SuperBike Magazine June 2020

94 RIDER INTERVIEWS
Samuel Lochoff
Class
Liqui Moly Junior Cup
Race Number 57
Age 18
Home Province Western Cape
What team are you riding for?
HSBK – Celtic
You had some awesome results this last
weekend with coming 3rd in race 1 and 4th
in race 2, what are your expectations for the
2020 season?
Going to contest for the championship. In it
to win it.
Can you run us through your qualifying, race
one and race two briefly?
Terrible, haven’t had any real practice on
the Kawa to get the set up right, (Rode
Yamaha for the past 3yrs) only managed 4
laps in practice - clutch was slipping, 1 lap
in qualifying as the chain snapped, couldn’t
turn the bike in. Made changes and was
better in warm up on Sat. Race one started
p5 finished p3 had gear issues hitting false
neutrals. Gearbox issues Race 2, started p5
was 2nd into the 1st corner managed to hold
p3 till final lap then jumped out of gear at
the chicane lost valuable time and ended
P4/P5 identical time to P5.
What made you want to race in America
over Europe, was there any particular
reason?
Makes sense to race in USA as I live here
and want to build a life. If I win championship
here, I believe I will be good enough to
compete in Europe.
Have you emigrated to America? If not what
are your living arrangements like?
Yes, we emigrated here two years who.
How did you get into riding?
Was doing karting for about 6 months and
my dad’s friend told him to take me to the
national race at Killarney and meet Brad
Annasis - I sat on the NSF 100 and wanted
to ride this was only in 2016. I don’t come
from a racing family this was the first time I
actually sat on a bike.
What advice would you give aspiring racers?
Focus on being consistent both on and off
the bike with training. Work harder than
anyone else.
When can we expect you back in SA?
Not for a while.