Well this weekend wasn't much fun for me. I have been
struggling with some issues the last couple of weeks and I finally
got them worked out this weekend. I had a lot of confidence
going into the weekend, thinking it was time to turn the season
around. I felt really fast all week in practice with some new bike
settings, and riding good during the week usually makes for a
good weekend. Ah, but it wasn't to be.
Practice was decent but not great for me. I didn't feel very
comfortable but was jumping some big obstacles. I just wanted to
find the rhythm I had during the week but was struggling. I was
stressed out, along with my dad and team owner, Forrest. I know
I have the potential to ride much better than I was showing, and
just wanted to let it out. I qualified around 20th or so, not what I
was looking for. I made a change that I thought would help for
the night's racing, so I looked forward to that.
When I saw the lineup for my heat, I was not happy. Tedesco,
Hansen, and Langston had pulled out due to injury and the AMA
didn't feel it was necessary to even out the heats. So, it worked
out that one heat was... full story on supercrossonline.com
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