Will Motocross Lose Another Star To V8 Supercars?
Apr 02, 2008
RobbieMaddison.com
Robbie Maddison’s win in the Celebrity Challenge at the Australian Grand Prix last month has got him hooked on car racing.
Asked if he wanted to race cars, the 26-year-old could not hide his enthusiasm.
“I would absolutely love to,” Maddison said. “I went over to the Vodafone V8 Supercar pit and talked to (Craig) Lowndesy and Jamie Whincup and got the full tour through their cars.”
“Mate, they are such an awesome machine.”
Despite his bike background, Maddison is no stranger to four-wheel action.
“It is something I have always loved, “ he said. “When I was growing up I drove go-karts with (V8 Supercar star) James Courtney. I drove his kart once and I was only a couple of splits off the lap record in that class of karts.”
“His dad back then offered me one of his karts to race that season but I was tied up with my motocross.”
“Motocross was more important to me back then but now it’s not so important to me.”
“I think I could do the V8 Supercars and a couple of world record jumps a year and that would be a good year for me.”
Having jumped the distance of a football field on a motorcycle (He jumped 107.29m to smash his own previous world record of 98m); Maddison is confident in his abilities and said they could transfer to cars.
“I’d back myself,” he said. “I don’t know how well, but I think I’d do all right.”
