After scraping for copper pennies just to get to L.A., you can imagine how pumped KJ was to walk off the Speed & Style track with a big hunk of gold around his neck.
No, I'm not talking about Kevin Federline, I'm talking about Speed & Style winner Kevin Johnson. Well, I'm sure Federline has plenty of speed, but I know for a fact that he ain't got no style. Anyhoo, coming into an event where anything can happen, everyone knew that Johnson would be fast, but what they weren't expecting is how much style he'd be bringing to the Home Depot Center. "I knew I had the track dialed—I'm extremely comfortable on these tight supercross style tracks, but I knew that I had to step up my tricks if I wanted to have a chance at a medal", explains Kevin. Being the sharing guy that he is, "Cowboy" Kenny Bartram invited Kevin out to his place in Stillwater, Oklahoma and gave him a crash course in FMX 101. "Honestly, I'm just blown away that I'm wearing this gold medal around my neck right now. I barely made it out to L.A. because I was hurting so bad for money. My crew and I had to scrape up all of our change just to get a hotel. Luckily at the last minute, Pilot fuel stations donated a gas card for our trip, but unfortunately it only got us to Arizona", finishes Kevin.
"I really feel like any of these guys could've beat me—if Nate Adams and Travis Pastrana wouldn't have knocked themselves out of contention, there is no way I'd be here now."
If you weren't tuned into the live telecast, Speed & Style favorite, Travis Pastrana took himself out in his first heat leaving the door wide open for the rest of the field and Nate Adams took a pretty big spill on his parade lap. Be sure to check back throughout the day for updates on Nate, as well as video from the event.
Speed & Style Results
Gold—Kevin Johnson Silver—Ronnie Renner Bronze—Jeremy Stenberg
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