SuperBike Magazine June 2020

95
What team are you riding for?
Bartcon Racing - they approached me
towards the end of the 2019 season and
offered me a ride.
We don’t think you could have got a better
start to the 2020 season banking a very
valuable 50 points. What are your expectations
for 2020?
To win
Can you please give me a brief description
on your Qualifying, Race 1 and Race 2?
So my weekend was good overall, I did a lot
of training out at Inde Motorsports ranch, in
the off season and the seat time definitely
gave me the confidence to come into the
weekend and go as fast as possible. In both
my qualifying’s I went out all by myself,
cause I knew I could push good times on my
own, we ended up breaking the lap record
in q1 and again in q2. Starting pole for the
races, I knew it would be a battle at the
front, in. Other race 1 and 2 ,I tried to make a
break away, but that was a tough task, so in
both races it came down to the last lap, last
corner, in race 1 I managed to get a really
solid run out of the last turn and hang onto
the lead, however in race 2 , while trying
to get on the throttle as early as possible
,which caused me to have a bit of a moment
, which also ran my competitor a little wide ,
and I was able
to hang on
for the lead
across the
finish
Have you
emigrated to
America? If
not what are
your living
conditions
like? (are you
staying in a
hotel, crashing
with the
team)
Yes, I’ve immigrated to the US I have my
green card, I live in Indiana. I’ve just finished
my schooling here.
How did you get into riding?
I started racing motocross at around 4 years
at River Motorcycle Club in Port Elizabeth.
I then raced some supermoto and then
moved onto road bikes. My brother, Alec rode
mx and supermoto with me. My dad, Ronnie
Doyle got us involved in motor racing.
What advice can you give to aspiring young
racers that would also like to get to where
you are one day?
Be tenacious and stay humble, I’m only here
right now because I worked hard, rode at
every opportunity. This doesn’t come easy.
A lot of people say that bike racing is not
a physically demanding sport. How much
training off the bike do you do? And what
kind of training is it?
Training - I cycle and run, and do select
weight exercises, I also watch what I eat as
I have the lighter you are the faster you go.
So, it’s a balance between fitness, strength
and weight. I train on different bikes, mx,
motard and a Honda Grom.
When can we expect to see you back in SA?
Coming back for Christmas as much of my
family is still in SA.