INTERVIEW
P62
JOEY SAVATGY
SAVATGY, WHO?
BY SHAN MOORE
PHOTOGRAPHY BY KIT PALMER
Y
ou may have seen the number-176 JDR Motorsports/
J-Star KTM running near
the front of the pack at many of
the 250 Supercross main events
this year and probably wondered
just who that is getting all those
great starts and making life difficult for some of the top riders of
the class, like Ken Roczen and
Eli Tomac. Well, his name is Joey
Savatgy (sa-va-chee).
The kid from Georgia is making more than a few waves in his
rookie year on the circuit and is
currently sitting in eighth place in
the 250 West Regional Monster
Energy AMA Supercross Series
points standings. And it would
probably be even higher had
it not been for a couple of very
understandable "rookie" mistakes on the track. But, without a
doubt, Savatgy has been catching on quickly to this Supercross
thing and has been turning a lot
of heads, including ours.
Savatgy actually grew up riding minis in Southern California,
but his family made the move to
Georgia a few years ago to be
closer to where they think is the
perfect place for young Joey to
hone his motocross skills.
"When I was about 11, we
moved to Georgia to train at Millsaps Training Facility, and that's
were I've lived ever since," says
Savatgy, whose father maintains
bikes for the facility. "I didn't really get real serious with my racing until I moved there. I went to
my first amateur national and got
WE CATCH UP
WITH ONE OF
THE HOTTEST
ROOKIES IN
SUPERCROSS,
JOEY SAVATGY
The JDR
Motorsports/
J-Star KTM
team rider
is currently
eighth in the
250 West
Supercross
standings.