Welcome to the RacerX Canada podcast show, brought to you by Shift Racing.

I'm Steve Mathis, as you probably know by now, and you can check out Shift at the web at ShiftRacing.ca for all of the latest and greatest protective gear.

We're not talking to a Shift Rider this week like we did last week with Kyle Beaton, but nevertheless, the more I mentioned Shift, studies have shown that the more likely the word will be embedded in your brain,

and the more likely you'll go out and buy some shift gear.

So why don't you just shift in your seat while you shift gears into relaxed mode and shift your priorities into listening to this little chat with Monster energies's, Kawasaki's, Travis Preston.

That's right.

I got TP to call me back.

I bagged on him in the observations column a few weeks back for telling me he'd do an interview

and then never calling me back, despite me leaving messages.

I thought that it was rude, and I said so.

Luckily for me, as you'll hear, Travis doesn't ever read the internet, so I'm safe from his wrath.

And he agreed to do this show and even called me back twice to reschedule, so he was on it.

This funny man stepped into a factory ride when James Stewart went out with an injury, and it's been a mixed bag so far for him.

He's riding himself

into shape and when he's not playing smash it up with Eric Sorby, I think he can put himself

in a five-sixth position. He's always an outgoing fellow and he owns a donkey, which you'll soon

learn tons of information about that. People also forget that earlier last year he was the best

of the rest after the top three guys before he got hurt.

The sport of Supercross that doesn't have any room for national number 11 is not any sport that I want to be a part of.

But thankfully he's back.

By the way, this interview was done before Indianapolis Supercross in case you couldn't tell.

By the time you listen to this, I will be basking in the warm sun of Florida,

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