CHAPTER 395 Ft. Nick Romano

Gypsy Tales

Jase Macalpine

Society & Culture

4.6 • 564 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 168 minutes

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Summary

Nick Romano was supposed to be the next big thing. Dominant amateur career, factory Star Racing Yamaha deal at 14, and the speed to win. Then a crash on a test track broke both his arms before his supercross debut. What followed was years of injuries, setbacks, and a career most people thought was over. He never quit. Then Mitch Payton called and gave him a chance to rebuild his career at Pro Circuit Kawasaki. Nick is only 21 years old. His story is just being written.

This is Nick Romano's full story. From Star Racing to going privateer to earning a Pro Circuit Kawasaki ride the hard way.

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0:00 Welcome Nick Romano to the Podcast

1:57 Subscribe to the Podcast

2:38 Bobby Regan vs. Mitch Payton: Two Different Worlds

5:30 Growing Up at Star Racing Yamaha

9:00 Going Pro and the First Big Crash

15:03 Cash App

16:42 The Injury Stock Market

20:00 What It's Actually Like to Ride a Star Yamaha

28:00 Growing Up in Queens, NYC

39:00 Talent vs. Work Ethic

46:00 The Full Injury Spiral

53:50 Brunt Workwear

1:03:30 Bobby's Football Culture

1:08:30 Going Privateer on Phoenix Honda

1:29:00 Missing a Whole Summer

1:33:00 Showing Up to Pro Circuit With Nothing

1:52:00 The Phone Call from Mitch Payton

2:03:56 Dixxon Flannel

2:05:00 What This Comeback Really Means

2:19:12 Bench Racing

2:29:07 Ken Roczen's Title Run is Real

2:35:22 Who Wins the 450 Title?

2:38:04 Jett Lawrence vs. Haiden Deegan

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0:29.7	You've written for Bobby Reagan. You've written for Mitch Payton. Off the rip already.
0:33.4	Let's lock it. Let's lock in. Nick Romano looked like he was on the fast track to a great pro career. But that didn't go to plan. And now he's with Pro Circuit. And he's in the middle of writing his comeback story. Is there a big piece of you that goes into your pro career being like, I'm a fucking killer? For sure, there was. I mean, I dominated everything as an amateur. Bobby calls me, he's like, hey, you want to get on a pro bike next week and get on Supi? Get on Supercross, I'm P1 at the test track. I'm like, all right, like, we can go pro. Ready for a Supercross debut, and with the speed to win, the worst case scenario happened. There was this easy seat bounce three out of a turn I remember and I just yacht and it goes
1:12.0	oh break both my arms concussion. I'm laid out. Damn there goes super cross. Just like that, the injuries
1:18.8	start to stack up. It went from the arms to the concussion to the thumb, ACL meniscus, Epstein
1:24.9	Bar. It was just a fucking spiral, dude. I wasn't going to give up on myself.
1:29.1	That's what quitter's doing. I ain't a quitter. When most would have walked away, Nick kept going. Then, a phone call changed everything. Phone call. Bevi Kitchen. I'm like, what? Hey, he goes. Yeah, so I just got off the phone with your new boss. Nah, not, not, not, not, not, not.
1:43.4	Like, no, dude.
1:44.3	Yeah, just have your phone on.
1:45.4	You're gonna call in like five minutes.
1:47.6	Mitch Payton. got off the phone with your new boss. Nah, not, not, not, not. Like, no, dude.
1:44.3	Yeah, just have your phone on.
1:45.4	You're going to call in like five minutes.
1:47.6	Mitch Payton. I'm like, oh my God, dude. This is it. So, did Levi call you? I'm like, yeah, he just got off the phone with me, but I didn't know if he was messing around. like I've been waiting on your phone call, you know, and he goes, yeah, we're on, let's do this.
2:01.2	Just like that.
2:02.0	Nick Romano bet on himself, and it paid off. around like i've been waiting on your phone call you know and he goes uh yeah we're on let's do this
2:01.0	just like that nick romano bet on himself and it paid off big the suffering the crying the sleep
2:07.6	i lost the misery like at all just don't gone dude like it just i felt it i didn't know the story
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