Catching up with Sully!We managed to get 10 minutes with Phil's KTM rider Luke Sullivan after Washougal to speak to him about how he feels the year has gone so far! Here's what he had to say.....
Both seasons are going pretty good so far. I started off strong in the GP's with winning the first round by going 1-2 which led me into the 2nd round with the red plate where I didn't perform nearly how I wanted to and ended up losing the red plate. After the 2nd round I missed the next 2 rounds because I went and hung out with friends. But I came back strong and went 2-3 at Maggiora with a 2nd overall and since then I have had a strong GP run with only having 3 finishes outside the top 3 and 2 of them being in the top 5. I still am running 3rd in points and I am around 70 points back from the leader. I am just trying to have a good time in GP's and end off the later half of the season strong and end top 3 in points. AMA I went in wanting to be a top 3 to top 5 guy and contend for wins and get in the way for the title fight. The first round was not good at all started bad first moto and came back to 9th and 2nd moto I pulled a typical sully and choked with 3 laps to go and was so mad I ended up falling back to 6th. Which had me going into the next round just wanting to put up two solid finishes then worrying about winning and trying to be in the title. Thunder Valley I did exactly what I wanted too and went 4-4 which honestly could've been a 3-3 but had a few mistakes, but overall I was happy with the performance and I was exactly where I wanted to be going into High Point. High Point was another alright ride going 5-4 which I wasn't too mad with because both moto's I had to come from outside top 30. But I was getting sick off top 5s and really wanted to get into the podium area where I know I can be. Southwick was a very rough one, I was not gelling with the track and kept crashing every corner and it made me mad all night which made me finish 9-8 which I was very annoyed with. Going into the week break I took a break from the game and was getting refreshed coming into the good old REDBUD.
Going into REDBUD I really wanted to step up my game which I ended up doing with a controversial night. Had a good start first moto but lost track of Prin and Payson 20 mins into the moto but around the 26 minute mark they ended up both falling which gave me the lead where I do the typically sully choke dying on the leap with 2 laps to go, Which mad me really pissed off but it was all my fought so after that I just pushed as hard as I could to catch up too them and hope for them to come together. Which is exactly what they did with 2 corners to go right before the leap which gave me the perfect opportunity to go into the lead, but when I was coming around the corner I hesitated cause I saw Payson coming back on to the track and that slight hesitating made him land on me and go down in the corner which made me get up in 3rd but Payson waited up for me at the finish which ended up with me getting 2nd. But I was still very pissed off because off the track entry and knowing I should've won but after I talked to Payson about the situation I calmed down and was fine about it. The 2nd moto I tried to push to hard and just rode a bad race into 7th. Millville was a sick race and I was gelling with the track all qualifying. But first moto I got a horrible start and rode all the way up to 5th which i was fine with cause I felt great but I thought it ruined my chances off the overall. But 2nd moto I pulled a 3rd place start and got into the lead in the third lap and lead the race from there and did not have one fall off all race. Which ended me up with my first win and my luck finally came and some how I ended up getting the overall which I was stoked for. Washougal I was coming in with a lot of confidence but the whole night I felt off and even with 2 good starts and a crash last lap in the 2nd moto I ended up 5-7 which puts me 50 points back from first in the standings but with a strong third place in the standings ending the first half of the season. |
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