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cause of the two-stroke
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and just gave me another
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the back tire just slam into
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e what happens. It felt so
So it was something that I
we ran into an obstacle like
has way more experience
been at a level higher than
might as well take ad-
earn something while he’s
un away.
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vantage and maybe
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ore that way, but with the
mooth and the clutches
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- RYAN YOUNG -
Let’s talk about strategy. Last year you guys
rode ahead of Marc Freixa and didn’t even
watch him ride. This year you rode with him.
You took turns going first. Pat paid more atten-
tion to Marc’s riding. Was that a definite strat-
egy that you guys changed for this year?
We didn’t really change the strategy per se. What
we communicated to each other was we can’t do
what we did last year. That means a lot of things.
It means attitude, 100% effort all the way to the
last section, and perhaps watching the scores and
watching him ride a few sections.
I noticed in Ohio he had bad luck where in one
of the sections he cleared a marker but then
the sand went down and knocked the bound-
ary over, and he ended up getting a five. But he
didn’t seem to let it bother him. He came back
and won the next day. That was kind of proof
right there that his attitude was way better
than what it was the year before.
Yeah, we almost won that day as well. I think his
attitude did carry on a little bit to the next section
and he gave away I think at least two points in the
next section on the exit. There was just a couple
little tiny ledges. I think he had two ones there. But
he did maybe have a little tiny hiccup then finished
strong that day and did almost have the victory
that day as well. But much, much, much better atti-
tude than past seasons. He kept his cool and calm.
For me as a minder, he was much more enjoyable
to work with, keeping his cool all day long and me
not having to babysit his temper.