Tickle, Barcia Finish Inside the Top 10 at RedBud II

“Today was a tough day at Red Bud. We were hoping to improve on our results from last Friday. Justin got off to a good start in the first moto and was running in the top four for the majority of the race, but ultimately finished fifth. Broc had a tough start and had to come through the field to eighth. For moto two Justin and Broc both had a good start. Unfortunately, Justin got caught up in a crash with a couple of other riders in turn two, forcing him to try and work his way through the field. Broc capitalized on his good start and finished fifth for the second moto. We’ll take what we’ve learned here today and keep working over the next week and a half to come back at Millville and return to the podium.”

“I felt better from the get-go. We made a change based on comments from Red Bud I. I wasn’t spectacular in practice time-wise compared to everybody, but I felt good on the bike. I knew it was going to be important to be consistent and obviously get good starts and put myself into a position to click off laps the way I wanted to. The first moto didn’t go as planned. I was probably around 20th the first lap and worked my way up to eighth, which I thought was really good for the track conditions. I hear a lot of guys today saying that it was hard to pass, but I was able to make my way through the pack pretty well. In the second moto I finally put myself in a decent position and a couple of guys made mistakes. I was able to make a few more passes and ended up fifth in the second moto. 

“We’re 8th in points. We’re in the mix. I haven’t raced in three years, so this is a big step in the right direction. I want to be competitive next year and still want race. The goal is to focus on each weekend and get as good as we can before the season ends.”

“It was a challenging day. The first moto was a bit difficult.  I rode a little tight and ended up fifth. Then in the second moto I ended up getting into a little bit of a tangle on the second corner which was unfortunate. It didn’t go the way I wanted it to. I was definitely searching a little bit on the bike for some changes after the first RedBud we raced on Friday. I made some changes to the bike that I shouldn't have and went a little bit in the wrong direction. That’s just a mistake that I made. I have some time to regroup now before the next round. We’re going to go back to California to do some work and probably take the weekend off to relax a bit before coming back and going after it.”