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Guest: Carl Vaillancourt

Published 1 week, 2 days ago
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The 5-time Canadian MX champion talks about his career up there and down in the USA, Team Canada's struggles at the MXDN and his own 1989 MXDN, his Texaco and Esso sponsors, hanging with the NESC dudes, being decent at SX, battling Rollerball, the pressure at Montreal SX, a young JSR and more. --- CHAPTERS --- 01:17 Intro and welcoming Carl 02:54 Why Team Canada struggles at MXDN 06:56 1989 MXDN in Germany 14:13 Amateur nationals and early Honda support 17:12 Texaco/Esso sponsors and racing every weekend 18:56 Getting good at Supercross in the US 21:34 Ocala house with Treadwell, KJ and Dowd 27:38 Ad read and battling Rollerball 39:28 Al Dick and Ross's fitness and attitude 41:39 Texaco becomes Esso and Honda budget cut 47:39 Kawasaki and Suzuki years (with ad reads) 51:38 Montreal Supercross pressure 54:54 A young JSR and French Canadian riders 59:52 Rollerball in the sand and big-bore rumors 1:02:49 Retiring in 1995 and Galdi as teammate 1:06:34 Window and door business 1:09:19 Quitting riding and Elliot the Olympian 1:14:05 Rapid-fire: tracks, bikes, Riviera du Loup stories 1:21:08 Wrap-up and sign-off
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