Six-time AMA Superbike champion Mat Mladin, who is the most decorated rider in AMA history with 54 career Superbike victories, took part in a teleconference with media members from Northern California in advance of the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown, presented by Supercuts, at Infineon Raceway, May 18-20.
Below is a transcript of the teleconference:
Mat, you are certainly off to a tremendous start to the season. Can you talk about the start to the season and your motivation for recapturing the championship?
MM: You know, this year’s been a good year so far. From a motivation side of things, there was a little bit of talk last year that maybe my time was up and maybe it was time to move over and let the young kids have a bit of a go, but the fact of the matter is I won’t go away that easily. I worked hard in the off season, and since Daytona we have wins in three of the last four races and have had a good, hard season so far.
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