There is nothing left in the bills Anaheim Angels Stadium. The legendary Los Angeles Baseball stadium will once again dress up for one of the most anticipated events in American sports. As every year it is here, in the first week of the year, when the American Supercross Championshipfans consider it the “NBA” of motocross.
On the day of Kingsthis year Anaheim It has a surprise and a good one because in the starting grid, along with the great idols of American stadiums, there will be a Spanish idol, Galician to be exact, Jorge Prado.
The world champion MXGP did not miss the first opportunity to try his luck in this discipline and done as an “experiment” or test to determine where your future will take you.
Sometimes he was crowned Champion, Prado rode with his family to California and he remained there for the last two months to prepare for the difficult and dangerous discipline. Everything learned in these weeks of work has to be shown in the early hours of this Saturday where for the first time Jorge will face so many new things together such as the type of track and obstacles, the heat of the public in the stadium, the light. of night and a group of rivals from aupa.
In a season that certainly shows more title candidates than ever, Jorge approaches the track with responsibility and ambition, but without any kind of pressure: “It’s not a test and I don’t feel any pressure either. I just came to test how I perform, how I am on the track and not only in training but in the race.”
He will do three races before returning to Europe
Prado will make the first three races of the Championship (Anaheim, San Francisco and San Diego) before returning to Europe to finish preparations for the 2024 World Cup where he defended his number one.
“I’m going to make a dream come true”
In the last few weeks the man from Lugo has been developing very positively in supercross and it was recognized by many of his great rivals in the previous press conference held yesterday: “I am proud that they speak well about me because that means that we have done the work well these two months, but we have to see where we are and how I can perform in the race because everything is new for me.”
Their rivals are the best in this discipline and hold the titles of previous years; names like Tomac, Roczen, Lawrence, Webb, Sexton…they will face the Spaniard who turned 22 yesterday: “I am fulfilling my dream since I started riding motorcycles. I have always been attracted to American supercross and now I am here on the same track with the best specialists in the world. they They have been driving this type of tracks for years and I have only been driving for a few weeks, but the Gas Gas team did a great job, they made every effort possible for me to fulfill my dream and I want to enjoy this experience.”
Start the AMA Championship most anticipated in recent years and mostly followed by Spanish fans who tune in to number 111 which the organization awarded to this luxury guest. Prado is now ready to do the Americas.
Source: La Verdad
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