Yamaha
Podiums at Montreal ATV Supercross
Cody Miller and Richard Pelchat
Interviews
Montreal, Canada (10/2/2007) -
Out of sixteen entries in the ATV class
main event at the Montreal Supercross on
Saturday September 29, Yamaha's Cody Miller
came out with the overall win in front of
50,000 people, as Greg Gee and Yamaha's
Richard Pelchat rounded out the podium.
We tracked down Cody and Richard to find
out all about the event.
Interview
with Cody Miller:
Cody!
You won the race! Congrats!
Cody Miller:"It was awesome. It was really
a lot of fun. The track was pretty
technical this year, and it was a
cool experience.
So,
you've raced the Montreal Supercross
before then?
Cody Miller:I raced it in 2005, and I was
one spot away from the podium; I got
fourth. It was more technical this
year. It was a pretty good track.
It was a lot easier to make passes
on this year, so that helped me out
a lot.
How
was the start for you?
Cody Miller:In the first [Warm-Up] moto, I
started around eighth and passed up
to fourth; I ended up fourth in the
first moto. That gave me fourth position
on the gate for the main. In the main,
I think I started around sixth or
so, then I made a few passes and I
was right behind Greg Gee, Richard
Pelchat and Jasmin Plante. There was
one big triple jump that had a small
downside on it-it was pretty tricky-Jasmin
hyper-extended his knee whenever he
landed and that pulled him off. Then
Richard was leading the race, with
Greg in second and I was in third.
We were all kind of tight and then
Richard clipped that same triple and
he went over the bars. I was in second;
Greg and I were battling it out for
first and second for probably four
laps. We passed each other back and
forth several times over a triple
jump in the back, and then one lap
I took the line that he was anticipating
me trying to make the same pass on
him, so then I took a different line
and passed him over the triple jump.
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Hunter Miller
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Cody Miller
Did
you know you could win this thing,
or were you just hoping for any opportunity?
Cody Miller:I was basically staying patient.
I've raced with Greg a good bit this
year. I was following and studying
his lines, taking my time, I knew
it was a ten-lap race. About the seventh
lap, I passed him.
So,
that triple was giving a lot of riders
some problems?
Cody Miller:
I was on that
triple jump in the third practice,
and I came up a little bit short and
kind of smacked the bottoms of my
feet and my ankles. I had to pull
off right then, and almost didn't
even want to race because my feet
were hurting so bad, but I got my
ankles all taped up by the paramedics
there, and it wasn't too bad during
the race.
I saw
your brother Hunter also had a good
ride.
Cody Miller:
Yea, Hunter got in a
pile-up on the start, and then he
came back up to fifth.
How
was the crowd?
Cody Miller:
The fans were
awesome. Every time you hit a big
jump or Greg and I would pass each
other back and forth, you could hear
a huge uproar; they were loud. It
was cool.