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| Dave Segal: Hello |
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.MarylandMotocrss.com:
Hey Dave, it’s scooter from MarylandMotocross.com; got a couple minutes to
give us a little bit of love? |
| DS: (Pause) Nowww run that by me
again… |
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| MM.com: This is Scooter from MarylandMotocross.com |
| DS: From MarylandMotocross.com? |
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| MM.com: Umm yes. |
| DS: Oh. Hey, what’s going on? |
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| MM.com: Nothing much, Mike saw you on the footage clips
from The Landing MX and wanted me to do an interview with ya. |
| DS: (Laugh) Sure, I mean I’m in a
bad area I don’t… |
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| MM.com: You mean like Dundalk? |
| DS: (Hard laugh) That was a good
one. No I’m actually at St. Michaels, the reception’s not good, but if you
can hear me fine, we’ll see what happens. |
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| MM.com: We can dooooo it! Sorry. First off tell us Dave,
how did The Landing MX come to be? The people must know. |
| DS: How did it come to be? Well the
short version is, I had a practice track, some people bought the property,
which made me mad cause there aren’t enough places to ride, so we built this
place. |
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| MM.com: Hmmm. That was one of the better summations I’ve
ever heard. |
| DS: Well, that’s the short version,
there is a long version, but that’s the easiest way to tell ya. |
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| MM.com: Ese’ got some footage of you out there riding,
have you been riding your whole life? |
| DS: Who? |
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| MM.com: Umm… we call him Ese’, he’s like Cuban or Vulcan or
something. |
| DS: (Laugh) No idea who, but yeah
I’ve been riding my whole life |
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| MM.com: Your track is in a semi-remote area; I swear I saw
some cornfields in the background. |
| DS: Well, if you want to farm, this
is definitely the place to do it. |
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| MM.com: You ever see any crop circles out there or
anything? |
| DS: (Hard Laugh) Noooooooo. I’d
tell ya. I’d actually make one of a bike if I could out there, but I’ve
never seen one, maybe Kevin Duffy’s planning something like that though. |
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| MM.com: You ain’t kidding, him and Ese’ carry on like Jay
and silent Bob. You got a website Dave? |
| DS: Yup. TheLandingMX.com. |
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| MM.com: Have you ever raced against any of the other guys
out there like Rusty, Kevin, or Big Duff? |
| DS: I raced Big Duff to a cooler
once but he won. |
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| MM.com: (Laugh) Yeah, Big Duff can get competitive. |
| DS: I’m telling ya. |
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| MM.com: Anything you’d like to let the riders know before
they come out to your track? |
| DS: Ummm… to remember that it’s all
about fun, to enjoy it, and have a good time for as long as they can. |
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| MM.com: Is there anything about MX you’d like to see
change or be different? |
| DS: Uhhh… actually just to have the
little league parents stop pushing their kids as hard as they do. It takes
away from the fun. Some parents will scream and yell at their kids, but if
they had to get on the bike and show them how to do it, 90% of them wouldn’t
be able to. Parents have gotten pretty hardcore; I’ve had to ask some to
leave at times. |
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| MM.com: Excellent point. So you ride with number 41? |
| DS: Actually it was Andrew Short’s
bike. I had the opportunity to get it from the good people down at
Motoworld. It’s an awesome bike, but I don’t really ride 125s anymore.
I’ve been riding 250s for years. My personal number is 385. My son run’s
358, so I just took his number and twisted it. |
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| MM.com: So what are the times for your track? |
| DS: Pretty much Friday, Saturday,
Sunday 9-4. During the summer we run on Wednesdays and Fridays from 12-6 so
people don’t have to worry about beach traffic. |
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| MM.com: So you’re related to Steven Segal. |
| DS: (Laugh) No my uncle is Stephen
SEE-GAL. |
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| MM.com: So what do you do when you’re not kicking
parents out of The Landing MX? |
| DS: What – do – I – do?
I install Custom Electronics. High-end electronics, offices, home theater,
you name it. In 2000 I was rated as one of the top installers in the
country. |
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| MM.com: Sweet. Sounds like a fun job. |
| DS: Yeeeeah, but nothing beats
motocross man. (Laugh) I’m a Mxer first, custom electrician second. |
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| MM.com: You mean like those actors that become directors? |
| DS: Not quite, but yeah. |
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| MM.com: All right Dave, thanks a lot, we look forward to
seeing you at The Landing MX. |
| DS: All right, thank you, I’ll see
ya at the track. |
