The newly crowned World Superbike Champion Colin Edwards and his
wife Alyssia.  For Americans road racing overseas the year 2000
was a good one. Two World Champions were crowned – Kenny Roberts
Jr. in Grand Prix and Colin Edwards in World Superbike.  For
both Roberts Jr. and Edwards it would mark their first World
Championship, but for Edwards it was not his last.  He would go
on to win another World Superbike Championship in 2002, before
joining Roberts Jr. in the recently rebranded Grand Prix
Championship, MotoGP.  For this week’s flashback Friday, we go
back to that year known as Y2K and our interview with the newly
crowned Edwards where he talks about growing up, racing, and his
championship season.  By Henny Ray Abrams  Colin Edwards left
home when his stepmother caught him spitting in the shower. He
was 14. The way he describes her brings to mind a cross between
Norman Bates and Cujo. That she listened to him showering may
prove his point. The spitting incident isn't what caused him to
leave, it was the