24-year-old Frenchman, Tom Vialle of the Red Bull KTM factory team might be racing his final season on the 250 machine if he wins the East Coast 250 supercross championship and its a move that would be brilliant to see.

A beautiful technique and a cool and calm style is everything you need on a 450 and while the Frenchman is rather small and might have to work on some muscle to fight the bigger bike, I think many see him as a future contender for 450 titles in USA, and who knows, maybe even a return to GP in the future, as he has mentioned in the past.

Already with two MX2 World motocross championships and 24 GP victories, not to mention his AMA 250 supercross championship from last year, he has already achieve more than most of the 250 riders of this current era.

Moving to the 450 class

Yeah, I’d be happy to move to the 450 if I win the title. I’ve got no other choice, thats the way. I’ve been riding the 450 a bit lately, and I feel good on it, so I would have to move. Still nothing is decided yet (with his KTM deal for next year), but I would like to. I have been with KTM for so many years, so I think that would be an easy way to move to the 450 if I win the title, so that would be the plan.

Putting Himself In Contention

I felt like I had to win to have a good chance in Salt Lake City. I actually did enough to get the red plate, so that is good, and gives me a good chance to go for the win at the last one. I had to make it happen tonight, I was seven points behind Seth, which meant I couldn’t finish behind him, otherwise it would’ve been a lot of points. The start was important, I executed well, and rode great.

Crashing and Coming Back

This one was really important, I felt like I had to win to stay in the championship and have a chance in Salt Lake City, so I had a pretty rough start to the day with a big crash in practice, and I hit my head pretty hard. I was actually fine, I got lucky with the crash. My heat race wasn’t very good, but I got a great start in the main event, put in some solid laps to begin with, and then thought, ‘Yeah, I have to do it.’

Losing Momentum

The last three races have been pretty tough. I lost a lot of points in Foxborough, which was a big bummer because I was in fifth with two laps to go, and that would’ve given me a lot of points. Another big crash in Philly during the heat race was tough, but I never stopped training and trying during the week, knowing that we could bounce back, which we did tonight. I think the start was important, both Seth and RJ have started in front of me the last two races, and tonight I started in front of them, and that was important.