10-5 and we had anoth-
er big chunk of points taken out
of us. But I never had the doubt
in my mind that we were going to
lose it, like, say, we lost Super-
cross. I knew we could finish it
off and I knew we had a good
bike and my body was good.
I knew we could get it done.
There was definitely some panic
around the team and everyone,
but deep down inside I knew we
could get it done after that race.
You know, when you're riding,
you're at your best when you're
not really thinking about anything
else other than being in the zone
and racing. Anytime you get that
second thought in your head of,
"Oh gosh, don't tip over! Don't
blow this moto!" When you have
that mindset when you're racing,
it's not a good thing. Those races
you're winning, you're not really
thinking about anything. It kind of
sounds weird, but that's actually
when you do perform your best.
Winning the 450MX title,
that really is a career achieve-
ment for you, isn't it? I mean
going back to when you were
a kid racing minicycles, to win
that big-bike title through all
that you and your family put
into the sport and through
such deep commitment, really
has to be something for you.
It is something. Especially
when you look at the big picture
and how long it took to actually
get here. When you look at the
big picture, and like you said,
when you start riding when you're
four or five years and then you
race all the amateur nationals and
then you actually get to this point,
it's something else. Looking back
now, I'm grateful for everything
that's happened.
The 2018 Monster Energy
Motocross of Nations will take
place at RedBud next October.
Would you like to be a mem-
ber of Team USA at the event?
I would. I would like to do it.
The schedule does allow for us
to kind of catch our breath after
our supercross and motocross
season, so if I do well enough
and I do get chosen, then I will
say, as of now, I would represent
us and go race there. Yeah, that's
my answer for that! CN
"There was
definitely some
panic around
the team and
everyone, but
deep down
inside I knew
we could get it
done…"
