On The Pegs August - 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 8 | Page 75

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 8 - August 2019
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it, or the funds to go racing… I think I need to live at three races. I’ve been real
successful with arenacross. I’ve done it so many times to make it challenging and
also a good spectator event, but yet not kill everybody. I think we can get there.
The trials bikes were a big part of EnduroCross when it first started. Are
there any thoughts about bringing trials bikes back?
We’re not going to do it for ’19. Yes, we’re definitely going to look at it and look
at additional classes. I want to get more amateurs involved in this. I think there’s a
huge off-road base, and people want to come. Now that they’ve seen the sport -
before the sport existed nobody knew to go out and train for it. Now these guys
have endurocross tracks. Once you start training for it, it’s not a bad deal. It’s a
fun deal.
Do you have the commitment from the factories teams?
We do, yes. As a matter of fact, obviously KTM and Husky were quick to come
on board. Sherco, TM, GasGas, a few others that have contacted [us] and said
they’re going to be there.
Can you talk about some of the venues that you might be going to next
year?
I just sent a selection of venues over to the motorcycle manufacturers and to
the AMA advising them that we need to start working on 2020. They range ev-
erywhere. I want to go back to Reno. Every Washington was good. I want to try to
change it up and not play the same cities every year, but you just don’t have that