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The sacrifices , the ‘ roughing it ’ even after you start to progress , and living as a ‘ proracer ’ on limited means . after a while because you ’ re not going to spend a thousand pound on boats and fuel to get somewhere if you ’ re no good . So there comes a time in your family on a Sunday night , after your roast dinner , you start thinking , right . Are we going to Cadwell next week or what ? Because we can ’ t go and finish 15th again . That ’ s 1,000 quid straightaway before we start feeding anybody , or your entry fee or your fuel . Where if it is just down on the road and you grow up with the same people , and then they ’ re going to Superteens and then it ’ s to British 125 . I don ’ t even know the stepping stones now if you ’ re starting . For me , it was motocross to road racing . Are we were going to do this ? Yup , it ’ s all laid on for you got a good team . All right . We ’ ve got to go and do it .” Once that decision is made , to really go for it no matter the cost , there is the cost to pay . The sacrifices , the ‘ roughing it ’ even after you start to progress , and living as a ‘ pro-racer ’ on limited means . “ You start thinking about going professional , getting a bit of a paycheque , not enough to be a full-time plumber ,” said Rea of his first racing jobs . “ You ’ re just
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