Russell Buccheri returned home to New England to race at The Wick 338 as a professional for the second time. Once he got onto 85s, Buccheri raced the sandy circuit a handful of times every year, and said it was cool to have family, friends, and fans come up to him during Saturday’s Pro Motocross round so he could sign posters his dad made. He finished 29–32 for 31st overall in his second round of the summer after staring his season at the High Point National. His goal is to work on “being a little more comfortable being uncomfortable” in qualifying, which he looks to do next weekend.

“I gave out a bunch of posters today which is awesome. …It’s definitely really cool to be able to have a bunch of fans come up at the local races, the hometown races, and sign some autographs,” Buccheri said. Check out the full post-race interview.  

Interview/film/edit: Mitch Kendra