Trey Canard kicked off the 2010 season with a solid second place finish at the opening round of the Monster Energy AMA
Supercross West Lites series at Anaheim 1, moving his GEICO Powersports
Honda around the
Suzuki of Ryan Morais at the midway point of the race to do so. Now in his third year of competition in the Lites division, Canard won the East Regional Championship in 2008. He was also an AMA Horizon Award winner in 2007; however, the past two years have been plagued with bad luck and injury. After working his way back into shape from the broken femur he suffered in the summer of ‘08, Canard broke his wrist at the High Point round of the AMA Pro National
Motocross series in ‘09. However, the red-headed Oklahoman was not discouraged. He’s healthy now and looking to finish out his Lites career with another championship.
Trey Canard is looking for a second Lites title in 2010.
The wrist is good. Dr. Sean O’Brien in Oklahoma City helped me out with it and it’s 100% now. I’ve got full motion with it and it’s not a problem now. I’m just thankful the process went well and I’m back out here racing.
You live in Oklahoma but you’ve spent the last two months here in California with the team.
Yeah, the weather has been great out here and there hasn’t been a whole lot of rain, so that’s been good. I’ve just been working with the team and getting used to the new bike. It’s a whole new attitude. Everyone’s been working really hard, putting in 17-hour days – it’s crazy. I’m just doing my best to be as ready as I can.
The past couple of years you’ve had two championship runs ended by injuries; does that change the way you approach the season?
Not at all. I was obviously bummed when I broke my wrist. And when stuff like that happens you wonder, “What did I do wrong?” But in the end it was a good thing because it made me see some things that I needed to change to make myself a happier person. I needed to find a little more balance in my life. I believe I’ve found that now, I think I put the right amount of effort into this and I don’t overdo it. So I’m excited to be here and thankful to be racing.
Canard made a solid run to capture second at Anaheim 1.
Ever since I broke my wrist it’s been my goal to ride the West. It was back in June that I was injured and that’s a long time ago without racing, so to wait until the East series started would have been six more weeks. I just felt I would be ready by the first of January.
How’s the chemistry with the team?
The team is great. Like I said, they’re working hard and we’re all close, so it’s a good environment. I had some other options during the off-season, but I’m really glad I stayed here. Everyone here is like family to me and they treat me really well, and I’m just thankful to have that.
Your little brother, Jaxon, is playing little league football now; did you get to see some of his games?
Yeah, I went to quite a few pee-wee football games and pee-wee practices, and it’s been cool. I had to miss the championship game, but I know he played well. He really likes it so he might have a future in football.
