Shortly after what was a sodden nine-lap main event clocked in at 12:21.321 of elapsed time, 17 year-old Monster Energy Supercross Series Garrett Marchbanks of the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki team found himself standing alongside winning teammate Adam Cianciarulo on the podium at rain lashed Petco Park in downtown San Diego, California. “Garrett, first full year in supercross, at San Diego in the mud, he loved that,” said team mastermind Mitch Payton. “I didn’t realize he liked mud so much and he was excited about it. He pulled his goggles off in the second turn and then rode the whole moto without goggles and never had a problem and just kept going, going and going. He rode a fantastic race and that was really cool and inspiring and confidence-building for him.” 2019 has been a strong, often times consistent first year run for the No. 61 Kawasaki KX250F rider. Often times running well inside the top 10, Marchbanks has done well for himself in ’19, and with the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Series poised to begin, well, things just might even get better.
Yeah, I love it. I love doing that stuff. I never get tired of it.
My year so far? I think it has been pretty good. There could have been some better races on my end, but besides that, we’ve taken all the good from it and I’ve tried to make the most of it. I’ve just tried to keep learning. I’ve been happy with it so far.
Yeah, I went and did five rounds before I went out and got hurt at RedBud. It was awesome and I was pumped with most of my results.
Yeah, it was definitely overwhelming for me. I was pretty nervous for the first race, but after I got sixth place in my heat race, that worked pretty well just for chasing the butterflies out. It was cool to be one of the first guys from Utah to make a main event. That was pretty cool. And it did live up to the hype that I had expected. The hype for it was bigger than I thought. I’ve participated in the Monster Cup before and it was even bigger than that. It was all pretty cool.
Yes it was. That race was a pretty big eye opener for me just because of the starts. In the outdoors you can start around 15th and kind of move your way. I think I started around 16th or 17th place in Phoenix and only worked my way up to the ninth. That was a really hard one for me. It was just a battle from ninth place to 10th place to 11th place. It was just a constant battle between three of us and I was able to kind of get away from those dudes.
Yeah, San Diego was a good one. I’ve always been a huge fan of the mud. That’s what I always trained in when I lived in Utah. When I saw the mud, I was just so pumped for it. I knew I could have a really good night. At first I didn’t think I was going to hit the podium for how bad my start was in the main. I remember on the first lap and only two turns into the main, I ripped my goggles off because I just couldn’t see through my roll-offs. During the race I just never even looked at the pit board during the race so I was just kind of going with it. I remember looking up after I crossed the finish line and looked up and saw that I had finished second and that was really cool. I just didn’t expect that.
Yeah, Ivan and I have been working together on and off the track. It’s been working really well. Ivan helps me out a lot.
It’s definitely different than the amateur scene. You’re not really around the team that much, so it was all pretty new to me last year in the outdoors. It was all pretty new to me, but after the second round, I got used to it. And all the guys around me on the team are all really positive. We don’t train that much together, but with Adam [Cianciarulo], we ride out at the track together every other day. It’s been pretty good. My teammates are awesome and they’re really cool dudes.
Yeah, Mitch and I, we’ve been pretty good so far. There is nothing bad to say. I’m just glad to have the opportunity to ride for him.
Oh yes it is, and I want to have my name up on his truck door one day.
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