It was a weird track, I know the overcast helped keep some of the moisture in, but some of those ruts were half a bike deep\u2026
And chattery. There were so many times I would hit a rut and nearly fall off the back of my bike, but then I am like, \u201cWell it’s the smoothest line still, so I am still going to come back and hit it the next lap.\u201d So it was pretty challenging, I did have some outside lines that were keeping me fresh, keeping my momentum up. But solid day. Track didn\u2019t change too much from the first moto to the second moto, I basically ran the same lines both motos.<\/p>\n
What tires did you run?
I ran the knobby tire all day. I maybe could have ran the paddle tire the first practice, but I was like, \u201cI\u2019m going to commit to this thing, I\u2019m going to learn this tire.\u201d Because I\u2019ve been running the paddle tire all year. So, I did that and just committed to it all day.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve got to learn those edges right?
Yeah exactly. And learn where I can make the time and use the power to my advantage out there. That was kind of my strategy. Team owner was like, \u201cMan, I think you could\u2019ve gotten away with the paddle in the first qualifying session.\u201d But I was just like, \u201cAhhh, I\u2019m just going to commit to it [knobby].\u201d<\/p>\n
After your third last week what was it like for your phone, your socials? Did you sell the Honda 125 yet? [Mumford has been building and selling bikes.]
I did sell the 125, I still have a CR 250. But I did sell a YZ250 from last weekend, one of the guys was just like, \u201cThat was so awesome, I want to help you out, I am just going to buy that bike.\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cYou\u2019re the man dude!\u201d I made more money selling that than I did the race, I was stoked.<\/p>\n
Yeah, my phone was melting for like a day. I had at least over 100 text messages. Which was cool. It’s obviously great, and I did a lot of media stuff, and I am only home from Sunday afternoon until Thursday morning. So, all of that stuff was honestly stressful, but Tuesday I was like, \u201cI am ready to just be back at the race, let\u2019s talk about a different weekend.\u201d Because it was just so much. It was great for me, it was great for the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a weird track, I know the overcast helped keep some of the moisture in, but some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[370510,64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-827805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-2026-pro-motocross-racer-x-motocross-magazine-supercross-dirt-bike-mx-racerx-illustrated-dirtbike-motorcycle-racing-freestyle-video-news","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}