Kevin Johnson - The Opposite Sides Of Motocross
4/6/2002
Recapped By: Carl Hein
Well the past two weeks have been interesting
Well the past two weeks have been
interesting. Two weeks ago I raced a
regional Arenacross in my hometown of Albuquerque. It was a fun weekend. I
got to race in front of fans and people I grew up with. The people in Albuquerque are awesome to me
and it was a good time. I had good
fortune over the weekend and the Lord blessed me. I won every race I was in and even won the jump off. I made quite a nice chunk of change. It was a good weekend.
The following weekend was a little
different. I went back to
Supercross. Houston was a fun track to
ride, but not to race on. Everyone did
the same rhythms and took the same lines.
The weekend started out good. I
felt awesome in practice and was having fun.
On Saturday I had some good practice laps and was getting fired up for
the races. On the last lap of the last
practice my bike broke. It was too bad
to be fixed in time so I hurried to the AMA trailer and got them to check in
Ryan Clarks 250F for me to ride.
I went out for the day qualifier not
having ridden the bike one single lap but made the best of it. I got a decent start and road around getting
used to the bike. I finished seventh
and barely qualified. In the nighttime
heat race I got a good jump and headed for the first turn. In the first turn Billy Laninovich crashed
in front of me and I got stuck behind him and Jonathan Shimp. Then I got off Laninovich's bike and I took
off. Before I even made a lap I had a run
in with a guy who decided to take a stupid line. I jumped into him, so it is not his fault, but the line he took
was still not a smart one. I crashed
pretty hard and bent up my bike. I did
not make into a transferring position so I had to go to the LCQ.
I had last pick in the LCQ. I got a good jump and came out of the first
turn in about 15th, not good, but not bad from that far outside. I passed about ten guys in four laps to
finish fifth. One spot from
transferring to the main event. It was
a sad ending to a hard day.
It is hard to think that I got
fourth in the last west coast race before Houston and then did not
qualify. But, hey, Matt Walker did not
qualify for Anaheim and he won the Houston race. With a field full of talent it is interesting to see what the
outcome of the series will be.
Kevin Johnson 757
Kevin Johnson - The Opposite Sides Of Motocross |
4/6/2002 |
Recapped By: Carl Hein |
Well the past two weeks have been
interesting. Two weeks ago I raced a
regional Arenacross in my hometown of Albuquerque. It was a fun weekend. I
got to race in front of fans and people I grew up with. The people in Albuquerque are awesome to me
and it was a good time. I had good
fortune over the weekend and the Lord blessed me. I won every race I was in and even won the jump off. I made quite a nice chunk of change. It was a good weekend.
The following weekend was a little
different. I went back to
Supercross. Houston was a fun track to
ride, but not to race on. Everyone did
the same rhythms and took the same lines.
The weekend started out good. I
felt awesome in practice and was having fun.
On Saturday I had some good practice laps and was getting fired up for
the races. On the last lap of the last
practice my bike broke. It was too bad
to be fixed in time so I hurried to the AMA trailer and got them to check in
Ryan Clarks 250F for me to ride.
I went out for the day qualifier not
having ridden the bike one single lap but made the best of it. I got a decent start and road around getting
used to the bike. I finished seventh
and barely qualified. In the nighttime
heat race I got a good jump and headed for the first turn. In the first turn Billy Laninovich crashed
in front of me and I got stuck behind him and Jonathan Shimp. Then I got off Laninovich's bike and I took
off. Before I even made a lap I had a run
in with a guy who decided to take a stupid line. I jumped into him, so it is not his fault, but the line he took
was still not a smart one. I crashed
pretty hard and bent up my bike. I did
not make into a transferring position so I had to go to the LCQ.
I had last pick in the LCQ. I got a good jump and came out of the first
turn in about 15th, not good, but not bad from that far outside. I passed about ten guys in four laps to
finish fifth. One spot from
transferring to the main event. It was
a sad ending to a hard day.
It is hard to think that I got
fourth in the last west coast race before Houston and then did not
qualify. But, hey, Matt Walker did not
qualify for Anaheim and he won the Houston race. With a field full of talent it is interesting to see what the
outcome of the series will be.
Kevin Johnson 757
