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Cycle News 2014 Issue 06 February 11 2014

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VOL. 51 ISSUE 6 FEBRUARY 11, 2014 P77 the season," says Hahn. "I'm not thinking as much, and just going out there and riding my dirt bike. It's more of a comfort thing, I'm getting more accustomed to the situation and where I'm at." Hahn says he feels at home on a Supercross track, so he expects the transition to the 450 class will eventually get easier. "I grew up riding outdoors, but I think Supercross comes more naturally for me, and that shouldn't be the case, but I think it works in my favor," says Hahn. "For some reason Supercross has always been something that came to me naturally, and I've al- ways had to work my butt off to do well at motocross." Hahn grew up in the Midwest, and started racing at an early age. At five year's old, Hahn took to the local tracks in Kansas and started winning right away. "I won a lot back then, but then there's not as many people living in Kansas than there is in Califor- nia, so there probably wasn't as much competition," says Hahn. "But for us it was awesome. It was very special to me and my brother and there are a group of riders who still live and ride there and those times will always be a good memory for me. Whenever I can, I try to go back there and visit old friends and tear up some old tracks we used to ride back when I was young. I look forward to that every year." After spending his first 14 years growing up in Kansas, Hahn and his brother Tommy moved to Tex- as where there was a much big- ger racing scene. "Texas was a good place to live for a motocross racer; there are a lot of good racers in that region and some pretty good tracks, and it's centrally located," says Hahn. "But a few years ago I moved to California, because I needed to be closer to the team. I'm living full time in California now, so I can drop my bike off at the shop after I practice and then go home and work out. I don't have to do any work on the bike that way. When the series goes back east I'll go to Kevin Windham's house and stay there." As is usually the case with brothers, the younger sibling usually has the advantage of learning from the older one's suc- cesses and failures. According to Hahn, that was the case with he and Tommy, and it benefitted his racing. "Tommy's been there for guid- ance my whole life, showing me right from wrong and I just tried to apply what he learned along the way," says Hahn. "You learn a lot of things when you're the first one in line and I've been able to learn from him and benefit from that." In addition to his work ethic, Hahn feels like his conditioning is another one of his strong points. "I've been working with Ryan Federow since the end of 2007," says Hahn. "We believe in our program and I think my condition- ing is one of my strong points. I think I've always had that going for me. Maybe, at times my speed hasn't always been awesome, but I've always been fit." CN Hahn is confident that he'll be a top contender in the 450 class sooner than later.

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