Q: Brad, I am hearing all this news about you beating Mike Alessi in America, but didn’t actually see any results or anything. Can you tell me what happened?

Anderson: I raced on the Saturday in the A-Group and it was MX1 and MX2 riders. I was in the MX2 race and I had a terrible start and came through to second place. I was on a real stock bike and I nearly passed this other kid on the last lap. In the second MX2 race I won that one. Then the first MX1 race Alessi and the others were ahead of me. Alessi had the holeshot, but I passed him and the others going down the hill and I controlled the race from there, he was chasing me the whole race.

Q: Alessi might just be the second quickest Motocross rider in America behind Stewart. How do you feel about beating him?

Anderson: If he’s the second fastest guy in America, then I can run easy top ten in the Nationals. I just turned up with my number duck taped up, just a silly looking number, standard bike, and they must have thought who is this guy, I looked a right knacker to be honest and then to win the race, the crowd were loving it.

Q: What was the race called?

Anderson: It was a winter series in Florida, you have Gainesville and Dade City, I only did Dade City. I was there for four weeks, I was going to go for just two weeks, but the weather in England was so bad we stayed longer with my wife and the team boss. They went back a week early and my mechanic and I stayed an extra week.

Q: Did you check out any Supercross races this year, it’s been crazy racing?

Anderson: I watched Anaheim II that was a great race with those three guys. I watch a few of them, I missed the second one, but it’s been an awesome series.

Q: You must love surprising people because you also did it in the British Championship in 2009. How did you see the series?

Anderson: At the first British round I shocked everyone including myself and I just came forward from there. I was consistent and I just can’t wait until this year starts because I am really fired up again. I think everyone will be gunning for me, especially Swanepoel because he was my main rival last year and he’s a good rider. I am the one they will be trying to beat as I am the champion.

Q: You gave a lot of riders motivation after winning on your stock bike. Do you feel like other riders can use your performance as an example that anything is possible?

Anderson: Yes, because Swanpoel, Mackenzie, Melotte, they all had factory bikes and I turned up there with nearly a stock bike and won. It just proved that by me going to my local gym and winning a British Championship, so they now know they can also do it.

Q: It’s a very busy year for British riders with the British Championship, the Red Bull Pro-Nationals and also the other smaller series. Do you have any other plans for 2010?

Anderson: I think if I have a weekend off I might go to America and ride a round of the Nationals. If I have a weekend off, that is something I want to do in my career is to have at least one race in the AMA Nationals. If I can get the money together and get a good bike there, then I might do that.

Q: A good performance in America might just get you another crack in the Team Great Britain for this year and that race being held in America will be a great experience for you.

Anderson: That is another thing I want in my career, my other goal, it’s to ride for the MXoN, to ride for your own country. I would love the chance. I mean this year I rode some MX3 World Championships and did well, and I also might do this AMA Nationals, so how knows. I mean I was running top five in the MX1 round I did. If I can do well in the AMA National maybe I will be picked again. I want to do well for our team.

Q: What are your plans now until your first British Championship race?

Anderson: The first race might be the first round of the British Championship. I should do a race before, heard there was a race in Lommel, I might do that. I can’t be expected to turn up at the opening round of the British without a race under my belt, so I need to find something. Then the week after the opening round of the British I will do Hawkstone Park for that International race.