Supercross Futures Racers

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We check in with Carson Mumford, Vincent Wey and Ryder DiFrancesco after Phoenix Supercross Futures.

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00:00Hey Carson, how was Supercross Futures last week?

00:05Oh, it was pretty good.

00:06The track seemed a lot better than years previous and I had a lot of fun.

00:10I got three points, so I only need three more and hopefully I can get it done at Anaheim

00:14too.

00:15If not, I've got to go to Oakland, but it should be good.

00:18Get some more track time in some stadiums like this and just have some more fun.

00:22How does the points system work?

00:24What do you need to get and what pays what?

00:27Top five gets three points and then you have to get top three at one of these events to

00:32qualify for Monster Cup.

00:34I'm in for Monster Cup, got third.

00:36Top ten gets two points, so hopefully I get three more points and then I don't have to

00:40do any more races like this and then I can just sit and watch.

00:43Cool.

00:44How was the track compared to last year?

00:46Last year was super mellow, I heard.

00:48Yeah, this year was really good.

00:50They left one of the rhythms, but it seemed like a lot of people were crashing, but it

00:53separated a lot of people for sure.

00:55Last year I was able to do it every lap and really make some time up on people where if

00:59they kind of leave it flat, I think people are still going to crash anyway.

01:03I think it really helped a lot this year.

01:06How much racing did you get to do?

01:08Not really that much.

01:09I think I probably only got to do like 40 laps all day and I was there from like 7 in the

01:14morning riding to like 8 o'clock at night racing, so not that much track time.

01:19I raced three classes, so yeah, I think it would be cool if they added some more laps

01:23and stuff like that because you get a bad start and stuff like that.

01:26It really just messes your whole race up.

01:28How much advantage do you have having a supercross track to train on privately?

01:33I have a pretty big advantage.

01:36I ran supercross suspension.

01:38I think some teams didn't.

01:39I know my whole team ran supercross suspension, so I think that helped us out a lot in the

01:43gnarlier section.

01:44It made it a little bit safer if you case something where some teams kind of struggled

01:49with that and their riders kind of crashed.

01:51Yeah, it definitely helps out.

01:53Helps out my whole team for sure because we all can go up and ride, so yeah, I like that.

01:57Cool.

01:58Thanks, man.

01:59So Vincent, how was supercross features in Phoenix?

02:02It was okay.

02:04I crashed out of the lead in the 7.9 and got third in the 7.11.

02:08Cool.

02:09Was it cool racing on the same track?

02:11Yeah.

02:12It was kind of a little bit of the same.

02:15Was it gnarly?

02:16Were you scared at all?

02:17No, not really.

02:20Not really?

02:21Not really.

02:22Was your dad stretching out for you?

02:24Yeah.

02:25Yeah?

02:26What was the best part of it?

02:28I liked the double table over two that they had there.

02:32Nice.

02:33Did they have the whoops in?

02:35They took every other one out.

02:40Oh, so it was like doubles?

02:41Yeah.

02:42Is that how you went through them?

02:43Yeah.

02:44Cool.

02:46Did you do any fancy showing off on the finish line after getting third?

02:49No.

02:50No?

02:51Not unless you win?

02:52Yeah.

02:53Are you racing tomorrow?

02:54Yeah.

02:55How are you going to do tomorrow?

02:57I think I can win.

02:59What are you going to do on the finish line?

03:02Whip or something.

03:04Alright, good luck, buddy.

03:05Thanks.

03:06How did the supercross features go for you?

03:09Good.

03:10The last sequence was good.

03:11I got two seconds and two firsts, so I can't do much better than that.

03:14I go into A2 and try to do the same thing.

03:17Nice.

03:18So you did it last year, right?

03:20Yeah, I did it last year.

03:21So last year's track, I heard, was like a vet track.

03:23How was this one in Phoenix?

03:25It was good.

03:26They didn't change up too much stuff.

03:28They kind of left the triple bases and the finish line, and they kind of just filled in the whoops.

03:32They actually left the rhythm section, so it was kind of complicated to get through that stuff,

03:37but I think it separates those guys.

03:39Yeah.

03:40Was it big?

03:42Big?

03:43I mean, were you scared?

03:44Or was it old hat for you?

03:46It wasn't too bad.

03:48It was pretty bad for the pros.

03:51I think they had to go double, triple.

03:53It was like some weird section.

03:55But A5, just go double, double, double, so it was pretty easy.

03:58Nice.

03:59Is it pretty cool to race in the stadium?

04:01Yeah, it's cool to race in the stadium.

04:03I think guys racing the night before get that same feeling, and when they turn the lights on,

04:08it's like you feel like that guy, you know?

04:11Yeah.

04:12Did you have any of the motos under the lights at night?

04:14Yeah, they actually wait to put the main events on at night.

04:18Oh, in the evening, okay.

04:19So all of us get to race under the lights.

04:21That's cool.

04:22Does the dirt change at night?

04:23Does moisture come out of it?

04:25Yeah, they do some track prep, so the moisture comes out of it, and the lights turn on,

04:29and it makes the track even better.

04:31Cool.

04:32So do you think this program, Supercross Futures, it's going to expose you to Supercross

04:41and give you experience before you have to get on a big bike and try to get your points, right?

04:45Yeah, it definitely helps.

04:47All the guys that are on 450s now didn't have that, so it's definitely going to help,

04:52and racing under the lights is going to be cool, and then transferring to the pros.

04:56So I think it's going to take a couple of nerves off, and racing under those lights will be cool.

05:00Cool.

05:01Good luck tomorrow.

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