MM: What have you been up to lately?

DEEGAN: A lot has been going on for Metal Mulisha & myself. From freestyle, to the track in general, the 2011 Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Season, stock car racing, daily events, and interviews. An abundance of events happening to represent the Metal Mulisha. I am building my Pro2 truck for this year’s 2011 LOORS season. What I’m focusing on right now is NASCAR and trying to end up either in Trucks or Nationwide.

I just got back from the Daytona 500 and it was really cool to see Trevor Bayne win the 500. There’s a huge door opening and interest in NASCAR for the Mulisha because it’s the biggest form of motorsports period! The bottom line is this, NASCAR is somewhere I want to be and I plan to take it over, making a mark Mulisha Style.

MM: So what is new at the Compound?

DEEGAN: So much is going on it’s crazy. We just rebuilt the whole Compound, added a bunch of more jumps, with some really fun new sections. The supercross track is way better, and we just got the foam pit freshly restocked for all the boys on the team. Taka is getting some serious work done in the foam pit with some new secret tricks. With all this rain we’ve been getting in the last week, the dirt is perfect. The boys have been getting a lot of riding in at the natural terrain park with some huge 200 footers. It’s good, just always trying to keep it new and fresh for the boys on the Mulisha team.

MM: Anything new in the Compound Garage?

DEEGAN: This year I will be riding a new 2011 Honda 450. Craig my mechanic is dialing it in, all blacked out as usual, lots of new Protaper Metal Mulisha parts… looks sick! We also got Hailie’s new trophy cart and Bandolero. It’s a mini NASCAR, thing is way sweet, and she is running really good times in it. Dangerboy is getting the “hand me downs” on all Hailie’s old race truck’s or cars. We also got the Pro2 and Prolite in the garage for the 2011 LOORS season… just a bunch of stuff. I need to make that garage bigger soon now that I think about it…

MM: Deegan VS Deegan is defiantly a bad ass viral video, any thoughts about recreating another version of the video this year?

DEEGAN: I would like to do a new viral video this year. Not to sure on what it’s going to be related to, but I definitely want to make another one. Deegan VS Deegan was really fun to create and turned out really sick just because of the concept, dirtbike vs truck… who knows maybe this next one will be dirtbike and stockcars. It depends.

MM: So Dangerboy has been out and about making his appearances with you a lot lately. What is it like having a son so involved, rides and has an interest in everything dad does?

DEEGAN: It’s so crazy to have such a young son that rides dirtbikes and does the things I do. For me as a kid growing up all I wanted to do was get on a bike and race. For Haiden, he is always motivated and never quits until he’s mastered whatever it is he is doing.

He will watch us ride and then roll over the jumps slow studying the course and how we do it. He also has his little jump section we built for him so he would rather be on that all day then play with toys. When I go to signings or events he is always with me majority of the time, and really likes to meet all the fans and be cool with everyone. I will always be supportive on what Haiden wants to do and whatever the turn out is.., I’ll be there for my son and my kids.

MM: Hailie is also making her appearance in the spotlight with some racing on the pavement and dirt. Can you tell us a little about that?

DEEGAN: Well she defiantly doesn’t want a pony. Hailie is all about horsepower and has been recently racing in her Bandolero, which is like a mini NASCAR for kids. You see Danica Patrick out there, winning races, competing, making millions, and she is a girl. Before it was always the dad who never had the son, making his girl do guy sports… these days girls have the opportunity to get out there regardless and race in the same class.

So with Hailie, Marissa and myself have been spending a lot of time with her driving. I’ve been teaching her techniques that have worked for me, and she is studying methods from other drivers implementing their skills with hers. This year she is also racing in the 2011 Season of LOORS in the Junior 2 Kart class. I’m really proud of her, she has been doing great and she is really excited to take part in these events.

MM: The 2011 Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series kicks off soon. What is going to be under the Mulisha tent this year at the races?

DEEGAN: This year in LOORS is going to be off the hook. We have two, 18 wheel semi’s all Mulisha’ed out, flat black, pissed off wheels. Two pro4s (Steve Barlow, & Adrean Chenny who they call the “wild man” because well… he does some crazy stuff), and myself in the Pro2. The Pro2 has a 900hp Nascar motor from the guys over at ROUSH.

I started a personal endorsement with FORD motors so lots of factory backing from them which is really good for the Mulisha team! Also I will have the prolite as well. I plan on winning the PROLite championship as well, but want to really focus on winning the Pro2 championship this year. We got Bean with his buggy this year, who has been representing Mulisha for some time now. We finally have him officially under our tent. Hailie and Brooke racing their Karts and Dangerboy will be there kicking it, yelling at the fans to come check out the pits, signing autographs.

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