The Conversation
Racer X gets inside the minds of the stars, talking to a top rider or key industry player every week. Grab a cup of coffee and join the conversation.
- Monday Conversation: Chad ReedFebruary 21, 2011We chat with Chad about his breakthrough win in San Diego.
- Monday Conversation With... Trey CanardFebruary 14, 2011I’m just in shock right now. Man, I feel like I didn’t even ride as well as I did in the last three races, but I was coming from the back in those. I really needed that, to get up front and ride up front.
- Monday Conversation: Josh HansenFebruary 7, 2011I just told myself, it’s only 15 minutes out of my life of pain. Everyone has always told me that I was soft in the past, so I figured if I was ever going to harden up, the time to do it would be when we were going for a championship.
- Monday Conversation: James StewartFebruary 7, 2011Yeah, I just felt comfortable. And when you’re on your game like that, you can get into those things perfect.
- Monday Conversation With... Broc TickleJanuary 31, 2011Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s Broc Tickle is back in victory lane, taking his first win of 2011 on a brutal track in Oakland. For some reason, Tickle just felt like he was going to win all week. His secret? Possibly a magical burrito.
- Monday Conversation With... Cole SeelyJanuary 24, 2011Just two years ago, Seely was a complete unknown in the privateer ranks, and before that, he had actually quit racing for a few months because he had stopped having fun.
- Monday Conversation with... James StewartJanuary 17, 2011So that’s good, but at the same time, if Ryan would have passed me tonight, I would have just let him go.
- Monday Conversation with...Ryan VillopotoJanuary 10, 2011"That was the first time I had lined up on the gate since St. Louis, and the last time I raced, I ended up in the hospital for three weeks."
- Monday Conversation: Jake WeimerJanuary 3, 2011Jake Weimer has been a steadily rising star for over five years, since he won a tryout to become a part of the Factory Connection Honda team to start his career.
- Monday Conversation: Broc TickleDecember 20, 2010On Friday afternoon, as the rain fell down upon Pro Circuit Racing in Corona, California, team boss Mitch Payton was looking over a batch of heads. While doing so, he talked about one of his new riders for the 2011 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series – namely Broc Tickle.
- Monday Conversation: Kyle ChisholmNovember 29, 2010Finishing tenth overall in supercross, Moto Concepts Yamaha’s Kyle Chisholm took sixth overall in AMA Motocross. As he prepared for Anaheim, he believed that getting a race under his belt would be the best practice possible.
- Monday Conversation: Chad ReedNovember 8, 2010