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Barcia looking for another pot of gold for GEICO Honda team


INDIANAPOLIS
(March 14) – GEICO Honda's Justin Barcia is hoping his recent streak of
good fortune continues on St. Patrick's Day.

Barcia
has won the first four Monster Energy AMA Supercross Lites East races
of the season, including last week's grueling contest in the Daytona
mud, and is looking to rope in win No. 5 this Saturday at Lucas Oil
Stadium.

"It'd
be awesome to win all the races this year, but I don't really think
about that too much," Barcia said. "I'm just going out there to race and
have fun. My main goal is to get on the podium every week, but being in
position to win is awesome also."

Barcia
has not merely been winning, he's been dominant. He's qualified first
or second at every race so far, won three of four heat races and won his
four main events by an average of 4.4 seconds.

"Before
the season my training was really tough," Barcia said. "I've worked on a
lot of things and when I get to the stadium on the weekends I feel
strong and confident.

"When
I was first starting out as a pro, race day was hard work. I've learned
to do all that hard work during the week, and on the weekend just race
my dirt bike and enjoy it."

Barcia goes into Indy with a commanding 24-point championship lead over second-place rider Darryn Durham.

Another
GEICO Honda rider going into this weekend's race riding a wave of
confidence is 450cc rider Kevin Windham, who won his heat and got on the
podium for the first time this season in Daytona.

"I've
known all year we had a ride like that in us," said Windham, who
finished third last week. "We came close a couple of times before, so it
was real satisfying getting back up on the box.

"The
competition is still tough as it gets out there, but I think we have it
in us to get on the podium every week and start contending for a win
here and there."

Windham sits fourth in the Supercross standings, nine points ahead of Jake Weimer.

The
team's rookie Lites East rider, Justin Bogle, is happy to be back
indoors after seeing his bike nearly getting swallowed whole by the
quagmire on the Daytona track.

"I
can’t wait to get back to dry Supercross racing," Bogle said. "It's a
lot more fun being  on the podium then being in 18th place. But in this
sport you've got to forget about the bad and roll with the good. The
rookie mistake thing is getting kind of old, but I'm learning every week
and ready to get back on the box."

Bogle is in seventh place in the Lites East standings, 10 points behind sixth-place Jake Canada.

Practice
for the Monster Energy AMA Supercross event at Indianapolis gets under
way at 12:30 p.m. EDT on Saturday. Opening ceremonies begin at 7 p.m.
Both the Supercross and the Lites will be televised live on SPEED TV
starting at 7:30 p.m. EDT.

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