Jeff Ward
Jeff Ward
Jeff Wardis a British-American former professional motocross racer, auto racing driver and off-road racer. He won a record total of seven AMA motocross national championships. After retiring from motorcycle competition, he turned to auto racing, finishing in second place at the Indianapolis 500 and winning a race at the Texas Motor Speedway. He then competed in off-road truck racing and is currently competing in rallycross racing. Ward was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1999 and, was inducted...
ProfessionMotorcycle Racer
Date of Birth22 June 1961
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I've been in this position several times in my career, ... You really can't afford to approach the last race any differently. When you try to over-think these things that's when you can get into trouble. I'm coming into Reno with the same attitude I do at every race. I want to win and that's what I'm going to try to do. We have two rounds at Reno and the second round is worth double points. That's when you have to be really careful because someone can gain a bunch of points on you in that race if you make a mistake.
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I've raced here for three years, and it's always great. Except for the weather changing every five minutes.
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Sometimes when you're an AD, it's better to be lucky than to be good, ... The quality of the program that (Ainscough) left us meant that, although it was a quick search, it was an impressive group of people who applied for the job. It was amazing.
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I tell you, we needed it. It's something we truthfully were looking forward to. The kids played well. Hopefully, it will carry over.
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When I offered Fran the job, I told him I'd done this one other time and that was when I hired Stefanie Pemper,
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The reason I'm in the position I'm in right now is because of bad luck on the part of Doug Henry, ... Before his crash there's no question that Henry was the rider to beat. When he went out for the season it turned the whole series upside down. I had a really good weekend at Copper Mountain and came out of there with a solid lead. Now I've just got to keep plugging away in these last two races and hope everything goes OK. If I'm in a position to win the last race I think I'll go for it just like I did last year in Las Vegas.
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There are sacrifices from a financial standpoint. But the ability to focus on things outside work is very important to us.
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It's exciting to race on Reno's downtown streets, ... There are a lot of challenges such as manhole covers, curbs and painted lines, so it's easily the most technical track we'll race on. The fans can get up close and personal to the action so that makes it one of a kind.
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It's been the team speed teams have against us. If we don't give up as many big plays as we have, we might have been in some more games. We tell them you can't take a play off.
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All of our kids miss him. They ask where he is. What are we supposed to tell our kids?
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A lot of the kids congratulated me (after the game). I, of course, congratulated them. ... Their attitude has been good. They want to win. We're getting to where we can pull it off.
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He is the adult. He is the responsible person entrusted with the care for those students.
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He is an amazing guy with them. He's not only been here for our kids but been there for us (parents).
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It was great to win all four. I never dreamed of doing that. It was unfortunate that Doug got hurt and I would've loved to have (Pastrana) stay in there, but that helped me a lot.