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TREY CANARD
450 SX / TEXAS
IMAGE / LANNAN WORDS / ARMSTRONG DESIGN / WILSON
>> It has been a slippery slope for the #41 rider of Trey Canard for the past few years. At one point of time Trey was considered to be a title contender for any series he lined up for. A few injuries later and the once title contender was turned into a guy who could possibly win races. Unfortunately the injuries kept occurring and Trey turned into a rider who was happy to get top 10’s. At the end of the 2016 season Canard came to the conclusion that
he needed to change something up in his program, so Trey decided to make the biggest change of his career. After spending his entire professional career aboard Honda machines, Trey and Honda made the decision to part ways after a very emotional 10 years. At this point of time Trey was looking out for his best interests and decided to put his faith in the Factory KTM squad. Turbo Trey came into the 2017 season in a new state of mind, looking forward to turning his career back in the right direction.
Saturday January 7th marked the first race of the year and Treys first race aboard a KTM. Sadly Trey had a crash in the second lap of practice at the first round and was forced to sit out the rest of the night. The week following Trey met up with Doctors and he was forced to sit out the next 4 rounds of the season. After a month of being a spectator Trey was finally cleared to return to racing. Round 6 in Arlington Texas marked the first time fans got to wit- ness Canard race a main event aboard his new machine. The main goal for the weekend was to come out healthy.
When the racing started it looked like Trey hasn’t missed a round yet. In heat race #2, Canard started two spots out of a qualifying position, but it wasn’t long until he was battling for a ticket to the main event. With two laps remaining Canard was able to capitalize on a mistake by Millsaps but it was short lived as Davi got right back by. While trying to better his position Trey became under fire from the #2 of Cooper Webb. When they crossed the finish line Trey missed out on a direct transfer by a mere 15 hundredths of a second. In the Semi Trey rounded out the first turn in 2nd and held on to it for the entire race. Even though Ca- nard’s main goal was to come out healthy it should come as no surprise as the #41 came out swinging in the main event. Just two laps into the main event Trey Canard was in the top 5 on one of the most challenging circuits of the year, before having a costly mistake that dropped him to 14th. In the long run Canard was able to regroup and finish just outside of the top 10 in 11th. All things considered it was a great weekend for the #41 machine.
56 GRITMOTO • FEBRUARY 12, 2017