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VOL. 50 ISSUE 45 NOVEMBER 12, 2013 is at the backside of his career. Having experienced the end of a career myself… at the end it's a really weird feeling because you just don't know. You're like… you think maybe I need to make a change? Maybe I'm doing this, maybe I'm doing that? But, in reality, for me, I couldn't change what was happening. I was getting old. I was getting sore. I was a little more cautious and at the end you just kind of grab for straws a little bit. That's just what you do - try and stay afloat. We know in Vale's case he's entirely capable of doing it. It's just sometimes your brain doesn't allow you to do it. "It's a really weird thing at the end. Obviously, he can ride very easily around here in third, fourth place or whatever he wants. But he's a winner. That's what he does and he wants to win. So he's in a peculiar spot, just like Chad Reed right now. Chad Reed's in the same peculiar position. He's trying to figure out why he's not winning. He's making changes. He's trying to compete with kids that are 20. He's got kids of his own and he's married and all the things that distract you from being an athlete. I've been there. It's tough. It's a crazy situation." A lot of people don't think Rossi can't beat the likes of 20-year-old Marc Marquez. Does McGrath think he can? "I sure would like to see it," McGrath said. "I mean I'm pulling for him. I think he can win. It's always tough when you have someone on the team like Jorge [Lorenzo] for instance who's so awesome. They probably like a different bike obviously… but you're kind of the older guy. You're not winning. Jorge's winning. And it's like, how much development are they going to put into your bike. P41 Sometimes they just go, 'Hey, ride it.' "He can compete. We saw it this year, he won and won good. It was a legit win. Nobody's seen that in a long time. We'll see. I know that he believes he can win." Andrea Wilson MOTOCROSS 2014 T he Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship will get rolling in Southern California in 2014 with the 12-round series set to open at Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California, on May 24. The series will then crisscross around the country before winding up at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah, for the season finale on August 23. Along the way the series will make its first stop in Indiana with the Midwest's Indiana National serving as the new stop on the tour with the penultimate round on August 16. Many of the series' traditional stops return in 2014, including Hangtown, Thunder Valley, High Point, Budds Creek, RedBud, Spring Creek, Washougal and Unadilla. Additionally, the two rounds that made their debuts last year – Utah and Tennessee – are set to return to the series again next year. Tickets for all 12 rounds of the 2014 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship will go on sale Thursday, November 7 at www. ProMotocross.com. The series schedule is as follows: May 24: Glen Helen National, San Bernardino, California May 31: Hangtown Motocross Classic, Sacramento, California June 7: Thunder Valley National, Lakewood, Colorado June 14: High Point National, Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania June 28: Tennessee National, Blountville, Tennessee July 5: RedBud National, Buchanan, Michigan July 12: Budds Creek National, Mechanicsville, Maryland July 19: Spring Creek National, Millville, Minnesota July 26: Washougal National, Washougal, Washington August 9: Unadilla National, New Berlin, New York August 16: Indiana National, Crawfordsville, Indiana August 23: Utah National, Tooele, Utah