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K. Windham | J. Grant
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Born:
Feb. 28, 1978, Baton
Rouge, LA
Residence: Centerville, MS
National #: 14
Began riding: 1981, age 3
First race: 1981, age 3
Training: Weight training, running,
BMX and road bicycling
Hobbies: Flying
Height/weight: 6’1”/185
pounds
Marital status: Married, wife Dottie,
daughters Madelyn
and Annabelle, son Kevin Jr.
Current racebike: Honda
CRF450R
Mechanic: Brian Calma
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Profile:
KEVIN WINDHAM
Most riders will
never gate up for a Motocross or Supercross national. And
even if they do, their “careers” are limited
to just a few years at best. Then there’s Torco Racing
Fuels Honda teammate Kevin Windham. With 14 years to his
credit as a professional motocross racer, Windham has had
an amazing career—especially considering how he currently
performs against a pack of considerably younger riders.
Windham
won the Unadilla Motocross national in 2007, and he and
his CRF450R gave the field a riding lesson in the last moto
of the season’s last race at Glen Helen, winning in
commanding fashion. In a sport where riders turn pro at
16 and may be washed up at 21 or 22, Windham, a 30-year-old
family man with three kids, not only endures, he improves—and
thrives.
Windham’s
also one of the best-balanced riders in the sport, both
on the track and off. He’s a master of smooth riding,
maybe the best out there right now, and he made the transition
from two-strokes to four-strokes effortlessly. He manages
his career, his marriage and his family with apparently
equal ease. He flies his own airplane. He mentors the younger
riders on the team. And he makes it all look easy.
Any
rider can talk about how he did at his last race or recite
a list of rehearsed sponsors, but ask Windham a question
and you get a longer, more studied answer. When asked how
his racebike relates to a fan’s CRF450R, he takes
the big view.
“Well,
I think the CRF450R is a great bike for people to go pick
up and do a wide variety of things. Off the showroom floor,
the CRF450R is great. I think the consumer would be happy
with the bike in anything he does. I know guys who race
it virtually stock engine-wise, and I know guys who go out
and ride trails with it all the time. I’ve got a lot
of buddies who enjoy theirs, and they have little to no
experience. I enjoy my CRF450R and have a good bit of experience.”
And
here are his thoughts on his season last year: “Well,
it was good. We had ups and downs like always, but I finished
the season strong, which made me feel good. There were some
struggles through the middle part, and I think I should’ve
been riding a little better than I was. So I got a little
frustrated, and it kind of all came down to me. The bike
was working great and the team was right where it needed
to be, so I felt the pressure to overcome it and finally
did, and it was nice to overcome.”
And
what about being “the old man” with all those
younger riders?
“It’s
sobering. It kind of makes me feel old from time to time,
but it’s nice. It’s fun to see the guys, like
Josh Grant, who is still a young kid, and 17-year-old Trey
Canard, another Torco Racing Fuels Honda rider whose coming
in makes Josh look old by comparison. But it’s nice
to have those guys look up to you. If I can help in any
way, you know, that’s great.
“I’m
obviously getting really close to being the vet. It’s
nice to be able to still offer something, still be around,
still have a value, and you want to have value in this sport.
When I hang up my boots, what am I going to do? I imagine
there’s going to be a day when I can’t do it
anymore, and that’s just reality. But then I’m
going to have to find a place to go next—a team manager
or a mentor or whatever. That’s a good position to
be in.”
The
voice of experience—a lifetime’s worth of experience
in those 14 years. And the voice of a winner. Kevin Windham
is exactly where he needs to be in 2008, and the Torco Racing
Fuels Honda team is thrilled to have him here.
Statistics
2007
4th
AMA Supercross Series
5th
AMA Motocross Series
2006
2nd
AMA Motocross Series
14th AMA Supercross Series (shortened season due to injury)
2005
2nd
AMA 250 National Motocross Series
3rd
AMA 250 Supercross Series
2004
2nd
AMA 250 Supercross Series
3rd
AMA 250 National Motocross Series
2003
2nd
AMA 250 National Motocross Series
2002
Missed
most of season due to injury
2001
2nd
AMA 250 National Motocross Series
4th
AMA 250 Supercross Series
2000
3rd
AMA 250 National Motocross Series
4th
AMA 250 Supercross Series
1999
2nd
AMA 250 National Motocross Series
7th
AMA 250 Supercross Series
1998
4th
AMA 250 Supercross Series
8th
AMA 250 National Motocross Series
1997
1st
AMA 125 West Supercross Series
2nd
AMA 125 National Motocross Series
18th
AMA 250 Supercross Series
1996
1st
AMA 125 West Supercross Series
2nd AMA 125 National Motocross Series
19th AMA 250 Supercross Series
1995
5th
AMA 125 East Supercross Series
16th
AMA 250 National Motocross Series
1994
AMA
Motocross Rookie of the Year
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