NTS
olin Edwards
VOL. 50 ISSUE 47 NOVEMBER 26, 2013
P61
BY ANDREA WILSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GOLD & GOOSE
I
f you ever have a chance to sit
down and have a conversation
with Colin Edwards, chances
are it won't be a dull one. The
Texan is known for not beating
around the bush. Instead his answers are straightforward, to the
point and often entertaining. Of
late there's been a lot of conversation about the future of the sport
so with Edwards' decade of experience in the paddock we figured
it was time to sit down and have a
chat with the candid Texan.
The conversation thus far has
centered mostly on the rules, but
the bigger question, especially
when it comes to Americans and
American race fans, has more
to do with the riders. With Ben
Spies' retirement announcement
last month, the number of Americans in MotoGP has dropped to
two: Edwards and Nicky Hayden.
So what happens when Edwards
and Hayden leave the MotoGP
paddock? Will there be any Americans to replace them? Does Edwards have a solution for what
it was going to take to get more
Americans in the MotoGP series?
"That I don't know," he said
simply. "I don't know. And you
know, you're looking at yesterday
[the final MotoGP round at Valencia] how we had three Spanish
[riders] on the podium, even the
Moto2 race and the Moto3 race.
It's like… they're all Spanish. To
Colin Edwards, the new mentor for
American road racers in MotoGP?
