5 Minutes With Davi Millsaps - 2 October 20th, 2007
You’re not putting words in my mouth, it sucked!” answered Davi
Millsaps when this writer assumed that due to a broken femur and
sever inner ear infection the 19 year-old had a miserable racing
season in 2007. After breaking his femur in a pre-season practice
crash, Millsaps was forced to the sidelines, only to return at round
number eight at the Georgia Dome. It took him a while to get up
to speed, but at the series’ penultimate round at Seattle, he
placed an outstanding second overall. A great result heading into
the opening round of the AMA National Motocross Championship,
it appeared to be ready, steady, go time for #118. But that wasn’t
to be the case. Despite a podium placing at Mount Morris, Millsaps
results began to become erratic as the season began to progress.
Something was amiss and nobody — Millsaps included — knew
what was up. Then on August 16, American Honda announced
that Millsaps was suffering from a puncture in his inner ear and
would be out for the season. Now he’s back. A recent two-fold
operation allowed doctors to repair his ear as well as remove the
rod in his leg, and after healing up, Millsaps has just begun to
pound out the laps on his 2008 Honda CRF450R. Recently, we
caught up with the teenager. interview on alpinestarsinc.com