CHAPTER 402 Ft. Olly Stone
Gypsy Tales
Jase Macalpine
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🗓️ 24 May 2026
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Summary
Olly Stone grew up in Europe obsessing over motocross mechanics — not riding, wrenching. He taught himself on two-strokes, polished his spokes at 3am watching GPs from Japan and Australia, and eventually earned his way to America. Pro Circuit. Justin Barcia. Austin Faulkner. Then team principal of the Troy Lee Designs GasGas program — until KTM pulled the budget overnight and ten years of work disappeared with a phone call.
Now he's back. New team. New facility. And it's moving faster than even he expected.
In Chapter 402, Olly breaks down what it actually takes to survive as a European mechanic in American moto, what made Mitch Payton's Pro Circuit the standard for everyone else, the brutal reality of how factory programs end, and the new program he's building from scratch — including a shop in Corona and a riding facility in Florida that's already turning heads.
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IN THIS CHAPTER
Wrenching at Pro Circuit under Mitch Payton
Working with Justin Barcia and Austin Faulkner
Troy Lee Designs GasGas team principal — and how KTM ended it
Haiden Deegan vs Austin Forkner at the test track
Building a new Supercross team from the ground up in 2026
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:35 Welcome Olly Stone
00:03:31 How Olly Found a Career in Motocross
00:18:26 Cash App Ad
00:20:04 The English Built Dirt Bike
00:32:04 MXGP has no rules
00:33:06 Ducati Doesn't get enough Credit
00:37:58 Betting Everything on MXGP
00:53:40 The Grind of MXGP
01:03:38 The Work Culture at Pro Circuit
01:10:01 SOTA Fuel Ad
01:10:40 Olly's first job at Pro Circuit
01:17:14:23 Early Days Working for Pro Circuit Kawasaki
01:26:43 Mitch Paytons Drive to Win
01:31:34 Cooper Webb VS Tyler Bowers
01:33:32 Working for Prime Austin Forkner
01:43:55 Austin Forkner was faster than Ricky Carmichael
01:48:58 Deegan Couldn't beat Austin Forkner
01:50:57 Motosport Ad
01:52:47 What was Austin Forkner Missing?
02:00:02 Why Everyone Love's Dean Wilson
02:02:17 Why Olly Left Pro Circuit Kawasaki
02:05:12 Justin Barcia Destroy's Equipment!
02:09:35 Why Racers love Broken in Bikes
02:10:46 Becoming Crew Chef of Troy Lee Designs GasGas
02:16:08 Forced to Leave Troy Lee Designs GasGas
02:27:32 Why MX6 Racing is so successful
02:29:35 MX6 Racing's Breakout Supercross Season
02:37:43 Fist Handwear Ad
02:39:08 Privateer Riders on a "Factory" Program
02:43:48 Building a Top 5 Supercross Team
02:51:41 Buying Justin Barcia's Property
02:54:18 The Cost of Running a Supercross Team
03:09:24 From Factory to Privateer
03:14:03 Closing
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| 0:00.0 | What does it take to leave Europe and survive at the highest level of American motocross? |
| 0:05.0 | Different countries, brutal weather, rough tracks. |
| 0:08.0 | This is what makes Olly Stone so valuable to the industry. |
| 0:11.0 | I can't think of any that they've come over. |
| 0:14.0 | They were good in the GPs and they didn't make it in the US. |
| 0:17.0 | There is something to that whole experience. TK would always talk to me and he was the manager of Troy League KTM at the time and he's like, I want European mechanics. He's like, who do you know that would come over? He goes, I want like mud skills. I want mud prep. Just to broaden his knowledge of what goes on over there. He came up through Europe, wrenching for teams in the GPs and learning the sport in some |
| 0:38.2 | of its toughest conditions before earning an opportunity in America at Pro Circuit. Because that was |
| 0:43.7 | the year, Dino left to go do his 450 programs, so he took Paul Perabinos with him. Bagot's guy, |
| 0:49.2 | and went to Guy Cuc. So they lost two mechanics that one year. That's like double my chances. |
| 0:54.0 | Um, hello? |
| 0:55.0 | He's like, Mitch Payton. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm like, been one of my biggest heroes my whole entire life. |
| 0:59.0 | Everyone wants to get that call and it was my turn. |
| 1:02.0 | He wrenched for Austin Forkner during the prime of his career and worked with Justin Barsha |
| 1:07.0 | and eventually becoming team principal of the Troilie Design's Gas Gas Team. |
| 1:11.6 | Then it all disappeared when KTM pulled the budget and the team folded. |
| 1:15.6 | Ten years of being at the top of the sport as a top mechanic, crew chief, to then just not have a job. |
| 1:20.6 | Yeah, yeah. So obviously they don't care about resumes. So that sucked. Like it just showed me that the industry is kind of ruthless. |
| 1:26.6 | Now after watching one chapter of his career come to an end, |
| 1:30.1 | Ollie has bet on himself once again, |
| 1:32.4 | joining MX6 Racing as team manager with a mission to build a privateer team |
| 1:36.9 | capable of battling the factory programs. |
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