Do you think you might have been born in the wrong era? You especially seem to like late 80s early 90s 125s. So, on your Instagram you are kind of famous for riding anything and everything. So that wasn’t super smart on my part but still learning. So, I went out there second moto and honestly just struggle bused to a 20 th. And then it was funny after the first moto I went back to the pits and told everybody “We’ve got to stiffen my suspension for second moto!” But I hadn’t done a national all year so I forgot how gnarly the track gets on the second motos, and I should have been softening my suspension not stiffening it. The first half of the moto I definitely threw down. And I knew I had better throw down really hard while everybody is still kind of bunched up. Yeah, we got 15 th after falling in the first corner, I picked the bike up and luckily everything was still straight on it. So, you got 15 th after falling in the first turn? I had a bunch of people ask me, “What are your expectations?” and I was like, “I think it would be really good if I could throw it into the top 20, and if the stars align top 15.” That first moto I found myself on the ground in the first corner and I was like, “This is going to be ugly.” But we were able to drive it right on up to 15th, so I was super stoked on that. It's definitely cool to do it for all of the fans. So, if I were sponsoring someone, to have them ride a two-stroke they are going to get way more attention than someone getting 15 th on a 450. But like you mentioned earlier you get way more media coverage, way more fans behind you. I would assume looking at it from a sponsor’s perspective, you got 15 th place in that first moto which is impressive no matter what bike you’re on. I mean it takes a lot of work to ride and everything, but that’s half of why we do it is just to struggle and pin that thing, you know? The two-stroke is definitely awesome, its definitely not very competitive. Yeah, I am down to ride anything, any bike. So, in the future if somebody wanted you to race a 250 two-stroke full time would you consider it? So that was super fun just to get everybody involved, everybody loves two-strokes. Even on the social media stuff, people were definitely digging it. Being my hometown, the fans were definitely going crazy especially in the pits and all around. Yeah absolutely, the fans were going crazy all the way around the track I couldn’t even hear my bike. How about the fans, were they really behind you all day? But still it was definitely extremely underpowered. So honestly if there is a track to kind of favor it, I think it was that one. But the cool thing was, to do a national on a two-stroke, most of the tracks are dug super deep, but Washougal is about as hard pack as its going to get.

But the biggest problem for me was probably the sand section because you go off that big single and jump into the sand and I was just getting sucked down on that bike super bad. Yeah, going up Horsepower Hill I was definitely getting smoked up that thing, there’s no way around it. And at the end of the day, it’s just extremely fun to do and see how it stacks up.įor sure, so how under powered were you going up the hills? Did it really effect you or do you think it suited the track well? And I had a 250 two-stroke that I had been riding a little bit and I kind of threw around the idea to Mitch Payton at Pro Circuit and Dirt Bike magazine and they were like “Let’s make this happen.” All of the sponsors are super into the two-stroke stuff and they’re super willing to help out, just because they know it’s going to get all of the fans involved and media coverage and all that. Racer X: So, Carson, you showed up to Washougal on a 250 two-stroke, what was behind that decision?Ĭarson Brown: So basically, to do a national on a 450, or just in general, is just super expensive to do. Carson took a break from riding clapped out 1987 CR125s and helping out at his family’s pit bike company BBR, to give us the lowdown on Washougal and his future plans. Still, crashing in the first turn only to get back up and finish 15 th the first moto on that two-stroke is damn impressive.

So it shouldn’t be that big of a surprise that he showed up to his home race of Washougal on a YZ250 two-stroke. Washington native Carson Brown loves to ride just about anything with two wheels.

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