Max Anstie says winning Anaheim is the best win of his career after a brilliant ride saw the 32 year old British rider accomplish a childhood dream.
“Anaheim is special. You know, when I was just a kid, 7, 8, 9 years old, I remember coming to this race, watching this race, dreaming about this race, thinking that it was so far away that I don’t know if I’d ever, you know, I was just a kid, I was like, I don’t even know how to get here, how to even be here.And like I said on the podium, hopefully, you know, I can be some inspiration to these kids that are still trying to figure it out, but feel like, you know, I came from England, I’m a long way away from here and, and to be, to have made it here now.
“I’m 32 years old. People might go, oh, yeah, when you’re 16, 18, I’m, you know, it’d be great.I would love to have been in this position when I was 18, 19, 20 years old. But man, coming from the UK, making it all the way over here, it’s been something special. And I think for the kids that don’t have life all figured out, don’t really know how to get to this place, everyone’s on their own timeline, you can get there.
“I think so. (!best win of his career) I mean, obviously I come back to Matterley MXoN 2017. I was great at home, but this one, that was something special in a different way. Like, mate, I remember coming to America in 2020, after nine years of GPs, thinking, man, I want to get back to America. I was teammates with Adam….so over there, we’re just trying to make the night show, trying to make the main event! And then we’re like, and what, five years later, here, here I am on, on top of the box with the best team in the 250 class. Like it’s, it’s unreal the way that it’s, it’s all worked out. So I just think that the whole journey getting to this place is something special. So yeah, very, very thankful and grateful for it all.”
