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MPG • DECEMBER • 2017
MITCHELL FALK
When many transition to the professional ranks, the overwhelming majority of scouts attention are focused on the 250 division’s; most often where riders will spend their earliest of years upon signing. However, the manager with the right judgment of character, can
see how well a rider is able to adapt to the bigger machine, and envision their handling of the most prestigious championship in all of two-wheeled racing, the Monster Energy 450 Supercross series. If a competitor can maneuver the gruesome power of this horsepower- crazed machine on this tight of a course, imagine what they can do where the confinement isn’t as great, and the beast can opened
up. With the roar of each machine screaming behind the gate, the tires dug into mother earth, and a barrage of riders ensued onto the track. It was the tag team of KTM’s clashing in the first and second positions, with Falk sliding his way by the number 33 of Derek