On The Pegs February 2018 - Volume 3 - Issue 2 | Page 101

On The Pegs
Vol. 3 Issue 1 - January 2018
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me when I was a kid. When I was seven before
I started and got my license, I was just kind
of riding in parking lots and learning with
that. Then I started at Oak Hill and got my
license. In those days, it was 100 bucks to rent
the track. So, we were going out there once a
week. I was just able to get a lot of time when
I was a kid and start honing everything and
stuff like that. So definitely road racing was
kind of from day one the more important
thing.
There’s so much difference between road
racing and tight woods racing. Is there a bit of
frustration?
Yeah, for sure. I think any road racer, and
especially my style coming from the road,
my technique is brake as late as you can,
and stop and fire out the turn. So, that’s still
my weakness and what I’m still learning, is
not rushing stuff. Just trying to be fluid and
smooth and not over-braking stuff. It’s totally
different. It’s not one of those things where I
feel like since I was a good road racer I’m just
going to come and be great at dirt. I know I’m
not slow, but there’s a huge learning curve. I
only started doing enduro a year ago and I’ve
only done four races. It’s all new, but I’m not
too slow and having fun with it. Like I said, it’s
something I’m fortunate to be able to do and
have fun with it. I’m going to go give it a crack
and have fun.
Road race and off-road are so different I
wouldn’t think there’s very much t