Racer X Illustrated — October 2017

“I gotta get more

jerseys—I keep

giving them out.

I’m famous. Cade,

you’re famous,

too, but not in a

good way.”

Alex Ray to Cade Clason/

PulpMX Show

“YOU GOTTA UNDERSTAND,

Wil Hahn on the single life/PulpMX Show

“I’m going to keep

my tone upbeat in

this interview, be-

cause I don’t want

to be that depress-

ing guy, but just

know that I feel like

drowning myself in a

puddle right now.”

Adam Cianciarulo in his post-

Southwick interview

“In addition to the new

LaRocco’s 2.0, fans this

weekend will notice a marked

improvement in the grand-

stands along the side of

the famed jump. Gone—via

tornado—are the old wooden

grandstands and in their

place is a considerably larger

set of brand new aluminum

grandstands, anchored to a

massive concrete pad, with a

spectacular view.”

RedBud Press Release by

Pat Schutte/HPPR

“I love racing,

and my passion

for doing so has

not changed,

but there

comes a

time in

every

racer’s

career

where

you come to

the realiza-

tion that

although the

spirit is will-

ing, the flesh

is weak, and

I know in my

heart it’s time

to call it a day.”

Red Bull KTM’s Trey

Canard announcing

his retirement, effective

immediately, at

the Spring Creek

National

IF YOU HAVE A BACK BRACE AND A

“Webb is look-

ing very cor-

porate today—

he’s as blue

as can be.”

NBC Sports color analyst Grant Langston on

Cooper Webb’s all-blue gear at Spring Creek/NBCSN

MONSTER HAT,

“Maybe

I’m just not

used to it.

I’m used to

flip-flops.”

Ken Roczen, struggling to buckle

his boots on his first day back rid-

ing (@adamcianciarulo)/Instagram

“I don’t take

weekends off. I

keep hammering.”

Eli Tomac, when we asked what

he would do during the off-week-

end after Southwick/Racer X Online

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“I was dizzy halfway

through and don’t

recall throwing my

goggles. Apparently I

got second! Just the

heat got me.”

Red Bull KTM’s Jeffrey Herlings

on his second moto at the MXGP

of Lombardia, where temperatures

were in the mid-90s/Racer X Online

YOU’RE NOT TOP MATERIAL.” “Eli is a beast on a motocross

bike...he is a little different

personality wise...he makes

Mike LaRocco look like

Jim Carrey!”

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“I have no idea if we’ll

win. I’m hoping, be-

cause I don’t know how

much more frustration

I can take. Last year I

almost got in a fistfight

in the media tent.”

Jason Thomas on Team USA’s

chances at the 2017 Motocross

of Nations at England’s Matterley

Basin/Fly Racing Moto:60 Show

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